Residents of a block in Manhattan's Greenwich Village got so fed up with the loitering, drugs, panhandling, and crime that they are teaming up to pay for their own private security.
"The worst it's been in 21 years when it comes to crime.""The worst it's been in 21 years when it comes to crime," owner Elias Tsikis said to FOX 5 News in a statement.
A resident started a group for concerned residents. In the end, they decided to test a pilot test with armed guards. The pilot program ended at the start of September. "When our security guards were present, it did seem much safer and there was a sense of calm when they were walking the street. But the moment they went off duty, the deluge of lawlessness returned, instantly," Brian Maloney said in a statement to FOX 5 News."Armed guards are nothing new in the city," former NYPD Lieutenant Darrin Porcher says. "This begs the question as to what are we going to do based on the sentiment of public safety.
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