West Des Moines Express (Newspaper) - May 6, 1982, West Des Moines, Iowa 20 c u o CO CU CD rid u o USPS 675-240 o 00 CO Newspaper Serving West Des Clive and Windsor Heights Founded 1893 Vol. 88, No. 36 3 West Des Iowa May 8,1982 First neighborhood watch area posted we think educating will prove to be the best avenue to take in The 1200 of 19th Street became the first neighborhood to be posted as a neighborhood watch area in West Des Neighborhood watch is neighborhood meets with the police and we train that neighborhood in techniques of burglary The neighborhood is like a crime type Hoffm gram nation wide and has m successful n g crim 4-' a program involving citi - small and develops zens being trained by the into a tightly organized police department in crime area alert for any suspicious activity of a burglary criminal West Des Moines chief Crime prevention of Orval Cooney Instead of one homeowner watching his the whole neighborhood watches his Included in the program is a slide show e detective Steve Hoffman elaborated on the happens is the though the police cannot guarantee your home to be free from techniques r Windsor Heights cleanup The City of Windsor tied into bundles not to Heights has designated exceed five feet in The May 6 pickup May 6 and May 13, for their annual items placed on the curb homeowner how to reinforce and improve the security of their The meetings are on an informal basis and the participating citizens get an overall view of the workings of their police the south side of Hickman Road and 63rd Street to ems might be Anyone interested in David E. Sherrard of 1242 19th and West Des Moines Detective Steve more than 24 hours prior 80th On May 13 the further details of the Hoffman hold the first neighborhood watch sign which was posted this week in should contact 1200 block of 19th Neighborhood Watch is a program involving citizens Hoffman at the being trained by the police department in crime specifically burglary to the Items to be pickup will be from Reite program picked up can include old Avenue south to the city detective household appliances and limits and 63rd Street to police d brush and tree trimmings 73rd calling 22; 3206 Citizens interested in the program should contact Officer Hoffman at the police 223-3206. v VDM Council committee to consider disbanding police At the Monday recently attended a to the corner of 28th and during later phases of the detriment of the entire afternoon West Des dinner meeting and sat approve the master plan University and another Moines Council with a councilman from for a shopping center and office building on the project and damaging Since Urban is adjoining property Mayor George another city about the office development south end of the intending to sell part of Mills appointed a council committee to study the size of West Des Westerbeck said the proposed by developer the the At Monday's Tim Urban to be located The entire site provides council feared unless Urban proposed the possibility of disbanding councilman told him on the southwest corner adequate open space but each phase met the open necessary open space for the West Des Moines about problems his city of 28th and Police Department and contracting with an was having with their the first phase space a The council vote was 2 originally was later owner may seek to Council outside agency for police the dissention in the police To yes and 2 Three yes short some required open The West Des Moines Police Department is now being investigated by lawyer Charles the city disbanded the police department and votes were necessary to space which was made up approve the recommendation of the waive the open space to the Continued Page 2 Mc M after allegations of mismanagement by a group of dissatisfied police officers against Police Chief Orval contracted with an The city outside security staff also recommended Westerbeck was told that the new system resulted plan and zoning Tranquilized doe manages to escape The German shepherd per instructions of a into the woods along dog which has been It was Walnut Disney The problem with the keeping a two month vigil supposed followed the dog's tracks in better security in the called in the area of I - 235 and 175 lb. take effect to 63rd Street where the community for less Cooney ilmen Westerbeck Mayor Mills assigned concerns the amount of the council committee to open space provided in investigate how the city the master plan and how Eighth escaped capture last Mark Disney put a tranquilizer in dog food within half an hour and dog doubled back and from Disney lost the dog in the Disney said the dog ate food and laid down Kent Gaer were appointed to the arranged to disband the this space was to be which he put out for the police the distributed during the dog and which the dog the Disney says he has not He waited given up on capturing the minutes before dog which has been seen The idea was presented to the council by Westerbeck who said he costs involved and report three phase The an employee approaching the most every day in the to the council their project proposed a large 0f the Animal Rescue It appeared to be asleep freeway exit entrance shopping center and a had put the but as he close to the ramp across from small office building at tranquilizer in the food dog leaped up and ran off Sutherland What West Des Moines Public Library for next week is listed on Page 2. The Valley High School Honor Roll is published on Page 17. Repairs on a Clive fire truck will cost more than expected according to a story about the Council meeting held last See the story on Page 4. ll ll