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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...

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Where 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...

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Unionizing 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...

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Helmets 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...

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Children 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...

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Providing 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...

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Revenue 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...

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Protect 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,...

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Other 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...

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I 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...

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Front 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...

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When 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...

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Visitor 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...

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Better 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....

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Not 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...

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Unsafe 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...

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Be 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...

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Addressing 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....

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Educate 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...

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Car 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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