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July 31, 2001
Topic: Crime
Producer: Paul Atkinson
How do neighborhoods successfully fight crime? Community leaders Paul Enniss, Martha Garcia, and Chris Miller talk about efforts to prevent crime in their neighborhoods, the impact of drugs on communities, and the success of community policing.

Guests:

Paul Enniss Co-chair, Simpson Neighborhood Association, and member Alhambra Elementary School District Governing Board

Martha Garcia President of Maryvale Village Block Watch Alliance, President of Cartwright School District Governing Board

Chris Miller President and Block Watch Captain, Wilbur Street Historic District, member, Mesa Citizens Advisory Board for Historic Preservation.

Transcript
"Maryvale has quite a large number of blockwatches and associations within one square mile. So, as you come into our communities, there is always a blockwatch and there's captains. There's leaders in the community who are always reporting the crime but also, being very involved with the Maryvale precinct and so community policing, of course, is where it's at right now because we have community action officers that certainly are very effective."
Martha Garcia, President of Maryvale Village Block Watch Alliance
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