Sunday, April 11, 1999
Police to visit with residents
BY JANE PRENDERGAST
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — If the people of Covington's troubled East Side have anything to say to the police, they'll get a chance this week with the top brass.
In a move remarkable because of the ranks involved, Covington Chief Al Bosse and Kenton County Sheriff Chuck Korzenborn will be hanging out in the neighborhood Wednesday afternoon and evening. Covington has targeted the area in the past and during recent weeks because of its history as the city's most concentrated spot for drugs and violence.
It's a put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is plan for both men. Chief Bosse's presence adds punch to his Out and About program, which assigns the department's administrative staff to leave the office and work the streets for a shift.
For Sheriff Korzenborn, it's a chance to show he meant it when he campaigned on a platform of helping other depart ments with their key problems and when he said the deputies would do more real law enforcement work under his watch.
“I feel like we're doing something that the neighborhood wants us to do,” the sheriff said. “We need to get down there and tell them that we're still interested.”
Under previous administrations, the sheriff's department has stuck mostly with the non-police work duties required by law, such as tax collecting and vehicle inspections. Sheriff Korzenborn insists he will change that.
He recently added a deputy, former Covington veteran officer Jim Tucker, to the FBI's Safe Streets Task Force. The group, made up of federal and local officers, targets drug dealers.
The men are inviting residents to visit the police substation, Trevor and Garrard streets, from 4 to 8 p.m. They also plan to walk around the neighborhood to speak with people, the sheriff said.
“The chief just wants to see for himself how things are going in the neighborhood,” said Lt. Col. Bill Dorsey, department spokesman.
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