Copied from the West Side Forum
The Garden District Neighborhood Association will have its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Davis Center at Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave. Guest speaker will be Youngstown Police Chief Rod Foley.
Many people came to the meeting to listen to the new police chief's plans for the YPD.
Jay can you tell us some of what he said?
I was there, too. Here are some of the things that come to mind: (feel free to add or amend)
- He wants the officers to be more proactive, to "go hunting" for problems, when they aren't on a call.
- He wants the officers to be more active in the neighborhoods they patrol, so they can get to know--and build relationships with--the people they're serving.
- The cruisers have GPS devices. So, if they are spending too much time sitting at a certain spot, (i.e. drinking coffee at a gas station, not doing their job) someone at the station will know about it.
- He wants to improve response time, of course.