The Dallas Morning News: Metro
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff"><font size=+2><b><!-- vstory begin -->Police, religious groups put faith in program</b></font><p><font size=+1><b>Aim is to improve safety in district</b></font><p><font size=-1>05/01/2001</font><p><font size=-1><b>By Robert Tharp / The Dallas Morning News</b></font><p>
The eyes and ears of more than 400 church congregations and religious
groups will give Dallas police a new source of information to build ties
in the community, city leaders, police officials and ministers said Monday.
<p>
The Clergy and Community United for Safety Program is designed to
augment community-based policing concepts already in place and will give
officers new ways to identify problems in neighborhoods.
</p>
<p>
The operation is starting as a pilot program in City Council member
Maxine Thornton-Reese's District 4 area, which includes parts of Central
and East Oak Cliff, South Dallas and Pleasant Grove.
</p>
<p>
"If the people feel safe, then we have improved their quality of life,"
she said.
</p>
<p>
A dozen community-based police officers will work as liaisons with the
churches participating in the program.
</p>
<p>
Police and church representatives will meet regularly to identify
neighborhood problems and possibly propose solutions.
</p>
<p>
Under the community-policing concept, officers try to solve problems and
nuisances in neighborhoods that often create a sense of lawlessness that
can lead to more serious violent crime issues.
</p>
<p>
"It's not just our problem. It's everybody's problem," said Lt. Julian
Bernal, who works in department's community-policing division.
</p>
<p>
Problems specific to neighborhoods in parts of District 4 include
loitering, alcoholism, city code violations, prostitution and drug use,
police said.
</p>
<p>
Police Chief Terrell Bolton said the program requires no additional city
funding and will give new momentum to community-policing efforts.
</p>
<p>
The program's performance will be measured through the number of
referrals and contacts made to the police by the religious groups, and
through any reductions in the problems, he said.
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<p>
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