Mayor Ed Gainey sent a letter to the Downtown community Thursday outlining his administration's plan to address rising gun violence, crime, disorder and filth.
The proposal would triple the number of police officers on duty in the Golden Triangle during hours unwanted behaviors are greatest in number.
What's missing in Mr. Gainey's message is a timeline for ramping up the police presence and whether the city will accept an offer from Allegheny County and the sheriff's office to send officers to help.
The police force is almost 100 officers short of the 900 planned for in the budget and just under a third of the city's officers qualify for retirement.
The president of the police union predicts an unprecedented crime wave if the trend is not reversed.
We ask city leaders to act boldly, and quickly.
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