[Neighbors] Fwd: FW: APD Southeast Area Command International District Cleanup and Earth Day Initiative

[Lucille Long]

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From: Kuehn, Laura <LKuehn at cabq.gov>
Date: Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 11:59 AM
Subject: FW: APD Southeast Area Command International District Cleanup and
Earth Day Initiative
To: Kuehn, Laura <LKuehn at cabq.gov>
Cc: Brionez, Jose V. <jbrionez at cabq.gov>, Languit, Luke C. <
llanguit at cabq.gov>


Good Afternoon, Community Partners –



Please see the below message from Southeast Area Commander Luke Languit.



We appreciate your consideration.





Sincerely,



Laura Kuehn, NCPS, ICPS

Crime Prevention/Crime Free Programs

505.768.2006

*cabq.gov/police <https://www.cabq.gov/police>*



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*From:* Languit, Luke C. <llanguit at cabq.gov>
*Sent:* Monday, March 14, 2022 10:42 AM
*To:* Kuehn, Laura <LKuehn at cabq.gov>; Brionez, Jose V. <jbrionez at cabq.gov>
*Cc:* Atkins, Rebecca <ratkins at cabq.gov>; Bartlett, Gerard T. <
gbartlett at cabq.gov>; Brown, Joshua M. <jmbrown at cabq.gov>
*Subject:* APD Southeast Area Command International District Cleanup and
Earth Day Initiative





Good Morning Everyone,



I’m sending this email in need of your help!!! I like to believe as
community we help each other, especially in times of need. Driving through
and patrolling the Area Command, it is evident that certain areas of our
Area Command need the community’s help and assistance…If I was a criminal
offender at the intersection of Wisconsin and Chico Rd NE, I may think “you
know what I’m going to commit this crime here because look around no one
cares…The residents and businesses don’t care, the police department and
the city doesn’t care”



Of course the above thinking/statement is not true or accurate, but let’s
be fair, it could be the perception when there is a large amount of trash
and debris everywhere and it does not get cleaned up. Or there is less
fortunate individuals that walk in circles or just stay on the sidewalks in
that area and don’t ever leave. Of course it is the lack of resources to
housing and food and substance abuse treatment which probably keeps these
individuals walking in circles in this area.



I do not know the exact theory or the name of the idea, but I do have to
believe that cleaning up the environment and landscape of a neighborhood
does affect crime. Sure it may not prevent all crime, but even if it
prevents a few, in my eyes that’s a success and we should continue that
effort.



We need a cleanup…. A cleanup of the environment/landscape to include
litter pickups and street sweeping, and we need our social services
providers to come out and contact all of those less fortunate that are
walking in circles, give them resources and transport them away to
providers.



On Friday March 25, 2022 I am calling for all of us to volunteer and
conduct this cleanup…The area to be cleaned will be from Wyoming west down
to Pennsylvania, and from Central Ave north to Chico Rd. We are
coordinating with different departments within the city to have the dump
trucks and street sweepers to come out, protective equipment to safely pick
up the trash, and our social service providers to be there as well to work
with the homeless and substance abuse population.



With Earth Day coming up within the month, this is the APD Southeast Area
Command’s Earth Day Initiative, however, what I believe this could do, is
help the residents and Stakeholder who live in La Mesa Neighborhoods, or
the South Los Altos Neighborhoods, or Trumbull Village, have access and an
understanding of how to get regular scheduled cleanups and have a
partnership with the city departments, to keep our community clean….it  has
an effect on crime.



*I am in need of community volunteers to come out on Friday March 25, 2022
at 0730 and meet me at the northeast corner of Wyoming and Central Ave for
a safety briefing and equipment handout, with the mission of cleaning up
the street, sidewalks, and medians, from Wyoming down to Pennsylvania.
Solid Waste will follow the teams to collect the trash that is picked up
and then as mentioned above we will have the Community Safety Department
and Social Service Providers working with the individuals.*



Please get ahold of me if you have any questions or ideas…. I hope to see
you March 25….The more volunteers the better!!!



V/R



Luke C. Languit

Commander

Southeast Area Command

Albuquerque Police Department

(505)228-4259



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