Caring for the Public Security of Taichung
According to statistics, in 2004, out-of-towners coming to commit serious crimes in Taichung reached 50%, common crimes (except serious crimes) also reached 50%. These numbers indicate a very high ratio.Now to tell the truth, I'm not very good at statistics. So I'm not sure if this sentence means that half the visitors to Taichung come to commit crime, or if half the crime here is committed by non-residents. Either way, I plan to balance these figures further by doing some carjacking in Tainan this weekend.
I've been wondering what the city government has been doing to make Taichung a safer place. This article has cleared up a lot of things for me:
Take the example of illegal street racing, Taiwan's street racing appeared earliest in Taichung's Metropolitan Park and Dong Hai University's Dong Da Road, creating a street racing trend. Mayor Hu spoke to the Police Department Chief and told him that street racing must be put to an end; otherwise these street racers will soon start robbing convenience stores and gas stations, perhaps even attack people with machetes. After this, Taichung city's tough policies put an end to such behavior.Absolutely true! You've heard of 'gateway drugs'? Like when you start smoking the occasional joint, and within a year you are mainlining heroin? Street racing is like that. One day you and your tricked-out Civic are blazing past Taichung Metropolitan Park, and the next day you're knocking off a 7-11, and trying to chop up people with a machete. This kind of life of crime is a dead end for several reasons- 7-11's always keep their cash in those electronic safes that the clerks can't open, and it is impossible to keep a good edge on the locally produced machetes.
7 comments:
I think they mean motorcycle racing, so no Civics, and they aren't racing per se, but large gangs on scooters driving fast and intimidating people.
And yes, there were incidents where these gangs used machetes on people.
Probably cuz they watched Black Rain too many times.
if you have ever witnessed one of these packs of scooter punks you can easily understand that they would be more willing to commit violence and crime when they are in a large group.
So do you think there was a decline in robberies and machete attacks that can be directly attributed to the crackdown on racing?
If they start giving the electric chair to the drivers of those low-rider Honda's with the 50 kilowatt speaker arrays in the back pumping out a hip hop bass line, I'll applaud.
Karl,
I think there could be a slight decline (beyond any "broken windows" effect) as I think a lot of scooter punks would get their nerve up when in a group of 50 scooters. (See also Pig Pen bouncers.)
I do know that when these "races" were common, people told me not to drive at night, as I might get macheted by them...obviously the media had reported some incidents, and that's why the mention the machete stuff.
BTW, have you ever seen one of these "races?" I have not seen any in many years, though I don't get out much anymore.
The modern solution would be to give them World of Warcraft accounts and we'd never be bothered again. In fact, instead of building basketball courts, we should build internet cafes.
"Apart from criminal cases, eradicating sex industries, gambling and gaming industries are also the main focuses of the Taichung Police Department’s work."
I do think there has been a reduction in the sex industry - many saunas have closed, but gambling????? My house is surrounded by casinos.
"I do think there has been a reduction in the sex industry - many saunas have closed"
See, now that's the kind of thing I'd be embarrassed to admit on the internet.
Well, they sort of stand out with the dudes standing outside burning spirit money every single night. It's not like they were hiding their location from the general public. I just noticed that some of the ones at certain intersections are now converted into normal stores, etc.
I will also say that normal sex shops have multiplied dramatically since when I first arrived.
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