Safety issues top agenda for South Campus neighbors

By Lou Michel and Phil Fairbanks

"[The recent death of a University at Buffalo graduate] ... will provide a further test 'of UB's leadership in this community,' said David J. Ellerbrock, president of the University Heights Collaborative. Ellerbrock thinks a good first step would be the addition of more police patrols by either the city or the university in the neighborhood around UB. ..."

"At a meeting held last week, city and university officials discussed expanding UB's presence on Main Street and adding more surveillance cameras to the area. ... The possibility that UB and Buffalo police might jointly patrol Main Street is the kind of police initiative that Michael K. Clarke, a neighborhood development expert, thinks is needed in the Heights."

"'Greater collaboration between various police agencies is essential to give people the feeling of safety they need to invest and live in the neighborhood,' said Clarke, executive director of the Local Initiatives Support Corp. in Buffalo. ..."

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