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"I feel I understand the viewpoint of those who do oppose the System. Some feel it doesn't generate enough worth. Some feel the money could be better spent in other areas of law enforcement. I don't think we should be basing our judgment solely on the bottom line of dollars and cents... I think we need to consider the intangibles that this project brings about in this situation. The major intangible... is the perception that our community is a safer place to be with this project in place working as an added tool for law enforcement. "I feel it is a major step in building the trust between the communities in our City. They need to trust our law enforcement agency, our City, we need to trust each other and work well together... This tool could be very valuable in empowering people to pick up the phone and call. I lived in a neighborhood in New York many years ago as a single mom, and I lived in a neighborhood where it was quite common for people to go out and shoot guns and play with knives... I stayed inside and made sure my son was safe and sound. I have been through it. I don't want to see anyone else go through what I went through. I think this System is a... very small amount of money with a big investment that we will get back ITom it. "I'd like to think this is going to...start a domino effect where people start working more and more with each other... (reinforcing) the collaboration of... the City, our law enforcement agencies and our communities, because it will benefit the whole community. The safety of your neighborhood will benefit our entire community. I'll sleep better at night knowing that you don't have to put your child in a bath tub to prevent him from being shot. I will support this." Councilwoman Buchan said, "You have just heard four members of this Council support the motion. Therefore, I am going to offer a few observations. First, I truly appreciate the manner in which both sides presented their views tonight. I respect the opinions of both sides, and I trust you'll respect mine. "For three years in northeast Redwood City where I live, we dealt with a group of young people who called themselves "CXLS" and they were responsible for a lot of detrimental activity in the neighborhood, a good deal of it being gunfire. For those of you who think that I don't know what it is like to live with the fear of retaliation, you think again. The gunfire and all the other detrimental activity stopped when those responsible were identified, arrested, prosecuted and put in jail. That is my experience. It is different ITom yours. I respect your experience, I trust you will respect mine... "I discovered (on the Internet) that there are other systems out there, other things using sensor technology around the country that are being tested... As I read more about that, and as I have taken into account the rhetoric ITom both sides,. .. I find that I don't know if this System is reliable or not. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MIWJTE BOOK NO. 55 MARCH 17,1997 MINUTES Page No. 206 PAGE 12