City of Takoma Park, Maryland

Preliminary Public Safety Recommendations


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

As with any undertaking of this magnitude, this document would not be possible without the contributions of many dedicated people. Two groups of individuals worked many hours to provide the insightful opinions about Public Safety that helped to build this document. These two groups combined with the Public Safety Citizens Advisory Committee to gather the information:

The members of the City's Community Advisory Committee; and

The many residents, business owners and property owners of the City of Takoma Park.

The facilitating skills of Mary Kay LeFevour, President of Creative Dynamics, were essential in running the many public sessions that provided the information contained herein.

Many City employees provided advice, counseling and information that were invaluable in preparing these recommendations.

Additionally, the following volunteers provided their knowledge and writing skills to bring all of the information together in this document:

Eric Bond, President, Takoma Foundation

Stacy Gurin-Sherman

Howard Kohn, Chair, Recreation Committee

Dan Robinson, Chair, Takoma 2010

William Valdez, Vice-Chair, Recreation Committee

David Bates, a past member of the Public Safety Citizens Advisory Committee contributed enormously to the collection of the information that we used to guide development of this recommendation.

Thank you to all of these people for helping to prepare this document.

The Public Safety Citizens Advisory Committee:

Wolfgang J. Mergner, Chair

Rino Aldrighetti

Thirkield Cravens

Mary Forrest-Doyle

Larry Hershman

Erwin Mack

Elizabeth Reynolds

Mary Ritzo

Richard Smith

Douglas Tursman

Terry J. Seamens