Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten’s plan to curb crime: ban hoodies and baseball hats
Here is an epically stupid idea. Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten has told the City Council that he thinks it should ban baseball hats and hoodies. Topeka’s law enforcement officers, like they do in every city, rely on surveillance cameras to help nab criminals. But sometimes, people wear clothing that makes it difficult to identify them on camera. So, Bunten argues, the city should just ban them altogether when security cameras are present.
Bunten told the council that Police Chief Ron Miller suggested the idea. The mayor says other cities have reduced crime with similar bans and outlawing the clothing would be good for Topeka. “Anything we can do to lower crime and make it safer for people who work in businesses, I think that’s a positive,” he told the Council.
