Property crime, gunfire, street-racing and vagrancy top the list of public safety concerns among Oak Cliff neighbors, according to recent survey results.
City Councilman Chad West formed a Public Safety Advisory Committee following the death of George Floyd last summer to find out what his constituents want to see change about policing.
The committee of Oak Cliff neighbors received 570 responses. Here’s how that looks by ZIP code and race.
Committee chairwoman Pamela Ibarra says they have plans to continue the survey with increased efforts to reach a diversity of residents throughout the district.
The results show that property crime has affected about 262 of the respondents. About 40 said that over-aggressive policing is the public safety issue that has impacted their community the most.
Here are the top concerns by ZIP code. Find the full survey report here.
West also called a neighborhood committee to address traffic and street-racing on Hampton Road.
Policing can only do so much, and neighbors wanted to find out whether there could be other solutions, like traffic-calming measures.
Hampton Road task force chairwoman Becky Moffat says 11 or 12 neighborhoods surrounding the Oak Cliff thoroughfare, with 50 or 60 people participating in the committee, were involved in the experimental lane closures from October-December. It turned out that Atmos Energy and the city public works department were doing work on Hampton at the same time.
She says they plan to circulate an online survey regarding Hampton Road lane closures later this year, but they’re waiting for other roadwork to end so that neighbors aren’t confused.
West says more neighbors are needed to serve on committees regarding traffic in the neighborhood. If there are problems on a street near you, contact West and his assistant Ashley Long to volunteer.
