4) Fight to better protect victims of crime, address growing safety needs, and keep our neighborhoods safe for all families.
- Reach out to non-profit organizations such as Cleveland Rape Crisis, Marsy’s Law Ohio, Ohio Domestic Violence Network, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving to find more ways to better assist victims of crime and their families in North Royalton.
- Continue to ensure the city jail remains open, fiscally transparent, increase revenues, and explore long-term solutions such as creating a Council of Governments with other communities.
- Advocate for a formal review of the city’s current agreement with the Southwest Emergency Dispatch Center and explore if there are better alternative options that will be more fiscally conservative and deliver better services to residents.
- Support working with the Chiefs to increase staffing for police and fire departments to meet the growing safety needs of North Royalton as calls for service continue to rise in the community for help.
- Seek creative solutions to reduce non-emergency EMS calls for service with the North Royalton Fire Department by exploring community paramedicine programs such REACH (Resource, Education, and Advocacy for Community Health) to assist seniors and other underserved residents through in home consultations and preventative care.
- Maintain our strong safety forces by ensuring they are transparent, have all modern equipment, continuous training, and resources they need to help keep us all safe 24/7.
- Host ward or neighborhood events to help promote public safety, community resources, and training for residents.
- Seek out better alternatives than lateral transfers to recruit highly qualified men and women for the city’s safety forces.
- Support working with the Chiefs to increase staffing for police and fire departments to meet the growing safety needs of North Royalton as calls for service continue to rise in the community for help on an annual basis.
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