police chief

Tomorrow, November 13th, the Chamber of Commerce will have their Young Professionals 20 Under 40 Banquet. They will recognize 20 local leaders in the community and the resumes that they have built. Eddie said, "I wouldn't call them up-and-coming rising stars, I would say they're already stars."

Griffith explained their decision, saying, The last thing you want to do is increase the tax rate, I mean it's the very last thing you want to do. The reason we did this, and we've talked about this for almost 2 years, is our plan for the police substations and community policing. We're already doing community policing, as you all know, and we need to be brutally honest about how great our city is, but we have big city crime issues, especially with property crime.

"He's very excited about it. We're happy for him. He will definitely be missed. He's a great representative, great ambassador for the city of Lubbock, great ambassador for the police department. He's done an excellent job," Chadis said.

"It's based on needs vs risk assessment, and those are delineated out in policy very very clearly. And it really boils down to this: The need to immediately capture the suspect has to outweigh any prevailing risk to the public from the suspects actions," Chief Stevens said.