Mayor Says City is Addressing Crime on Main Street
Sally Faith sought to clarify a report that shows more than 1,200 police incidents in and around Main Street in 2012.
Mayor Sally Faith sought to clarify a recent report about police incidents on Main Street in 2012 and assure business owners that the city is working on a solution. According to the report, there were 1,272 incidents on and around Main Street St. Charles between Jan. 1 and July 10, 2012. Faith said she was stressed that the report caused uproar among residents and business owners. She sought to clarify the definition of "incident." "An incident is when my car breaks down and I call for help and a policeman comes and helps me out," she said. "An incident is when a police officer is directed to go down for extra duty." Faith said Interim Police Chief Larry Stulce is compiling a report that would compare the incidents in 2012 to those in …
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Agustus Brandenburger
1:45 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
This is a problem in any densly centered mix use area. Do we want Main st. to become the desolate eyesore it was in the '80s? No, but we want to balance the needs of both the residents and the visitors to this popular entertainment area. It provides tax dollars at a higher rate and in turn requires a higher level of oversight by our civil servants. It is good that they are takign a closer look to… more ›