Youngstown police start new hanger program
YOUNGSTOWN
If you live or work in the city, the Youngstown Police Department is trying to foster a deeper rapport with you.
As part of that effort, five members of the Community Oriented Police Unit spent several hours Thursday evening leaving bright-yellow door hangers with Market Street businesses between Midlothian Boulevard and Indianola Avenue on the city’s South Side.
The idea is to make police more visible and improve relations between the department and businesses, in part by reminding them to call authorities to discuss safety and security concerns, as well as legal questions and other needs, noted Lt. William Ross, who headed the effort.
The officers also warned some residents about someone who’s fraudulently claiming to represent an alarm company in an attempt to get residents to switch to that company.
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