Hill South neighbors pressed the mayor, the police chief, and their district’s top cop to do more to build up the ranks of the city’s police department — and to work harder to address homelessness in the neighborhood.
They issued that dual call for help during the latest meeting of the Hill South Community Management Team, which was held last Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Parish Hall on the Kimberly Avenue campus of Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School.
The meeting focused primarily on neighbors’ grievances with too many homeless people and too few cops. Neighbors were joined at the meeting by Mayor Justin Elicker, Police Chief Karl Jacobson, and Sgt. Jasmine Sanders, who is the district manager for the Hill…