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Forest Park police talk public safety, panhandling Discussion focuses on how local businesses and the police department can coordinate efforts By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
FOREST PARK TURNS OUT: No Kings protesters line Roosevelt Road
The Forest Park Police Department and local business owners discussed how to address what Police Chief Ken Gross called increasing public safety concerns in Forest Park, especially on main thoroughfares, at an Oct. 14 meeting at Village Hall. “We’re here to try to come up with a solution to some of the problems that our businesses are seeing on Madison Street,” Gross said. “If you’re running a business and you have someone sleeping in your doorway, it probably has a negative impact on your business.” Gross said that, compared to last year, the village has seen an increase in removal calls, retail theft, welfare checks and criminal trespassing, though panhandling is down. He added that many of the people whom police are called to address struggle with mental health and self-medicate with alcohol
Story on page 4
TODD BANNOR
No Kings II protesters at the Bulk Mail postal facility on Roosevelt Road on Saturday.
See PANHANDLING on page 8
A look back in time:
Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tom Holmes: Remembering some of the great ones
Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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IN Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 THIS ISSUE Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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