Skinker-DeBaliviere area residents should etch their driver's license numbers on valuables in an effort to prevent burglaries and arrange schedules with neighbors to watch their block for suspicious activities during high-crime periods, the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council's crime committee has recommended.
Tag: Safety
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Keeping creeping pests from getting into the house is simpler than battling them once they are in, according to the manager of Khem's Pest Control Service.
An area - wide clean - up is scheduled in May if the SDCC has enough volunteers to launch the campaign.
A clean-up of the Norfolk and Western Railroad right-of-way, which cuts diagonally through much of the Skinker-DeBaliviere area, is scheduled for April 12 or 19.
In October, 1969, the Police Liaison Committee was initiated by Burke Mees in an effort to curb crime in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area through community participation.
A recent evaluation of truck traffic on Skinker Boulevard, undertaken by the city Traffic division at the request of Women for City Living, points out the need for traffic control on Skinker if the residential character of the neighborhood is to be preserved.
The first issue of The Crusade Courier, newsletter of Women's Crusade Against Crime, reports that the group has been allocated $25,000 by the Law Enforcement Assistance Council.
The city says the railroad should do it; the railroad says the city should do it; and the residents say only the railroad or the city is equipped to take care of it.
The City of St. Louis has numerous ordinances and regulations designed to preserve and improve city neighborhoods.
Due to several recent, but minor, incidents, it has been necessary to employ a guard at the Des Peres Branch Library — 5960 Kingsbury.
