To Chief Eric Girt of the Hamilton Police Services.
WHEREAS In recent months many vehicles in the Winona community have been broken into in the middle of the night.
WHEREAS In recent months many residents have had personal property stolen from their vehicles and/or had their vehicles damaged.
WHEREAS As a result of the increase in vehicle break-ins many residents are afraid for their personal property and well-being.
We the undersigned petition Chief Eric Girt and the Hamilton Police Services to increase the police presences between the hours of 11:00pm and 6:00am in the community of Winona.
Please also increase patrols in the North Service Road and Lakeview area. Cars are broken into about 3 times a year in our area, and a lot of young adults overtake Bayview Park in the late spring and summer evenings comparing stereo speaker volumes, and engine noise, as well as drinking (leaving bottles and caps everywhere for kids to step on) and doing drugs (directly observed), not to mention the constant transient traffic to the parking lot to "exchange" items with the group.... This seems to be getting worse every year. It wouldn't hurt to have some cruisers park in the parking lot at dusk to do paper work from time to time....