[speaker001:] so Martin how do you feel about crime in the city uh you said you're from Atlanta
[speaker002:] right I I I actually I live in the city and uh I guess it is a concern of mine uh
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] you know for my own safety
[speaker001:] um-hum I mean do you find do you find crime in Atlanta really bad I mean I live in Atlanta also
[speaker002:] oh that's right um
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh I think it is bad in certain areas however I think uh the area that I live in it's not uh the the crime level is not as high as it is in other areas of the of the city I think it seems that there's certain certain areas where uh the crime is focused um
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum well what do you think can be done about the crime in the city
[speaker002:] well I think it's what's been happening over the last several years it seems they've been beefing up the police patrols trying to put put more guys more cops higher visibility
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and uh it had some impact but not a tremendous amount and probably um they need to try to increase community involvement that sort of thing I think's the best way there is
[speaker001:] I'd probably agree with that
[speaker002:] yeah you know uh particularly in some of the housing projects
[speaker001:] uh
[speaker002:] uh you know that's that tends to be where a lot of that crime is focused and they've got to do more than just having having cops there they've got to kind of change the way people think about it
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah that's probably true um so do um well do you think Atlanta is as bad as most other cities
[speaker002:] um well I've been to I'd say it's it's probably in the top top ten in terms of crime um it's nowhere near as bad as New York City for example probably not not as bad as Detroit
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum I don't think it's as bad as LA either
[speaker002:] no
[speaker001:] we I don't think we don't we have as much of the gang problem as a lot of the other cities have
[speaker002:] yeah that seems to be true um yeah if you've ever been to like New York City and
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] you can just you can just as you walk through the street on a given evening you can see crimes being committed it's that obvious
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah I know I've I've come to the conclusion also that you know just if you are walking in a downtown area you know where where there's a lot of crime a lot of that's gonna just just keeping your senses about you and you know trying not to look like a victim you know
[speaker002:] yeah that's true
[speaker001:] you know walk with you know walk with you know with
[speaker002:] with a big stick or
[speaker001:] well not silly just walk you know confidently and you know don't don't be looking around like you've never been there before and you have no idea where you are
[speaker002:] right sure right don't don't walk down a an alley or don't get just try to keep yourself out of a bad situation but yeah there are times when you can't avoid all that um and and then you're kind of
[speaker001:] yeah um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] on your own
[speaker001:] yeah and if you have you ever have you ever been mugged in Atlanta
[speaker002:] uh no the only thing I've ever had is I've had my wallet lifted
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] but that was in a more of a a a setting where there was a number of people around and I kind of got I was much younger at the time and kind of a couple of people they just took it from me without me knowing really
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] and kind of passed it off so I didn't know who had it
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] I've had that happen but that's that's about it
[speaker001:] yeah I've been pretty lucky about getting mugged I don't
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] yeah I think I've only actually seen like one you know one actual robbery with a gun
[speaker002:] hum
[speaker001:] and that's been about the only you know real violent crime where you know potentially violent crime that I've seen in Atlanta and that and that was just a guy running out of a store that he just robbed
[speaker002:] really well I've had my um-hum I've had my car stolen so maybe that counts
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] wow where was where where was that was that downtown or
[speaker002:] oh no that was in the northern part um up near Cumberland Mall area it's actually Cobb County but it is Atlanta
[speaker001:] really um-hum metropolitan yeah
[speaker002:] and uh there's a lot of car thefts in that area
[speaker001:] yeah I've I've actually I've known known some people that have had their cars stolen um and uh and uh you know but half the time they seem to the APD seems to recover them you know in in various states of disrepair up on blocks you know my friend who had a um
[speaker002:] right yeah yeah
[speaker001:] VW Rabbit and when he when he got it back his um dashboard was sitting in in his front seat
[speaker002:] yeah mine was just it had been wrecked and some superficial type damage but they didn't they didn't strip it
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] so I got it back
[speaker001:] well you're probably luckier than
[speaker002:] yeah than most
[speaker001:] um-hum um so does like insurance pay for the body damage or was that was that all it was body
[speaker002:] right it it was about three grand to put everything together they cracked the steering column of course to steal the car
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] yeah you've got to you crack the steering column then you pull the there's a pin in there that you can pull on these GM cars and you can start start it up basically pretty easily
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum so how do you know this much about um stealing cars
[speaker002:] well after I found mine I had to I had this