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When James Dobson was let go as police chief of Opa-locka, Florida – a small city of 16,000 in Miami-Dade County – it was because of high crime rates and his lack of progress in turning around a troubled department, according to an article in the Miami Herald.
Four months later, he was one of the applicants to be the next chief of the Albuquerque Police Department – as is the man who fired him, Opa-locka City Manager John Pate.
Pate and Dobson were two of 39 candidates who had applied to be the city’s next top cop. When reached by phone Thursday, Dobson said he removed his name from consideration earlier this week because the move would be too much for his family.
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Shekleton’s change.org petition for crossing lights received 1,125 signatures, while another petition asking for sidewalks along Phoenix and Washington streets received more than 400 signatures.
Residents said they’ve had concerns for pedestrian safety in the area of Rails to Trails for years and Town Council said they’re listening to their concerns.
Vernon Town Council voted unanimously to authorize spending up to $60,000 to purchase and install flashing pedestrian crossing signals at five locations along the Vernon Rails to Trails system. • West Street • Hartford Turnpike • Dobson Road and Birch Street • Center Road • Phoenix Street and Warren Avenue
“It’s very sensitive to us that we respond to issues that people in our town have and we can,” Councilman Brian Motola said. “This is the first effort or first part of a series of things we do to help control some of the problems people brought to our knowledge.”
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