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Southeast Quality of Life <br />Strategic Neighborhood Action Plan <br />NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY STRATEGIC PLAN <br />Introduction <br />In its meeting, the Security Task Force has identified a litany of problems which <br />effect the South East neighborhood. These include crime, drug sales and use, <br />drug houses, teen gangs, prostitution, and a general feeling of insecurity. The <br />residents do not feel that enough law enforcement is being provided to contain <br />crime and remove the criminal element from the neighborhood. <br />Mission Statement: <br />"Insure that people and property are free from crime and the threat of <br />crime and that neighbors and visitors feel safe and secure in the <br />South East neighborhood." <br />The Mission Statement represents the desires of the community for a safe <br />environment which is not the case at the present time. There is a feeling in the <br />neighborhood that the residents need to become more directly involved in their <br />own security and that a closer partnership needs to be established with the <br />police, prosecutors and judges. This ranges from prevention programs to <br />making certain that people like prostitutes and other offenders are not released <br />to the streets again in a revolving door type of justice. <br />Issues <br />There were four primary issues of concern to residents of the South East <br />neighborhood. <br />1 . The fear of crime from those livin and o rating iIle al activities in the <br />neighborhood Prostitutes, drug dealers, juvenile gang members live and <br />operate illegal activities in the neighborhood. From street corners where <br />children wait for school buses to abandoned houses used for drug <br />purposes, illegal activities, go on day and night. Without the feeling of <br />environmental security, residents property values drop, people are fearful <br />TO let their children go unattended to parks and school, and senior citizens <br />feel trapped in their homes fearful of what awaits them on the streets. <br />Slum landlords rent to prostitutes and other undesirables while living <br />elsewhere in the area in safe neighborhoods. <br />WA <br />