The Enduro Unit

It's funny to see overweight police officers struggling to control Suzuki dirt bikes. It's annoying that this is funded by our tax dollars. It's tragic, though, that this is our solution to "transients." Corpus Christi Police Captain Todd Green reportedly said the motorbike unit was established to address aggressive panhandlers, trespassing, alcohol- and drug-related crimes, tagging and auto burglaries [caller times]. Captain Wayne Tisdale amplified the purpose of the unit: to prevent the transient population from committing crimes. How we treat our fellow humans defines us. Whether they're sightly or economically productive, these "transients" are our fellow citizens and how we treat them is a statement of who we are. Empty citations are hardly the answer, nor is herding and chasing our poor and homeless on dirt bikes. Our impoverished and indigent are part of our city, we can't hide them or chase them away. Their suffering is our failure. The solution to our transient population is constant attention. They're not going anywhere and many will never incorporate. We can only tend to them as our consciences dictate, as our humanity requires.