Dallasman Anonymous

Actually, this story's headline is incorrect. This incident happend IN Highland Park, on Abbott.

These apartments are in HP, not Dallas. Thats right, this was a crime, a real one, in HP.

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lauriek6 Anonymous

I hate to sound cynical, but there have been several murders in Dallas lately, the mother in Oak Cliff, and the police did not get the helicopter out to search for her killers. They swarmed over south Dallas(Cedars) for almost 30 min. in the am. Good to know that HP crime is taken so seriously.

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freelisa Anonymous

as a resident living on the katy trail a couple of blocks from the incident (i hear helicopters patrolling as i type this), I have to say that I can see the Katy Trail connection. It is completely unlit- and thus a great spot for crime at night. The apartment building in question backs up to the trail, and the suspects had walked off the trail for the robbery.
There are lots of stories I hear (perhaps some false) of unsavory-types-of-things happening on the trail at night. Perhaps it's time we go ahead and light it?

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ADDISONBUD Anonymous

I am a Friend of the Katy Trail donor who lives just off the trail and I am extremely dismayed at the lack of security and police presence on the trail. I called 911 to report suspicious activity on the trail last week and I was relieved to see bicycle police within minutes of my report. But what they said to me when I approached them to point out the incident FLOORED ME. I was told they were not actually allowed to be on the trail. I followed up on this with the Director of the trail and was told that the bicycle police beat is actually only the CBD...not the trail. When I asked whose beat it actually was, I got a very inadequate explanation. I was told because the trail actually covers several beats, the squad car officers are encouraged to park and walk along the trail a few hundred yards in each direction when they are in the area. I am on the trail at least an hour every day and have never seen a fully uniformed police officer walking down the trail. I think there needs to be an outcry for more patrols on horseback and cycle. This trail needs to be treated as the major north/south artery it actually is. I have friends who now avoid the trail in preference of street sidewalks, knowing there is a better chance to see a policeman pass on the street than on the trail if something bad should happen. I was informed that the DPD would be holding classes to train volunteers to help patrol the trail, but when I showed up at the posted time and place, this class did not exsist. My concerned calls to the neighborhood liason at DPD have gone unanswered. I hope this unfortunate event will bring some much needed attention to a lack of security and inattention by the Dallas Police Department on the Katy Trail.

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