The Police Department will have a meeting to talk more about the Neighborhood Watch program on Tuesday October 1 at the Civic Center. If I recall rightly, Carbondale had a Neighborhood Watch program at one time but it has seen little activity over the past several years.
While revitalizing the Neighborhood Watch program is a good idea, I would hope they combine it with some form of foot patrol in the downtown and Poplar Street areas. From what I heard over the weekend, there were at least three robberies on Poplar Street last Saturday night and there have been several others in months prior.
According to the column linked above, foot patrols historically have had little impact on crime but that appears to have changed with increased community stratification.
While revitalizing the Neighborhood Watch program is a good idea, I would hope they combine it with some form of foot patrol in the downtown and Poplar Street areas. From what I heard over the weekend, there were at least three robberies on Poplar Street last Saturday night and there have been several others in months prior.
According to the column linked above, foot patrols historically have had little impact on crime but that appears to have changed with increased community stratification.
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