The Crime Watch Committee held their regular monthly meeting yesterday evening, July 16, at Village Hall. Their meetings are scheduled for the third Thursday of every month at 6 P.M.
Discussion was held on donating clips for the new stinger guns to the WPD. Last month members of that department put on a live demonstration of the new weapons that all Wellsville police officers now carry. The stinger guns work the same as the more widely known taser guns to temporarily disable an aggressive & combative offender.
Discussion was also held on the possibility to hold some future meetings in different neighborhoods around the village in hopes to get more people involved with this committee. It's food for thought and more discussion will be held at the next meeting on this subject.
It's kind of sad that attendance has fallen off for this committee. Seems everyone says the police should be doing this or the police should be doing that. However, the police can not be everywhere all the time. It doesn't matter what size community or police force you're talking about. It just isn't possible. In a community, especially the size of Wellsville, the police need our help. The most simple and easiest help any resident can give is to just pick up the phone and call if you see any crime being committed or even see something suspicious. Many problems can be nipped in the bud with just that little bit of help. You don't have to get involved or even give your name.
Personally the Crime Watch Committee would like to see lots of people in the village get involved. No one is asking you to get in the middle of any type of crime that goes on. This Committee provides an open forum for anyone to discuss their concerns or problems. There's many opportunities to meet some of our officers and to get your concerns relayed to village officials. Even if an officer can't make one meeting or another your concerns and views will be passed on to the authorities. That's the only involvement needed from anyone that would like to see our home town become a little nicer place. You won't be put on public display as some one pointing a finger.
Think about it. The next meeting is August 20 at Village Hall. Hope to see you there.
ole nib
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I'll be there !
Maybe Wellsville's Crime Watch members could be more active with helping the police with events. The Salem Crime Watch has only been around a short time, and they help at several events, and with accidents, they are more hands on. Maybe more people would join if this was the case in Wellsville. I dont know if this would help out to get more members, but it's worth a try.
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