A few months ago at my office in downtown Decatur, there was an odd rash of car break-ins (three in one block in the middle of the day is a bit unusual, I’ll admit). Before they knew there was more than one vehicle involved, Decatur police responded by sending three officers to investigate, fingerprint, and do a thorough investigation. They even cleaned the broken glass out of the initial victim’s car and off the sidewalk.

By contrast, when I lived in a heavily populated area in the County, we couldn’t even get an officer to come to our community when we had a rash of auto break-ins several years ago. They took the report over the phone. I was also rear-ended twice in the County at busy intersections and both times had to wait over an hour for an officer to arrive to make a report (in both of those cases the other drivers left the scene since they didn’t want to wait any longer, making the accidents hit and runs).

I would also concur with the Mayor’s implication that County services will only decrease (and taxes increase) when Dunwoody finally achieves incorporation.