St. Charles recently created a special loading zone for taxicabs on Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays.
Late-night partiers in historic St. Charles may soon have an easier time catching a cab home. The city council recently approved the creation of a taxi loading zone on the north side of Monroe Street between Main Street and Riverfront Drive. The zone will allow taxi drivers to line up between 10 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. which will help get the mass numbers of people out of the area after the bars close. Many of the crimes reported in North Main Street—from public urination to vandalism—happen in those early morning hours. In addition, the city also created a 15-minute loading and unloading zone for limos and buses on the north side of Jefferson Street between Riverside Drive and Main Street. The loading zone will be in effect Thursday to …
St. Charles Police Department started using a police officer on a bicycle on Main Street Wednesday afternoon. Bicycle police are part of the city's effort to address crime in downtown St. Charles.
While on duty Wednesday, St. Charles Police Officer Pete Sansone pedaled down Main Street past a trick-or-treating Darth Vader, a lady bug and a lion. St. Charles Police Department on Wednesday debuted a new initiative to use police officers on bicycle patrol in the historic downtown area. Bike patrols are one of several suggestions a security taskforce recommended the city implement in response to crime in historic St. Charles. Interim Police Chief Larry Stulce said he was initially unsure when the program would begin because officers had to receive advanced training. However, an opportunity opened up and two officers are now trained to do bicycle patrols. Stulce said he expects to use the bike patrols regularly in historic Main Street…
Mayor presented recommendations from the security taskforce to a group of business owners and residents on Main Street Wednesday.
St. Charles business owners on Main Street are being encouraged to invest in security cameras as part of a larger effort to address crime in downtown St. Charles. The recommendation is one of several made by Mayor Sally Faith and a security taskforce to a group of business owners who attended a quarterly meeting with the Mayor on Thursday. "They're a deterrant," she said about the security camers. "It's also an after the fact, trying to take care of finding people who have done things they shouldn't have done." The security cameras, which cost about $1,000 each, would be purchased by individual store owners and residents on Main Street. The camera feeds would not tie into the police department's system, but the footage could be used by …
Bob
8:03 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
This not a new concept at all. They were used several years ago, with limited success for the dedicated use of the bicycle patrol. Let them start issuing some parking tickets, along with other ordinace violations and watch the shop owners start to scream. more ›