Tekoa crime prevention panel reports to council

Tekoa City Council's two-month old committee to prevent crime is moving forward.

Since Mayor John Jaeger appointed Ted Blaszak, Alyssa Heagy and John Guidice, they have hosted one-on-one meetings in office hours at city hall, conducted a home crime-prevention seminar and a National Night Out event.

Monday night, they were set to give a preliminary report on their findings to the city council.

Ideas, suggestions, pros and cons of each and potential next steps would be discussed.

“I expect to have some sort of policy votes at our next meeting,” said Blaszak, referring to the September meeting.

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