Mesa Police trying to do more with less

Gascon wants to reduce crime even further in the upcoming year, even with budget cuts. If he can do it, I am all for it. In fact, I'd like to see other areas of the city try to follow his lead and do more with less.

Despite what some of the very vocal critics say, Gascon has been good for Mesa. The city has an illegal immigrant problem, but it also has a crime problem. While one feeds the other, they are not mutually exclusive. He has been more focused on the crime, and not as much on the nationality or legal status of the criminal. In that arena, he has done a great job.

Does Mesa need to do more to tackle illegal immigration? Yes. But I don't think that they should drop everything else they are doing to focus squarely on this single topic. Reducing crime and having the desire to reduce it further is a good thing.