Port Richmond responds with community-based ‘Safe Zone’ program plus a ‘Neighborhood Safety Patrol’

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – PORT RICHMOND – An emerging coalition of concerned residents, businesses, nonprofit organizations and civic associations is taking matters of safety on Port Richmond’s streets into its own hands, with close support and cooperation from the NYPD’s 120th Precinct and Council Member Debi Rose (D-North Shore).

Initiatives in the works include a “Safe Zone” program along Port Richmond Avenue, and creation of a self-help Neighborhood Safety Patrol, with Shane Febus, the 120th Precinct’s Crime Prevention Officer, providing hands-on training to the volunteers.

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