RESIDENTS, OFFICIALS LIST CONCERNS ABOUT AREA.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Animal control officials showed graphic photos of livestock mauled by roaming dogs. Public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. officials spoke of road repairs and sheriff's officials talked about speed limits in residential neighborhoods. Those topics and more were discussed during a town hall meeting attended by more than 75 residents Tuesday night as part of the High Impact Community Oriented Policing Services This article is about Community Oriented Policing Services. For other uses of COPS or cops, see Cops. The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is an agency within the United States Department of Justice. , or COPS, project. ``Traffic and stray dogs are two big concerns in the county areas,'' sheriff's Lt. Terry Lewis said. ``We have 30 operations planned, targeting abandoned houses to narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. .'' The Littlerock meeting came midway through a federally funded Sheriff's Department program that seeks to identify residents' concerns about crime and nuisance concerns in unincorporated areas In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, i.e., a city or town with its own government. , then attempts to rectify rec·ti·fy v. 1. To set right; correct. 2. To refine or purify, especially by distillation. them with help of other county and state agencies. Animal Control and Care Officer Leslie Troncale said stray dogs travel in packs and attack pigs, goats, chicken and sheep. ``This happens quite frequently,'' Troncale said. ``A lot of people don't think that their dogs are getting out and causing problems. Many of them have more than their legal limit of three.'' Last month, sheriff's deputies and animal control officers organized a roundup that collared 20 stray dogs into custody and resulted in citations to at least 15 dog owners. Officials said the campaign is aimed at improving the quality of life in the communities it targets. Similar projects have been completed in sections of Quartz Hill and Lake Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . When the Littlerock project started in September, deputies surveyed an approximate 2-square-mile area between Avenue R-8 and Avenue T and between 96th Street East and 106th Street East. Of the 618 people surveyed, residents listed theft, vandalism and gangs as their top three crime concerns. They listed traffic, loud parties and run-down run·down n. 1. A point-by-point summary. 2. Baseball A play in which a runner is trapped between bases and is pursued by fielders attempting to make the tag. adj. also run-down 1. a. buildings as their top three nuisance problems. ``We find that Littlerock has many of the concerns as our other two target areas,'' Lewis said. |
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