Trick-or-treating safety task force set up in Warren

WARREN — A Halloween 2006 riot on the city’s West Side and increasing complaints from city residents about crime have prompted two city council members to form a trick-or-treat task force to make it safe for kids to enjoy Halloween.

Bob Marchese, council president, and Bob Dean, councilman at large, announced that they have invited members of the city’s neighborhood groups, Warren council members and others to gather at Austin Village Baptist Church, 545 Commerce Ave. N.W., at 5 p.m. Thursday to mobilize on a nearby neighborhood for trick or treating, which is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The task force will don safety vests and watch the children during those hours, Marchese said today.

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