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Dorlista Dawson, Program Consult- ant, reported that the active participation and suggestions of Beat 13 Planning Committee members led to the accom- plishment of the first grant’s objective of reducing crime in North Oakland.

Call Dorlista Dawson of the Com- munity Services Division at 273-3066 to join the Home Alert program.

By Dorlista Dawson

by Dorlista Dawson, Program Coordinator

...p sharply! Also up sharply are hopes for the reduction of crime as the Community Services Division of the Oakland Police Department applies its recently won State grant to organize 21 new Home Alert groups in the Beat 13 area. According to Dorlista Dawson, staff consultant to the citizen committee imple- menting the grant proposal, it is now easier than ever to organize your block against crime.

This issue of the Rockridge News has an article about Home Alert programs. October’s issue also had an article about Home Alert. According to Ms. Dorlista Dawson, Police Department Crime Pre- vention Consultant, some parts of Rock- ridge have responded to the call to estab- lish a neighborhood alert network, but not as many as crime statistics indicate would be needed.

.Is there a crime problem in the Rock- ridge area? Ask yourself. Then ask what you can do to help. Call Ms. Dorlista Dawson at 273-3066 to arrange a Home Alert group on your block.

...rve valuable resources, shall I counsel the police to put the Beat 13 organizing money just into those few blocks, or are there more interested individuals out there? Please let me know soon, if you are, or call Crime Prevention Consultant Dorlista Dawson at 273-3066 for information about forming or reactivating a home alert group on your street.

Home Alert Coordinator Officer Char- les Patrick, his assistant Mrs. Willie Huey, and Crime Prevention Consultant Ms. Dorlista Dawson (hired specifically to supervise the implementation of this com- munity self-help crime pre- vention project) are begin- ning an intensive outreach campaign focussed on Beat 13.

If your street suffers from a high crime level and you are willing to spend 1 or 2 hours a month to alleviate the problem, contact Dorlista Dawson or Officer Char- les Patrick of the Community Services Division, 273-3066, to talk about partici- pating on the Target Area Planning Com- mittee, becoming a Home Alert Block Captain, or to suggest the names of other concerned citizens livi...