SDCC director, Calvin Stuart, announced that the Council has applied for an anti-crime grant from Region 5 of the Law Enforcement Assistance Agency. The LEAA has been accepting proposals for the spending of a $20,000,000 federal grant to St. Louis for combating crime, particularly street crime.
The SDCC proposal is essentially the same submitted last year for $40,000 to fund a multi-purpose anti-crime program in this neighborhood. Funds would be used to hire staff to work with juveniles as a preventive measure, both in-school and out-of-school. Some funds would be available to provide watchman service for homes empty during the day, and for business premises at night.
Originally published in The Paper, March 1972.
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