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LINDY PENDERGRASS Sheriff of Orange County To: Moses Carey, Chairman Stephen Halkiotis, Vice Chair Verla Insko, Commissioner Don Willhoit, Commissioner Alice Gordon, Commissioner John link, County Manager From: Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass - Date: November 19, 1991 Hillsborough, North Carolina, 27278 Office Phone: Hillsborough 732 -2431 Chapel Hill 942 -6300 Residence Phone: 929 -5535 Re: Request for increased law enforcement services from the Citizens of Perry Hills and surrounding area. on November 7, 1991 we met in the. Efland -- Cheeks Community Building with a group of citizens from the Perry Hills Community area. A total of 57. :persons attended this meeting. The meeting was called by these citizens to discuss their concerns about open drug. ..dealing and- .vio:l.ence in the community and.surrounding,:a.rea. Synopsis: The discussion centered on what the sher.if.V s department was going to do about the drug and crime :.problem in their area. Citizens asked why we had riot . arrested'•.m ore persons and why those arrested were right.back on the.street. We explained that in the::past..four years we had arrested 155 people in this area for possession and /or -:sale of drugs, and we were continually working on the problem.. We explained to everyone present with their support, we could make more arrests and move the dealers out of the area. We asked each one to call crime - stoppers and get an identification number so when anyone called with information they would remain anonymous. The citizens asked for increased patrolling and higher visibility from the sheriff's department. At the conclusion of the meeting I told the residents if they wished to walk the area to show the criminal element how they felt, we would march with them. As a result of this meeting two marches were conducted with citizens and law enforcement participating.