By Mimi Kessler
Partners Against Crime is a community-based volunteer organization that works at the neighborhood level on crime prevention strategies and quality of life issues. Each of Durham’s five police Districts has a corresponding PAC organization that meets monthly. Trinity Park is in District 2, so I attend PAC2 meetings, which are held on the 2nd Monday of each month, 6-8 pm at the Edison Johnson Aquatic Center at 500 W. Murray Ave. Here’s some advice and news from PAC2:
- As the holidays and New Year approach, remember to look out for your neighbors and take care of your own safety, too.
- If you’ll be going out of town, let your close neighbors know. Plan to have your residence look like someone is home. Arrange for lights to be on during normal waking hours. Have packages taken into the house within an hour or two of delivery, or have them delivered to another location.
- Update about police vacancies: While the police department has a full class of recruits for the upcoming officer training (which happens twice per year), the department still has a vacancy rate of 23%. The recent increases in pay have been helpful, but Durham’s pay is still below other immediate areas.
- Durham’s Holiday Parade on Main St. is December 14, starting at 10 am. Plan to be there!
