The plan is to mark in the city center as an entertainment center and stimulate security with officers who patrol the streets.
ST. Louis – State legislators examine a proposal aimed at stimulating security in downtown St. Louis. Plans in the Senate and the House include the pumping of millions of dollars in an effort to create a safety entertainment area. This would involve recruiting major events in the heart of the city.
Concerts, more sporting events, you call it: the proposal includes the marketing of the city center of St. Louis as a destination and the police on leave and security to walk in the streets.
With Frozen Frozen Frozen four hockey games in town, it means more people in downtown St. Louis.
At Whiskey on Washington, the staff get a boost whenever there is additional pedestrian traffic. The owner David Shanks wants to see that this will become a coherent thing.
“We want to see people. We want to see a community that formerly prospered,” he said.
This is what House Bill 1524 is looking to do. The state representative, David Casteel, sponsors a proposal so that the state invests some 2.5 million dollars in an entertainment security district in the city center, with efforts to market the area as a place where employers move towards and where major events can prosper. The plan would not create new taxes and companies can voluntarily contribute to additional security and police patrols.
“100% … I think the more the police presence makes people comfortable and dissuades violence,” added Shanks.
A representative of the Downtown Neighbourhood Association said that a visible security presence was important.
“Even if the city center and downtown West are safe places to work, live and visit, the presence of additional police or security ambassadors improves the security and qualification for everyone’s life,” Tanner Tucker said in a statement.
However, he highlighted several groups already offering additional security, including the community improvation district and Greater Stl, Inc.
“My only concerns are the number of agencies that patrol and if they coordinate each other … I prefer a singular coordinated approach rather than too many hands in the pot,” added Tucker.
A spokesperson for Citizens for a larger city center in St. Louis shared this concern.
“Although I generally support the intention of the bill, we already have three autonomous organizations which offer private security in the city center and several other organizations that defend the city center. These organizations do not generally work together,” the Sterman said in a statement. “The absence of a global security plan is one of the biggest obstacles to make the city center safer. Personally, I do not think that creating a new organization to add to the alphabet soup of downtown organizations is the right approach.”
Sterman would like to see that the mayor entering Cara Spencer prioritizes the priority of downtown groups to develop a global plan and collaborate.
Time turns on the state’s proposal, while the legislators conclude their session next month.
“The one who comes to help, I will certainly support … I cannot be the only person here. We are not going to win if we continue to lose businesses and things,” said Shanks.
Part of the proposal would be to apply the rules of curfew, so that adolescents do not leave late at night.
The Ethical Police Society said it supported the idea because it allows the police to complete their income. The measurement left the house this week. 5 On your side will follow the proposal while the senators debate it.