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Historical letter signed Ed Walsh and Skip Coburn (established Richmond Coburn attribution). Crime figures and interpretations are the letter writers’ period claims.
Dear Editor: For several months our neighborhood has faced the likely extinction of Team Policing.
The Board of Police Commissioners has several times postponed the “inevitable decision” of whether or not to retain Team Policing.
However, as we understand it, that decision will finally be made sometime in October. Therefore, it is not too late for our neighborhood to demonstrate our support for Team Policing.
During the first three years of Team Policing, crime in Skinker-DeBaliviere fell by an average of better than ten percent per year. Numerous contacts with Seventh District officers has clearly shown that the “rank and file” officers support Team Policing and want it retained. Moreover, in its “heyday” (when there was an adequate ‘number of officers assigned to the Seventh District), Team Policing contributed greatly to improving ties between our neighborhood and the police.
We believe these are compelling reasons for supporting Team Policing.
We strongly encourage all neighborhood residents to join us (before it is too late) at the public hearing scheduled for Wednesday evening, September 9.
The hearing will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be held at the Union Avenue Christian Church, .730 Union Boulevard.
We hope that everyone will make every effort to attend the hearing and show Skinker-DeBaliviere support for Team Policing. Ed Walsh and Skip Coburn
Originally published in The Paper, September 1981.
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Archival transcription note: The printed church address of 730 Union differs from 733 on the front page and calendar. Crime trends and causal interpretations remain attributed opinions.
Original source: SD_Times1981_09.pdf, printed page(s) 2; PDF page(s) 2.
