Tara Bolen sat down today for a Q & A session with Dan Krasnoff, executive director of Parks Central Development Corporation. Dan discussed the new pedestrian street lights that will be installed to enhance safety and security for the pedestrians that frequent the Central West End. WUMCRC was one of the funding partners for the […]
Today, Tara Bolen sat down with Brooks Goedeker (WUMCRC Community Development Manager and chair of the Grove CID safety and security committee) and Officer Paul Henkhaus (a member of the City’s Finest LLC). Both spoke about the role of the Forest Park Southeast supplemental patrols and their effectiveness on crime.
The Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative (NSI) recently began installing security cameras throughout the Central West End. WUMCRC funded the recorder, security monitors, and necessary computer equipment. WUMCRC Intern Tara Bolen had the opportunity to sit down with James Partee, the Director of the NSI, to discuss the cameras and the continued efforts […]
The following excerpt was written by Brooks Goedeker for the upcoming Central West End Association Newsletter The Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative (NSI) has been in existence for 2 years. The program, in that short time, has excelled in bringing accountability to its supplemental patrols and advancing the neighborhood’s use of diverse security tools […]
As 9th District Captain, Mike Caruson explains in the video below, the Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol are collaborating on a special task force to bring down the number of automobile break-ins in the central corridor of St. Louis. This initiative, which begins on April 11, 2010, will target […]
Last night (Wednesday, March 31st), the Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative held it’s monthly security forum at the Schlafly Library. At each meeting, CWE NSI Director James Partee, Board President Brooks Goedeker, law enforcement officers and neighborhood residents and business owners meet to discuss the current state of safety and security in the area, […]
Forest Park Southeast resident Patrice Willis moved into the neighborhood only two years ago and in that time she has become a member of the beautification and infrastructure committee, chair of the safety and security committee, and is now a board member on the new Park Central CDC. As chair of the Forest Park Southeast […]
The Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative (NSI), currently under the auspice of the Central West End Association, is working to become an independent organization. Due to the success of the initiative’s first year and its ever expanding safety and security efforts, the NSI board has begun taking the steps necessary to officially become a […]
From the Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative website. Here are a list of “things your burglar wont tell you” compiled from convicted burglars!! 1. Of course I look familiar. I was here just last week cleaning your carpets, painting your shutters, or delivering your new refrigerator. 2. Hey, thanks for letting me use the […]
On the job for just over a year, James Partee has hit the ground running. As Director of the Neighborhood Security Initiative in the Central West End, James has overseen a 13% drop in overall crimes, improved communication between the public and enforcement officers and greater security coverage of the area at a lower cost […]