Chief Murphy said that was an excellent idea and he’d have no trouble issuing a permit for that kind of activity. Mayor Gard said he’d buy the hot dogs and hamburgers. Talabas said the material he’s read indicated two such events a year in each block zone are suggested. Murphy said “almost every stolen car recovered officers find a handgun inside.” Gard said “we appreciate all the info you can give the police, including clothing descriptions, direction of travel, and such.”Ĭhristensen suggested block parties may be a way to get folks in each neighborhood connected with each other. The reason the Chief and Mayor said people should call 911 when the see something is because many of the people running around are armed with hand hatchets, knives and firearms. It’s a big problem and it has been for a long time.” The Chief said alcohol abuse remains a huge issue in the community, “but we are now seeing black tar heroin and fentanyl overdoses and it’s getting out of control right now.” in answer to a question, Murphy said “gangs from Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque and other locations come here to recruit new members and to sell drugs. “We want our neighbors to know each other and to report anything suspicious.”įormer Riverton City Council Member Mary Ellen Christensen said she is worried that the police would receive too many calls, but that was immediately refuted by the Mayor and the Chief. Organizer of the event, Greg Talabas, said his goal of the program is to be there for your neighbors and they’ll be there for you. One resident on Jackson, Jack Couples, told the group he has put up three camera and he said the car lot just north of Roomers has installed motion lights on their fence, which he said has helped a lot. Others there were from Broadway, Adams and North 6th East. Among the group of a dozen city residents who showed up for the meeting, most came from the neighborhood around the last shooting: the area east of and between the Loaf ‘N Jug and Roomers Motel on either side of Jackson Street. The same advice was given by Mayor Richard Gard. You should feel safe in your home and that your vehicle will be there in the morning.”
We always have time,” he said, “we will got to your call. if you see something suspicious, call it in. These are crimes of opportunity,” he said. “People are leaving their keys in their vehicles, they are not locking their doors, and they are leaving valuables and firearms in plain sight inside the vehicle. Murphy said in the 22 years he’s been at the RPD, he hasn’t seen one incident of someone hot wiring a car to steal it. And he said, “we know who are doing these crimes, it’s 12 to 13 year old girls who are mostly involved and we know where they go and we’ve been able to recover most of the vehicles, some of them damaged on the joy rides.” He said most of the car break-ins and thefts are happening from Midnight to 6 a.m. He said during the last several months the RPD has taken on average about three stolen vehicle reports a night. He recounted that the last six months have been hard on his officers as stolen vehicles, in his words, are getting out of hand. As such, Murphy said “there is no general threat to the community at large.” He said there have been eight such shootings in the past three months. Riverton Police Chief Eric Murphy told an organizational meeting of a neighborhood watch program Thursday night that most of the shootings in town are people who know each other and have family issues.
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