The Security Committee meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the SDCC office, 6008 Kingsbury. The committee is co-chaired by Mark Gorman and Katie Wilson. The meeting is open to all residents. The Committee meetings are attended by a police officer, representatives from the Washington University police and the Circuit Attorney’s office. Until May, representatives from Metro also attended.
A frequent item on the agenda has been illegal activity at the Forest Park MetroLink station. Efforts to curtail the activity have not been successful. In July, the Committee decided to petition John Nations, CEO of Metro, with copies to city offices and the SLMPD. The petition asks for increased cooperation across jurisdictional lines to address this problem and for consideration of physical modifications to the station as well.
Committee members sought signatures at National Night Out and SDCC director Liz Pund set up an online mechanism to allow other neighbors to sign. The petition will be delivered to Mr. Nations by Labor Day.
Crime at the station inhibits use and also can have spillover effects on our neighborhood and DeBaliviere Place. Updates will appear in subsequent issues of the Times.
