Chief Biehl

Public Safety is “economic development”

The Dayton City Commission spent $95K yesterday to “study reuse” of buildings downtown- while at the same time, the Chief of Police and the Fire Chief are both still trying to hire new officers. Somehow city hall has things confused- they seem to think that people will invest in Dayton when the government refuses to Read More

When you discuss things in public- good ideas come forward

The reason I hate the City Commission holding illegal work sessions (the Charter doesn’t provide for them, they aren’t recorded properly, and city business is discussed outside the official one-meeting-a-week specified by charter) is that good input might be closed out. Discussing things online- in an open forum like this- allows for all to read Read More

The takedown of Jack Brooks.

In today’s Dayton Daily News, the other side of Dayton Police Officer Jack Brooks has finally started to be told. After the shooting, the focus was on how he was about to be fired- yet, Chief Biehl still let him out on patrol solo. No cop wants to shoot someone, especially, on his last days Read More