Crime SquareOffs

Because now everyone is so scared that no one will stand up for themselves and there property. Instead we watch them through cameras steal and damage our property. The main reason for the massive crime is that no one will do anything and the criminals know it.

Because violence of every stripe has increased in Las Cruces over the last 16 years. It is a gun, it's a knife, it's a carjacking, stolen vehicle and the list goes on. Las Cruces, in my opinion, is becoming a very unsafe community. However, my gratitude still goes out to the LCPD and Chief Story.

New Mexico in general is a very dangerous state. Either the laws are too lax, or the police aren’t up to snuff. Or perhaps both.

I lived there in the 60s and 70s when Las Cruces still had a genuine small-town vibe. I still get little hints of that when I go to my old neighborhood, but for the most part 'Cruces has turned into a sprawling, sweltering suburb of El Paso.

It’s become very unsafe; Columbia use to be on the most desirable places to live in the country… based partly on how safe it was; now it’s become unsafe!

It scares me to go there. I only go to Columbia, when it can not be avoided. I'm old and can't defend myself like a young man. I served my country for eleven years when I was younger. I would have done 20 but I chose a job that paid 3 times what my E-6 military pay was. Thanks to President Carter

It isn't 'gun violence'. I've got a dozen guns that aren't hurting anybody. They're not going to steal my car, drive to Columbia and shoot up the town. Columbia has gone to hell- crimes perpetrated by people already prohibited from possessing guns. No way I'd send a kid to MU.

Do you approve of state employees being able to retire, draw a lifetime pension of thousands of dollars each month so they can spend their retirement “going to MU sports” like one local MoDOT engineer in my town has publicly stated? I can give name & title if anyone wants to file a complaint.