More Closed Government in Sioux Falls

I didn’t watch the police briefing on Tuesday over a long holiday weekend. Since the SFPD public info officer doesn’t usually tell us what is going on, I really don’t watch them anymore. If I wanted to listen to someone telling me nothing I would tune into the Greg Belfrage show. A concerned citizen told me yesterday they tuned in because of an incident in their neighborhood around 1 AM Sunday. If you look at the police log all that is listed was a weapons violation and a case report. The citizen tells me it was much deeper than that. Apparently some juveniles were drinking and shooting guns at a party. Did we not learn anything from the kids who wrecked their car on 18th street last year? I guess not. This would have been a great opportunity to alert the public about teenage drinking parties where guns are involved and ask the public for their help stopping these kind of incidents. I understand you can’t name the juveniles involved but you can certainly chastise and CHARGE the adults that are assisting in providing these kids a place to raise hell. Why wouldn’t you say something? I will say it again; OPEN GOVERNMENT = PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. I guess the SFPD is doing such a whiz bang job these days they don’t even bother to tell us about who is committing crimes in our community because they have it handled. Sure. U Betcha!