HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-22-20 Public Comment - M. Blessing - Regarding Bozeman City Police BudgetFrom:Melissa Blessing
To:Agenda
Subject:Regarding Bozeman City Police Budget
Date:Monday, June 22, 2020 8:12:03 PM
Dear Commissioners,
Thanks for the opportunity to comment.
Please consider that what we sow as a community, we will reap. If the commission chooses to
focus resources on addressing crime, crime will meet your intention.
Rather than making a choice that acknowledges an inability to care for the real challengesBozeman faces, you can choose to focus resources on the roots of the problems that lead to
crime, and by your actions create what you intend... a balanced, healthy and thrivingcommunity. Please choose to support a large group of community members that, for reasons
unlikely to have been within their control, struggle to care for themselves and their familiesfrom the day they're born to the day they die.
We do not in fact need more policing if we choose, as a community and nation, to serve our
entire community, as of course we can.
Please do not increase the police budget. Use the funds to better effect by supporting ourneighbors, friends, and families for Bozeman's healthy and vibrant future.
Thanks for listening,
Melissa Blessing