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°ITYOF PR.ESCOTT <br />1:1)cw4 ttmeiaut� <br />Steve Norwood <br />City Manager <br />Prescott Police Department <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Chief Kabbel <br />From: Bruce Moncher <br />Date: August 12, 2010 <br />Subject: Granite Creek Park Pedestrian Gate <br />Michael Kabbel <br />Chief of Police <br />PROBLEM STATEMENT <br />Should the pedestrian gate leading from the Prescott Depot Marketplace down to Granite Creek Park <br />remain opened or permanently locked closed? <br />METHODOLOGY <br />1. Conduct a survey of Patrol Bureau and Traffic Section officers and sergeants to gain field <br />perspective. <br />2. Conduct a statistical comparison of reported Part 1 and Part 2 incidents occurring during the <br />recently concluded gate closure period, and the same period in 2009. This comparison will <br />include both the Prescott Depot Marketplace and Granite Creek Park <br />NARRATIVE <br />1. Survey of Patrol Bureau and Traffic Section personnel revealed a large majority favor the gate to <br />be permanently closed and locked. Statements in support of this position included: <br />• "Almost all crimes committed at Albertsons and surrounding businesses are linked to Granite <br />Creek Park. Specifically, the suspects either run through the open gate to escape, or came <br />from there prior to committing the crime." <br />• "Normal everyday citizens do not use this gate to access the park. They drive in from the <br />entrance on 6th street." <br />• "People use the gate as a cut through from the neighborhoods on the other side of the bridge <br />and are walking through the park at all hours of the night." <br />• "It does not make the trip from the park to the area in front of Staples accessible to those who <br />want to sit and drink alcohol they just purchased." <br />222 South Marine Street, Prescott, Arizona 86303 Administration 928-777-1900 <br />Fax 928-778-3739 www.prescott-az.gov <br />