Lars, thank you for your interest in our community.

We aren't holding our breath. We are working very hard to make the best use of the resources we have. Our very determined and active intention is to align our most effective public safety services with our citizens' public safety priorities.

I can tell from your cynical remarks that you suspect we will not have success. You might even question our motives or sincerity. I hope our efforts and achievements surprise you. It is obvious this will not be easy; if it were, someone would have done a public safety partnership and worked on balancing the system already.

I hope you will at least wish us well. We think setting important goals and working hard to reach them is our job; and we are taking it very seriously.

Thank you again for your input,
Jane Ames