SSCO BLOCK PATROL: AN ORIENTATION
Dee Tvedt, e-mail: dee_tvedt@yahoo.com
Once a month at varying times.
Pre-registration is required.
To register, contact Dave Delvoye
at (612) 871-7307 or e-mail: dd@stribmail.com
Additional info, including location,
will be provided after registration.
One 90-minute session, followed by
an optional 2-hour walk with patrol members.
Intended primarily for patrol applicants
and those considering becoming patrol members;
others are welcome, if space allows. Class limit: 8.
An introduction to Stevens Square-Loring Heights'
legendary citizens' patrol, featuring a video produced by Robert Byrd.
Includes a brief history of this 13-year-old crime prevention program
and an explanation of the patrol's guidelines:
Why do they wear yellow? Are dogs allowed? Do they arrest people?
What impact does a citizen's patrol have on the community?
Dee Tvedt, a resident of Stevens Square-Loring Heights for 23 years,
has been with the SSCO Block Patrol since it began in August, 1991.
She has become known for her "Dee Tour" of the 'hood,
and also for rarely missing an opportunity to inflict a pun.
Block Patrol Guidelines will be found here:
http://sscoweb.org/docs/bpguide.htm
Here is the Block Patrol application:
http://sscoweb.org/docs/bpapp.htm