College Hill

Over the past year there have been 1425 calls for service in College Hill versus 1719 for Northside. The good news (sort of) is that calls for service for both communities is down slightly from the year before. These data are presented at LINK. This is not to say that there are not problems with loitering and littering. We need to stay active in dealing with this. It is fair to say that Citizens on Patrol, Court Watch, CPD officers, and our probation officers are doing a good job in addressing issues. Court watch currently has 51 cases being followed in the court system; mostly common pleas.

There will be an awards ceremony on Saturday, October 10, for Citizens on Patrol. I believe four members of College Hill will receive awards. College Hill continues to lead the city in hours walked that amount to a savings to the city of $750,000 annually. Several arrests have been made due to the vigilance of COP members. Court Watch is court on average 3 days per week in seeking prosecution of serious offenders and have been an integral part of getting help for those with drug, alcohol, and behavioral problems.

The real challenge is to get the community more involved in reporting criminal mischief that includes loitering and littering. The rule of thumb on loitering is to report a group of 5 or more hanging out at a given location. Truly this is an example of the squeaky wheel getting the oil.

Phone numbers to remember:
POLICE
Emergency: 911
Non-emergency: 765-1212
Crime Stoppers: 352-3040 or 352-3050 (TEXT)
Guns Hotline: 352-GUNS (4867)

PUBLIC SERVICES
Graffiti / Junk Cars / Trash: 591-6000

HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Litter/Weeds: 564-1750
Child Abuse: 241-KIDS (5437)
Elder Abuse: 421-LIFE (5433)

glad to hear that crime is down in college hilll and northside. also, glad to hear that our C.O.P.S. will be getting some recognition. now, we need to concentrate on cleaning up the town. littering is punishable by a fine, is it not? the city needs money, does it not? why not concentrate on litterers as well as people who need their sidewalks fixed, etc.?
also, loitering is an age old form of hanging out with your buddies. i used to sit on a culvert with several friends every evening and discuss the world's problems and how the fishing would be on saturday morning. this was not in town, but in the quiet suburb. we did not discuss the less critical problems of the day, but dealt with the important issues as outlined above.
where are the culverts of yesterday in college hill? where have all the culverts gone, long time passing? gone to food marts, everyone, when will we ever learn?
what happened to the park where the fired buildings came down? another pipe dream? looks like the grass is dead, though.
what is going to happen to the land at northeast corner of hamilton and north bend? looks like crap once you get past the nice work of the gardeners.........is this not owned by our city? why not ask them to make it look nice? why don't we get permission from them to make it look nice. could be a good cleanup project.........maybe a good place for next year's pumpkin patch. by the way, what a great time that was last weekend. kudos to the planners and the workers. must not
have been a city project.
oldrealtor

Where are all the voices in College Hill that were against ERH? Are heads only to pop out on Groundhog's Day?