WTF is going on in Bugaha?

[ChiefaRoo]

Mayor outlines ideas to quell Omaha gun violence
WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE



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Mayor Mike Fahey wants to add surveillance cameras in violent areas, boost the Police Department units that serve those neighborhoods and stiffen local gun laws in response to the spike in gun violence that has left nearly 40 people wounded in shootings since July 1.

The mayor delivered his ideas today as the city marked a period of peace - 44 hours and counting without a shooting.

Thirty-one people were hit by gunfire in July, including an 18-year-old killed outside a northwest Omaha apartment complex.

Six more people have been wounded and one man was killed in shootings this month.

The mayor's immediate plans to quell the violence include adding three officers to the gang unit - two permanently - and four officers to patrol the parts of Omaha that need it most until the violence calms.

• More to follow.

[PinkFloyd]

Van Halen started their reunion tour over there I take it ???

[Bugeater]

Contrary to popular belief, we're not some "don't blink or you miss it" wide spot in the road. The Omaha metro area has about a million people and we have real big-city problems here.

[StcChief]

Omaha ~1M wow.... get it under control take back the streets.

[chefsos]

Contrary to popular belief, we're not some "don't blink or you miss it" wide spot in the road. The Omaha metro area has about a million people and we have real big-city problems here.
My daughter and her husband lived there for several years, and both worked in the corrections department. Said there was/is a lot of Hispanic gang action. People on the coasts usually don't associate that kind of stuff with Omaha, or anywhere in the Midwest.

[Mr. Laz]

Guns are good ...... Guns are your friend

[alanm]

My daughter and her husband lived there for several years, and both worked in the corrections department. Said there was/is a lot of Hispanic gang action. People on the coasts usually don't associate that kind of stuff with Omaha, or anywhere in the Midwest.
It's mostly the blacks on the North side. It's the same story pretty much in every city. It's hot. Kids hanging out on the streets after midnight. Alcohol, drugs and guns. Put them all together you have gunplay. What else is new? :shrug: