Originally Posted by John Doe

...We as a neighborhood, also bought a derilict historic property, restored it, and donated it to the same program of housing a cop and his family. We now have five black cops living in an almost all-white neighborhood of 700 homes. We also chip in for a private security firm, for street presence, but I have been voting against this for the past couple of years as I think they may serve as lookouts for folks who steal stuff out of cars.