Westville neighbors plan to meet with their alder and neighborhood top cop Wednesday evening to brainstorm ideas to counter a recent uptick in burglaries, car break-ins, and muggings.
Jonathan Gordon, who organized the meeting with the participation of District Manager Lt. Rose Dell and Alder Adam Marchand, posted the following announcement about it:
There will be a meeting next week to address crime in Westville. If you have been affected by crime in our community, are concerned about crime in our community, own a home, rent a home, have a car, have children, like to walk, or are otherwise part of Westville, you should be a part of this discussion and help to develop solutions. Here is the information about the meeting:
Due to the uptick in crime in our community, we’ll be holding a meeting specifically to discuss and address this problem. The goal of this meeting is to work as a community to develop productive ideas and methods of dealing with crime so that it will be heavily reduced or eliminated entirely.
PLACE: Edgewood School
737 Edgewood Avenue
Multi-purpose room
DATE: Wednesday, November 7, 2018
TIME: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
HOSTS: Adam Marchand, Ward 25 Alder
Lieutenant Rose Dell, District 2 Manager
Jonathan Gordon, Westville resident
AGENDA: 6:30pm – 7:00 pm Introductory remarks and discussion
7:00pm – 7:45pm Small group discussions to generate ideas
7:45pm – 8:15pm Reports from small groups and discussion
8:15pm – 8:30pm Actionable items recap, concluding remarks
We have all been affected by crime in our community, be it directly or indirectly. This meeting is an opportunity to answer the question “what are we supposed to do?”. We ask that you consider attending this meeting and helping to be part of the solution.
Please direct any questions to [email protected]
I will also ask any neighbors who are so inclined to assist me with delivering paper printouts of this information to all of the homes in Ward 25. I will be printing hundreds of copies at my own expense, so all I would need is 30 minutes of your time to help get the word out.
