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[quote=Anonymous]I thought it was interesting that the owner of the hair salon didn't want the program, she wanted the police to actually police. According to the article:

"Not everyone is convinced. Lise Perez, owner of Clara’s Beauty Salon on Pitkin Avenue, has 26 cameras around her store and works behind a counter protected by a thick plastic partition. No one can get in or out without her pressing a button.

“In this area, nobody feels too safe,” she said. “We’re all here surviving.”

The idea of five days in which police refer 911 calls unsettles her.

“It’s like they left us without protection,” she said. “It doesn’t give me peace.”"

I think it is a great idea, neighbors watching out for each other, but I am skeptical of how it will really work out. The volunteers are really neutral observers, they must have friends and enemies in the neighborhood, so how does that work when everyone should get equal treatment.

The other thing that wasn't explained was if the girl who was about 14 - so she could have been 12 or 13 - was being chased by a group of boys. She fled down a side street. Did anyone go check on her and get her side of the story? [/quote]

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