Talk about a hostile work environment

From the Texas CentreDaily:

Police chief faces daunting task of cleaning up violent border town
After seeing eight cops murdered during his first 15 days on the job, Police Chief Omar Pimentel has adopted a Gandhi-like approach to law enforcement.



"My message is very clear: I am not here to confront anyone," he said from his well-cocooned office at police headquarters. "I am not here to fight."

And who could blame him? Nuevo Laredo is one of the most dangerous towns for police in the Western Hemisphere, and he is the top lawman.

Gunmen in the crime-ridden border town have slain 17 current and former police officers since Jan. 1.

Pimentel's predecessor, Alejandro Dominguez, 52, who had vowed to clamp down on organized crime, was gunned down less than seven hours after becoming police chief June 8.

Yikes! Drug runners and two rival gangs. Tell me again how the "War on Crime" is working? I don't do drugs (Cider and Beer are my choice) but they should be legalized and you would need a Dr.'s prescription or some license to get. This would deny the majority of the revenue to the criminal gangs plus, the end user would get a consistently pure product at a reasonable price. The Government would get their taxes -- what's not to love!