I'm in initial recruiting phases for a dept about 70 miles from where I live, so while I was up there for testing the other day I was driving around the area getting a feel for the lay of the land.
I noticed that on what appears to be the main road (big, center of town, road that city hall is on, etc.) is heavily populated by motels. They appear to be mostly no-tell motel fleabag joints, and there are literally about 15 in mile or so on the east west main road, and several off the cross streets. They are one after the other and the primary thing to be found there.
This town is West Sacramento and is just across the river from downtown Sacramento. I don't think it's a particularly high crime area, but probably biusy at times.
I'm just curious about weather or not a high density of motels tends to present any specific type of challenge to law enforcement, weather or not there are types of criminal activity that seem to flourish in that environment. This could be important as the town is not really that big and I saw a sign on my way in proclaiming that they had over 1000 rooms to rent, so come stay, etc. I figure that is a major source of commerce for that town.
I noticed that on what appears to be the main road (big, center of town, road that city hall is on, etc.) is heavily populated by motels. They appear to be mostly no-tell motel fleabag joints, and there are literally about 15 in mile or so on the east west main road, and several off the cross streets. They are one after the other and the primary thing to be found there.
This town is West Sacramento and is just across the river from downtown Sacramento. I don't think it's a particularly high crime area, but probably biusy at times.
I'm just curious about weather or not a high density of motels tends to present any specific type of challenge to law enforcement, weather or not there are types of criminal activity that seem to flourish in that environment. This could be important as the town is not really that big and I saw a sign on my way in proclaiming that they had over 1000 rooms to rent, so come stay, etc. I figure that is a major source of commerce for that town.
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