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Rochester Police answer questions concerning Kutzky Park neighborhood assaults
Mon, Sep 24th, 2012
Posted in Rochester Features
Posted in Rochester Features
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Rochester Police met with residents of the Kutzky Park Neighborhood at Lourdes High School to discuss and answer questions about recent assaults that have taken place in the neighborhood.
There have been three incidents of assaults in the area. In each case doors were left unlocked.
“It’s frustrating it happened,” said neighborhood resident, Ben Hickox. “It potentially could have been my wife, so it is scary.” Hickox grew up in southern California, so he enjoys a good mix of people in an urban setting. “I’m not ready to move,”Hickox said. “I am concerned for my wife and other condo dwellers.” Hickox and his wife are nurses at St. Mary’s Hospital and he recognized others at the meeting that worked there and at Methodist Hospital. One resident who works 12 hour shifts stressed concerns that soon she would have to walk to and from work in the dark. Hickox suggested getting together and comparing schedules to walk to and from work together.
“It is a very pedestration neighborhood,” said Officer Sylvia Quirck. “People don’t need to own cars, they can walk everywhere.” Quirck added there is pedestrian traffic at all hours of the day. One resident, who didn’t want to be identified, said that having people around at all hours of the day is comforting because she sometimes has to take her dog out for a walk in the middle of the night.
Darrell Hildebrant, Advanced Crime Prevention/Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Specialist, suggested ways residents could make themselves safer. Hildebrant said lock your doors and carry a digital cell phone. Cell phones are a good idea because the police can track and often do track the signal from the telephone even if the person is unable to speak. He also recommended installing motion lights, timers to turn lights on and off throughout the house and install deadbolts.
If you live in the city of Rochester, Hildebrant can be contacted for a free crime prevention inspection. He may be reached at dhildebrant@rochestermn.gov. Rochester Police have made an arrest and have an individual in custody in connection with the assaults.
There have been three incidents of assaults in the area. In each case doors were left unlocked.
“It’s frustrating it happened,” said neighborhood resident, Ben Hickox. “It potentially could have been my wife, so it is scary.” Hickox grew up in southern California, so he enjoys a good mix of people in an urban setting. “I’m not ready to move,”Hickox said. “I am concerned for my wife and other condo dwellers.” Hickox and his wife are nurses at St. Mary’s Hospital and he recognized others at the meeting that worked there and at Methodist Hospital. One resident who works 12 hour shifts stressed concerns that soon she would have to walk to and from work in the dark. Hickox suggested getting together and comparing schedules to walk to and from work together.
“It is a very pedestration neighborhood,” said Officer Sylvia Quirck. “People don’t need to own cars, they can walk everywhere.” Quirck added there is pedestrian traffic at all hours of the day. One resident, who didn’t want to be identified, said that having people around at all hours of the day is comforting because she sometimes has to take her dog out for a walk in the middle of the night.
Darrell Hildebrant, Advanced Crime Prevention/Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Specialist, suggested ways residents could make themselves safer. Hildebrant said lock your doors and carry a digital cell phone. Cell phones are a good idea because the police can track and often do track the signal from the telephone even if the person is unable to speak. He also recommended installing motion lights, timers to turn lights on and off throughout the house and install deadbolts.
If you live in the city of Rochester, Hildebrant can be contacted for a free crime prevention inspection. He may be reached at dhildebrant@rochestermn.gov. Rochester Police have made an arrest and have an individual in custody in connection with the assaults.
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