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Por KERRI GINIS
Reportera
El hecho de enfocarse en la orientación del problema de man-tener
el orden ha disminuido el número de los crimenes violentos
en Sur Thcsón dentro del último año, dije el jefe de la policía Gerald
Brewer.
Desde 1995 hasta 1996, la mayoría de los crimenes violentos
decrecieron después de que el departamento de policía cambio a la
orientación problemática para mantener el orden, Gerald Brewer
dijo.
Los resultados siguen:
-1995: 6 homicidios, 1996: 3 homicidios
-1995: 72 violaciones, 1996: 8 violaciones - -1995: 59 robos, 1996: 50 robos
- -1995: 664 latrocinios, 1996: 646 latrocinios
-1995: 109 asaltos agravantes, 1996: 144 asaltos agravantes
"Otras agencias policíacas se concentran en (sólo) patrullar las
calles, nosotros nos concentramos en ir a los problemas," dijo
Gerald Brewer, el jefe de la policía.
En lugar de ptrullar por unas calles al azar, los policías se enfo-can
en ciertas áreas, Brewer dijo.
Estas áreas, conocidos como áreas de cero tolerancia, señalan a
ciertas de la policía en un esfuerzo de mantenerse apartado el deli-to
allí.
El acto de pasar el tiempo en una área en particular por la
policía deja la resolución de los problemas cuando algo pasa,
Brewer dij o.
"Esto ha aumentado dentenciones en el sitio, cual significa que
By CARRIE HOWE
Staff Writer
The results of the election are in, and while it
is no surprise that all four candidates will
advance, it does mean that the candidates may
have to work hard to get the votes in the May 20
general election.
The turnout for this election was approxi-mately
5 percent, according to the unofficial can-vas.
City Manager Rene Gastelum said 84 ballots
were cast in iliesday's election, broken down into
nine of the 199 registered Republicans and 75 A
the i 475 registered Democrats.
Councilman Paul S. Diaz, 50, who has been on
the council since 1993, received 52 votes.
Councilman Pete Tadeo, 37, who has served
on the council since 1987, received 48 votes.
Mayor Shirley Villegas, 49, who has been on
the council since 1978 and mayor since 1991,
received +1 votes.
The council members serve four-year terms.
In May, voters will elect three ciW council mern-bers.
The remaining four members have two
years of their terms left to serve.
In the 1995 primary election, 6.6 percent of
the population voted. That breaks down to 102 Of
the 1,552 registered Democrats. Because there
were no Republicans or Independents in the race,
Democrats were the only eligible voters.
Tuesdays election was different, due to
Ttwnout light in city primary
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el delincuente todavía está alli cuando llegamos a la escena del deli-to,"
él dijo.
El método de orientar al problema ha afectado directamente la
prostitución. Hicieron cerca de 40 dentenciones de prostitutas en
una área de cero tolerancia de la Calles 30 hasta la Calle 35 entre la
Avenida Cuarta y la Avenida Sexta, Brewer dijo.
Si detienen las prostitutas en la área una segunda vez, recibirán
castigos más pesados.
Republican Edward "Eddie" Fass Badila. Although
he only needed one vote to get him into the gener-al
election, his presence on the ballot may make
the general election more interesting, since he is
running against three Democratic incumbents.
Being a Republican in an overwhelmingly
Democratic area does not seem to faze Badilla.
"The way I see it, who the person is(rather
than party affiliation) is more important ," he said.
As the only candidate not currently serving on
council, Badilla, 33, knows he needs to mobilize
the community in order to vin in May.
He plans to go door-to-door to get people out
to the polling places. Additionally, Badilla has put
a lot of energy into getting people to use absentee
ballots. He said a lot of people are busy, either
working or going to school, and he wants to make
sure they know they can still vote with an absentee
ballot.
Diaz said he does not plan to do any special
campaigning for the general election.
"I'm just going to continue to be available to
the community," he said.,
To Diaz, the issues surrounding the election
are the issues that are always present in South
Thcson, particularly housing, crime and develop-ment.
"We have been working on these issues, but
more needs to be done," Diaz said.
Badilla thinks the first step has to start with the
communitY.
hyJORGE GONZALEZ GARCIA
en la ciudad.
"What I want to do is get the community hack
together, including businesses," Badilla said.
Badilla grew up in South Thcson, and returned
to South Thcson three years ago, after having lived
in Thcson for a while. He said when he returned
to the neighborhood, he only knew a few people.
He wants to remedy that situation.
"We need to focus more on what the council
needs to do to improve the community," Badila
said.
Ile cited prostitution, crime, a drive-by shoot-ing
and a car break-in as some of the situations
"Hacemos más detenciones y
resolvemos más casos."
EL JEFE DE LA POLICIA, GERALD
BREWER
Manteniendo el orden através de la orientación
problemática también ha aumentado el número de
detenciones para las felonías y los delitos menos
grave. Desde el enero, los policías hicieron 45
dentenciones de felonías y 267 dentenciones de
delitos menos graves, Brewer dijo.
Desde de principio dei año fIscal el Departamento
delaPolicíade Stir Thcsón pagó $152,500 pa los
presos un aumento de $40 500 del ano antirior
Brewer dijo
"Hacemos mós detenciones y resolvemos más
casos," Ei dijo.
Teniendo más agentes de policías en ciertas áreas
también ha disminuido la actividad de la pandil-las,
dijo Jerry Morgan, el sargento de la policía.
Las pandillas todavía están visibles en Sur Tucsón
pero Morgan dijo que la mayoría de los delitos
relatante a las pandillas se cometen fuera de Sur Thcsón.
"Conocemos donde residen los miembros de las pandillas y quienes
son sus familias y conocen eso," él dijo.
Además de enfocar en la orientación problemática de mantener el
orden, Brewer dijo que el departamento adoptó una filosoa de tam-bién
usar la asistencia de la comunidad.
Vea CRIMEN, pag. 3
l'boto by Jt4uJE WISE
Wayne and Norma Jean Goodman vote in the South Tucson Primary Election held March 1 1.
South Tucson residents for more than 50 years, they vote in every election.
that have escalated in South Thcson.
Badila also thinks more needs to be done for
the youth, including enforcing the curfew and
organizing more activities for them in the evenings
insteàd of leaving them to their own devices. He
stressed the importance of families and the corn-munity
encouraging the children to stay in school
and continue their education.
The turnout for the 1995 general election was
12.8 percent.
Villegas and Tadeo were unavailable for corn-ment.