Police Chief Noble Wray has a vision for the future of downtown, and it includes cops on horses.
Wray, battling the perception that the downtown area has become unsafe, told Rotary Club members Wednesday that he hopes to permanently add foot, bike and horse patrols to the downtown police mix.
….The added officers are part of a vision Wray laid out for keeping the downtown safe, which included more neighborhood involvement, creating safe zones where pedestrians pass through areas of high visibility, increasing transportation options and, most of all, battling the drunken excess he sees as the root of downtown’s woes.
“We must move away from the entitlement culture of binge drinking,” he said.