When residents of East Walnut Hills got some ideas about fighting crime in their neighborhood, they attracted big guns from City Hall and ended up being called a good example of problem-oriented policing.

        In a meeting Tuesday night, about 40 people from Fairfield Avenue and the surrounding area told Mayor Charlie Luken, Assistant Police Chief Richard Janke and four council members they'd like more police presence. Lt. Col. Janke said he'll do what he can, but that manpower is always an issue.

        “It's a great place to live,” organizer Mary Farris said of her neighborhood. “And we don't want to leave.”

        The department's crime statistics for the first third of the year show serious crime in East Walnut Hills up 24 percent over the same period in 2001. That compares with about an 8 percent increase citywide.

        In neighboring Evanston, the serious crime category rose almost 2 percent, with robberies more than doubling from seven last year to 19 in 2002 so far. In O'Bryonville, that leap is 171 percent, but because last year's numbers were so low. Robberies went from zero to one, auto thefts from two to three, burglaries from one to seven.

        Councilman Pat DeWine, chairman of council's Law and Public Safety committee, said he hears more about crime in East Walnut Hills than just about anywhere else. He and colleagues Chris Monzel, David Crowley and David Pepper attended the meeting at Kenneth Kreider's house.

        “It's not that it's the most crime-filled neighborhood, but the people there are more vocal about it,” Mr. DeWine said. “And that's a good thing.”

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