[Vision2020] UI Safer With Moscow Police

[lfalen]

Saunda
It is nice to be on the same side. As for cuts at the top, just why does the UI continue to pay Daiey-Laursen.  For what he is paid,  4 or 5 staff positions could be saved. I have nothing against him pe se and thought he should have been selected for the job permanently, but at this point, he is not needed. The UI counsel is a joke.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Saundra Lund" v2020 at ssl.fastmail.fm
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:10:02 -0700
To: "'Wayne Price'" bear at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] UI Safer With Moscow Police

> Hi Wayne,
> 
> While I personally hope the UI *finally* finds some wisdom and continues
> with MPD, I agree with you that it's certainly possible for other campus
> security solutions to provide high quality.
> 
> HOWEVER, the UI has a very poor track record, IMHO, when contracting
> services out, particularly in recent years.  As has been shown time & again,
> when the UI contracts services out, it winds up costing a lot more, both in
> terms of financial costs *and* quality.
> 
> Tom posted an article from the Snooze recently that included the following:
> " The department's contract with the UI for this fiscal year is a little
> more than $1 million, and it makes up a significant portion of the city's
> police services budget. Police services comprise about 40 percent of
> Moscow's general fund budget - about $4.4 million of the city's $11.3
> million budget.
> 
> ***Johnson said the university is in the process of reviewing all major
> contracts to determine their effectiveness and evaluate UI's selection
> processes.
> 
> Other contracts that have been reviewed include the recently renewed food
> services contract with Sodexho, employee benefits contracts and student
> health contracts, he said.
> 
> Whenever the university is spending a large amount on a contract, "you want
> to find the best value for your dollar," Johnson said. "We want to see if
> there's a more efficient way of taking care of business.***"
> [Emphasis is mine.  SL]
> 
> Not mentioned are big bucks spent for legal services that are contracted out
> in spite of big bucks paid to UI counsel.  Also, the UI has thrown a lot of
> good money after bad hand over fist with respect to software contracts.
> And, I'm sure there are lots of other examples to show how penny wise &
> pound foolish the UI has become.
> 
> I'm sorry -- I just simply do not trust the current UI administration to be
> able to make smart decisions when they've got such a rotten track record in
> recent history.
> 
> With MPD, I believe there's accountability because MPD is a ***part*** of
> this community.  More importantly, the partnership has worked well!
> 
> What's that saying?  Oh, yeah:  if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
> 
> Particularly when those at the UI making the decisions and calling the shots
> can't tell their *sses from holes in the ground!
> 
> Roger recently posted:
> "Cuts should start at the top. There are plenty of things at the
> administrative level than can be cut. All of the top administrators should
> take a cut. Doug Baker and Lloyd Mues could be cut permanently."
> 
> Amen!!!
> 
> 
> JMHO,
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
> 
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
> nothing.
> ~ Edmund Burke
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Wayne Price
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 4:44 PM
> To: Tom Hansen
> Cc: Moscow Vision 2020
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] UI Safer With Moscow Police
> 
> So, you don't think a university police department can be competent  
> and be established  without  a disaster?
> We have an example 7 miles away over in Pullman. Ever heard of the WSU  
> Police Department or do you think they are a major disaster too?
> 
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