By: Diane Benjamin
Monday night at the Committee of the Whole meeting the Police Chief will present the 2024 annual report.
You can see it here: 2024 Annual Bloomington Police Report
Statistics are on PDF page 17:
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I’m still waiting to hear if anyone has been arrested for the smash and grab at Rogers and Holland Jewelers in Eastland Mall.
I’ve hear from more than one person the police and store management had warning before this event. The store had security cameras. Why are no pics of the thief posted for the public to identify? Why have no arrests been made? If the robber really escaped on a bicycle, why was he hard to catch? Has there been an arrest and the public wasn’t told?
Usually reports like this aren’t released before presentations. I wonder why this one was 🤔.
I don’t see anything in the report about cracking down on speeding and reckless driving.
Driving locally is dangerous as evidenced by yesterday morning’s 6 vehicle crash at Main and Veterans Parkway. This is the reason a rarely cross Veterans Parkway or drive on it. The east side is at least slightly safer.
Diane was in the Pantagraph today the person that robbed the jewelry store has been arrested
Regarding traffic in the twin cities many drivers just don’t get it speed limits are posted for a reason just yesterday I was crossing Main Street at Lincoln st the posted speed for main is 30 miles an hour as I pull out to cross main I had to slam on the accelerator as a car on main was doing at a minimum 50 miles an hour an accident waiting to happen
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The left turn from SB Main St at College Ave at 8 AM during the week has had red-light runners 2-4 at a time for at least a decade now, and nothing has ever been said about it. Nothing has ever been done about it, either. Traffic laws don’t matter much when there’s social justice to mete out.
This state is a joke when it comes to traffic enforcement.
Irrelevant to you personally if you’re always on the east side, but Normal & ISU are doing a “Pedestrian & Roadway Campus Safety Initiative.” There’s a survey on Town of Normal’s website for anyone who spends time around there and has thoughts to share.
How do you get students to quit walking in front of moving vehicles?
What ever happened about the anti-semitic posters put on downtown businesses? They never caught that person. That investigation was pretty much swept under the rug and never heard anything more after the outrage of the Democrats.
I’m asking the same question. . . This seemed to have been swept under the rug too easily.
Nobody has cameras evidently and license plate readers got nothing
Here is a few ways to stop students from walking out in front of vehicles. You might not like some of them but they do offer some validity towards stopping the problem. 1) take their cell phones away from them. 2) curfew is 10pm. No late night drinking, partying, carrying on. Get some sleep, be awake in the morning. 3) whoever has the light has the right-a-way. They need to take be held responsible for the actions they control. – Funny how young people (used to) can be on safety patrol at 10 years old to help little kids cross the street but college students won’t watch out for their own safety.
Town of Normal thinks cars see a crosswalk and actually stop. Kids have no responsibility.
3 people I know have been killed in the last several years because of red stoplight runners. One was a stop sign. The lastest was the accident on Market by Farm and Fleet. The guy was hopped up on cocaine that ran the stoplight. When will it stop? I don’t see any traffic control like this town used to have. I just saw a guy on Friday evening almost blow the 4 way stop by Coleen Hoose. It appeared he was texting and he was travelling over the speed limit. I have also seen police run the stop signs, no lights or sirens, just casually drive through them.
Bloomington needs a fresh perspective on crime in our community in the form of a new Police Chief.
Here here!!! That is the truth!!
I’d like to know what the policy is for people riding electric scooters or bicycles on city streets. They are not licensed vehicles for that use. I see it happening more and more now. I just saw a kid riding a stand up type scooter down Empire past Eastland Mall during the busy evening time. I also saw a kid riding one crossing Veterans on Morrissey also during a busy time.
Speeding through school zones is another common problem here in Normal. I personally witness almost daily speeding through school zones, ignoring children and pedestrians in school crosswalks, and unsafe drivers at Sugar Creek, Prairieland, Normal West, Parkside Junior High. The stop lights at Sugar Creek are ignored, as well as the 20 MPH School zone speed limit, with drivers either unaware or blatantly disregarding students safety. Many of the young students are accompanied by the crossing guard and a parent in groups, so one vehicle accident would be devastating.
Many of the vehicles are driven by both student and staff at Normal West, as they are literally racing down Parkside Rd to arrive at work or school, we’ll above the posted 20 MPH Speed limit.