Silent alarms would aid troublshooting
I would like to add to the “Secure schools first” (Jan. 23) letter. An armed person cannot be every where at all times. Why not wire the rooms with a silent alarm, similar to banks? If someone presses...
View ArticleWhere to put vets for school security
The letter “Try vets for security in classroom” (Jan. 23) is a good idea, but in the wrong location. Their security should be in the patrolling of hallways, entrances and exits, not acting as...
View ArticleUnionizing more about dues than safety
Fred Gee made a passionate attempt to sway influence and gain support for unionizing a workplace (“US labor unions face stacked deck” Feb. 9). His guest column unfortunately revealed that despite his...
View ArticleHelmets reduce serious head trauma
We are students from Sycamore High School and recently learned about the importance of helmet safety and feel others should too. One day, my brother was biking home from school when his front tire...
View ArticleChildren and gun safety
In reading about the incident in Brown County with the Swartz family, it reminds me of a similar incident in nearby Indiana. There a 5-year old boy shot himself with a gun found in the house. The...
View ArticleProviding for safety of citizens should be city priority
With Mayor Mallory, some of Cincinnati City Council, and the city manager prepared to recommend the layoffs of safety services personnel as a remedy to the city’s latest financial problems, it would...
View ArticleRevenue needed to protect public
Thank you for the editorial on increasing the proposed severance tax on oil and gas produced in Ohio. As you note, it is especially important that this revenue be used to help the communities most...
View ArticleProtect us from the telemarketers
A letter writer says “The first priority of government is the safety and security of its citizens.” Pardon my low expectations but my government cannot even protect me from telemarketers. Ray Voegele,...
View ArticleOther programs can be cut instead of police, fire
It is really irritating to constantly read of police and fire layoffs to erase the City of Cincinnati’s financial deficits. Any city’s first priorities are police and fire protection, and garbage...
View ArticleI am begging you, council: Rethink police, fire layoffs
City Council, will you please, just for once, put yourselves in the seats of our wonderful firefighters and police? Their jobs are on that fine line, all because of your decision to lay them off! They...
View ArticleFront license plates help keep all of us safe
Responding to the Sunday Associated Press news article regarding a bill to scrap requirements for front license plates in Ohio, I have to disagree with state Representatives Johnson and Slesnick and...
View ArticleWhen will Sen. McConnell start supporting bridges?
It appears that an oversized truck has hit one beam and taken out an interstate bridge in Washington causing three motorists to tumble into the water below. Knowing that the Brent Spence has been...
View ArticleVisitor finds the city has so much to offer
I recently spent nine days on a business trip to your city, and I loved it! From the music in Fountain Square to Reds games and walks to Mount Adams, I always felt safe. The Cincinnati Downtown area...
View ArticleBetter to bring jobs here than to boost safety there
In the story “Macy’s, others OK accord to boost Bangladesh safety” (July 13) Macy’s and other stores say they are going to improve safety in Bangladesh factories that manufacture their clothing lines....
View ArticleNot feeling safe surrounded by guns
I cannot imagine feeling safer in a shop, restaurant, movie theater, public park, school, hospital, or any other public place knowing that even more people around me could be carrying concealed, loaded...
View ArticleUnsafe to use schools as polling place
On Election Day, Dublin, Ohio, schools hired security officers for its elementary-school polling places. As a retired school principal, for the past 15 years I have been urging state and local leaders...
View ArticleBe an example for safety
1. There are no grace periods for green lights. (Going through on red is very scary!) 2. There is no safe way to talk on a cell phone and also drive. (Is it really that important? I doubt it.) 3. There...
View ArticleAddressing violence in school starts at home
The headline “Teachers’ killings shed new light on risks of profession” (Nov. 18) does not address the real problem; unless we correctly identify it, the chances of providing corrections, is impeded....
View ArticleEducate gun owners about safety
Prayers go out to the 3-year old girl who shot herself in Avondale. Many lives are lost each year due to gun negligence. Some of those lives could be saved if the city offered free NRA gun safety...
View ArticleCar seat redesign seems like waste of time, money
Today our country faces a battle between two factions. One would give money a basis of value —a product of ingenuity and hard work. The other would just print money — to allow government do whatever it...
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