Fire Station 17 Ambulance

We reported last fall that the City budget crunch might cause the removal of Dallas Fire Rescue’s ambulance at Station 17 located at Skillman and Belmont. Bruce Felps at EastDallasTimes.com reports that according to Assistant Fire Chief Tod Gillam, the ambulance will be reassigned to another station during the last week of March or first week of April.

According to DFR, Station 17 receives the fewest emergency medical calls in the city among all station houses. Our area will probably be served by Station 8, located 2 minutes farther away at Garrett and Monarch. Station 17 will still have paramedics. According to Gillam, “They have all the tools, all the drugs, and can do everything an ambulance can do except transport.”

by Crime Watch Coordinator

Save Your Shredding

TietzeShred 4 is coming on Saturday, March 26. Brinks Document Destruction will provide on-site document shredding 9am-1pm in the parking lot of Skillman Church of Christ, 3014 Skillman. There is a nominal cost, with a reduced rate for seniors. Proceeds benefit Friends of Tietze Park Foundation.

by Crime Watch Coordinator

Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Street Closures

The Rock ‘n’ Roll half-marathon will take place and have a major impact on our neighborhood on Sunday, March 27. As well as forcing traffic to use neighborhood streets, two area thoroughfares will be part of the half-marathon course. Mockingbird and Skillman are again partially closed on Sunday morning, March 27. Traffic will be slow, and it will be difficult to cross these two streets. It’s recommended that you plan ahead if you intend to drive on Sunday morning. Mockingbird eastbound will be closed between Airline Road (east of Central) and Skillman from 7:00-11:30 a.m. One eastbound lane of Mockingbird will remain open. Skillman will be closed between Mockingbird and Swiss Avenue from 7:00 a.m. to noon. One northbound lane of Skillman will be open between Live Oak and Mockingbird.

by Crime Watch Coordinator

January 2011 Crime Reports

We’re on a roll, four months in a row of below average crime reports! We’re down in most categories, but car break-ins continue to persist. The sad thing is that most of the car break-ins could be prevented. Each month when I get the crime stats, our ENP officer details each one listing just how many incidents involved cars (and sometimes homes) that were left unlocked or open with valuables in plain sight. Continue reading “January 2011 Crime Reports”

by Crime Watch Coordinator

Lowest Greenville PD Passes, Unanimously!

For a very long time, our crime watch has been warning people about the growing level of violent crime on Lowest Greenville Ave, in the area between Belmont and Ross. For over a year, LGNA along with M-Streets, Vickery Place, Hudson Heights, Lowest Greenville West and the Belmont NA have worked with Councilmembers Hunt and Medrano and CPC Commissioner Bill Peterson to create a Planned Development District along Lowest Greenville Ave from Belmont down to Bryan. With support of a couple of the major property owners and several business owners, the City Council officially passed the PD on Wednesday in a unanimous vote. Although there was an organized opposition, they chose not to appear at the council hearing. Continue reading “Lowest Greenville PD Passes, Unanimously!”

by Crime Watch Coordinator