I recently read an article about how students who live in an area of high crime have less ability to be upwardly mobile. The challenges of crime affect their economic future. Without doing much analysis, I would tell you that our police department is doing more...

So what is the solution? It starts with all of us admitting we have a role. It is not a police issue, it is a community issue. So let's start with the basis of the issue: a breakdown in community; we have children who have lost the...