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Southeast Quality of Life <br />Strategic Neighborhood Action Plan <br />Community -oriented policing. One of the possibilities that has been <br />suggested is that the Southeast Neighborhood Partnership Center house at 626 <br />East Broadway, operate as a "storefront location" out of which the community <br />policing functions would operate. At least during the day perhaps two (2) <br />officers would operate, holding office hours to take complaints and tips, help <br />organize block watches, do paperwork and occasionally walk the neighborhood <br />(most desirable) or use bikes or even squad cars to sweep the neighborhood <br />and the school sites. This would not be used as substation to book suspects, <br />etc. <br />` Police Officers Home Ownership Programs. One of the ways to increase the <br />Police presence in the neighborhood is to design a special home ownership <br />program which would provide subsidies for them to live in the neighborhood. <br />In conjunction with a program, which allowed them to bring police squad cars <br />home, would increase the police presence in the neighborhood without having <br />to deploy additional resources. <br />Neighborhood Watch: This is already occurring but some difficulty has been <br />encountered because it is difficult to organize and recruit block captains if the <br />unruly youth are occupying dwellings in the block or drug houses or are <br />congregating in gangs on the corner in a threatening manner to the residences. <br />Drug -Free School Zone. With the new High School to be constructed it <br />should be designed and operated as a_drug-free environment in which no drug <br />dealing should be tolerated by the police or school officials. In addition <br />educational programs should be operated to reinforce the law enforcement. <br />Counseling and referral to drug programs should also be part of the program <br />offered by the school officials. <br />' Crime Prevention through Environmental Design would include target <br />hardening by providing assistance to homeowners to install deadbolt and <br />window locks and additional yard security lighting-. Perhaps the South Bend <br />UEA could sponsor this program as has been done in other cities. The streets <br />usage should also be studied by the traffic department and those not needed <br />for through traffic should be turned into local circulation and selectively be <br />considered candidates for cul-de-sacs, loop streets, speed bumps and other <br />devices to slow down and close off areas to make them more private. The <br />incidence of burglary would probably drop, and the feeling of neighborhood <br />