What Do The Streets, Building, Forestry And Health Departments Have To Do With College Hill's Crime?

Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:24:16 +0000

Quite a bit - city leaders say.

Crews from four St. Louis city departments are flooding a north city neighborhood this week in an ongoing effort to tackle its crime problem.

The influx of resources from the streets, building, forestry and health departments follows two weeks of stepped-up police presence known as “hot-spot policing."

City Police Department Deploying Extra Resources To College Hill Neighborhood

Adam Allington — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:10:01 +0000

Updated at 12:45 Thursday, Feb. 7 with arrest numbers.

The St. Louis Police Department is deploying 80 extra officers and resources to north city’s College Hill neighborhood.

The area, which borders O’Fallon Park to the west and Interstate 70 to the north, has been the site of a number of shootings recently, including three murders.

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson says the department is used to this kind of “hot-spot policing,” and says the tactic has been used to great effect in other parts of the city.