HIGHLAND PARK FOCUS
-
H.P.,
h
CODCelDS.
DOted pleased
the federal �
provide dditional funds for
.. to drup, dis-
turbed talk it bad to be local--
Iy Ched.
cities facing aime and
drug PI' -may DC?t line
local fundiDg. - she said.
Scott also called for re
local control, . that city of
fi· -ean best determine t
. ecessary for their cities.-
The Mayor noted she is
. to a conference 0 drup
in Washington DeU week to tJIk
• 0 • & the B Ad-
miDistration aad wiD be briDg-
.. up .
When asked about her reac-
t per �reportl that
Pre ident Bush i going to
finance the drug war by cutting
back on b . and economic
de�lopment programs, Scott
said, "TIl. ould be a total
defeat, defeating a major pur
pose for fighting drugs --
rebuilding our communities."
She added she did not know
bether uch reports ofho .
and development cutback
re true � would try to find
out duriag the conference.
The Mayor added that e
u1d be meeting with HUD
Secretary J c Kemp and
d use this occasion to talk
about more housing and
economic development for
HjplandP
1,816.
In p ct
u rmarket,.
community
group .urge
By
HIGHLAND P - After com
plaints were made about dirt in
some Highland Park super
marke and grocery ores, the
Senior Citize Advisory Coun
cil passed a resolution asking
the mayor to send inspectors to
check conditions.
The Region I-A Advisory
Board of the Wayne Metro
Community Service Agency
passed resolution upporting
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A umn
h dul for·
cl anup
HIGHLAND P . - City
r . be coming through
different neighborhoods to
clean them up, oted Highland
Par Park and Recreation
Director ary Th .
The city·will be handling:
e area nom Six Mile to
idland, the expre sway to
Second, dari the ee of
September 16 - 23d
- The area from Six Mile to
I Da' 0 Second to Oaklaad
duriDs pf Se ember
1 thro 23<1.
- The area from the ex
DJalSWay to Seco d, Do' to
Gle d le, Ford to Davi on,
the week of September
25th through 30th.
- The area of Glendale to
Tuxedo d the Expr y to
Wood ard, the week of Oc
tober 2nd through 7th.
e area from Woodward
to Oakland and Davison to Ten
nyson, the wee of October 9th.
CO TEST
IUGHLAND P - Hip1and
Par Mayor Martha G. Scott
declared a city- . de autumn
clean up cOntest from Septem
ber 11 to October 18, 1989,
re prizes and" wards will be
gi_yen to the cleanest and
improYed bloc treets, d
alleys.
For further information, call
Mary E. Director of
. Par and Recreation, during
orking hours at �13) 252-
0028.
Crime'rl e spurs drug raid
Marshall Emerson, Director
of tJae Highland Par Public
Safety Department said during
• the weekend officers bad:
de 85 arrests. .
- Confiscated 10 weapons.
- Seized suspected nar-
cotics amountiDg to $9,000.
- Confiscated cash money
amountiDg to $4,<m.
Emerson added the police
also' ued ti . those
- who 10· ered -known- comers
e drup were sold.
peeted p ees with a
HloHLAND - Suspected
drug dealers in Highl.nd Par
h d an unhappy Labor Day
weekend
p 7 LID. on Friday Sep-
te r lit to 7 .... S day
September 3d, the Hish'and
Park Police DepartmeDt p
iato effect 'Operation
Whir· 1', an effort of -.in
tease enforcement, with
prioritiea beiDa placed OIl drug
r· aad tree comer clrus
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HOW TO REPORT CR. E
HIGHLAND P - HigbI'and Par Director Mushall Emer
son says that citizens can report a crime by calling the hot
llilc at (313) 256-0116. •
He emphasizes citizens can call wilbou giving their
name if they wish. ..
Ho ver, e emphasizes that those 0 do caD should
get the name of the person who rs and the da e.and
time of the call.
That y if there is no ction on the complaint, it will be
possible to find out who is responsible.
"Accountability is so important in operatic like thi ."
Emerson .d.
He . d that if those who make COJJiplaints are dissatis
fied, they should call his own numbc;r at (313) 252-0323, with
inform . n of the date and time of the first call and the
name 0 the employee who answered.
liquor license, in acco dan
with la passed by the State of
Michigan and came up with six
I violations of admini trative
rule .
Emerson . d that in making
drug or loitering arre ts, his
department be where to go
because of citizen complaints.
"It a a partnership be
t ee citizens and police,"
Emerson ted. "It wouldn't
ve been a successful opera
tion without the citize ."
Emerson stated that what
ppeoed Labor D y Wee end
will only be the first of many
such ebforcement efforts. He
emphasizes it is called Opera
tion Whirlwind 1", which im
pli 'tha there will be more.
·M ybe we'll go up to 12." he
said.
He urged residents to wor
with police.
Emer on s id th police
stati ics indic ted city crime
d gone down every, month in
1988, the first year t ayor
Scott entered office, but the d
ministration was di ppointed
th t crime this ye r h d no
gone down further.
Emerson . d Mayor Martha
G. Scott was concerned bou
2% upswing on crime in July,
and this woe r n why
Operation Whirlwind- started.
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