Minneapolis Police Department

2011 Neighborhood Policing Plan

Seward Neighborhood

Precinct Contacts:
Crime Prevention Specialist Shun Tillman 612-673-2846

Third Precinct 612-673-5703

Lieutenants:
Days: Lt. Catherine Johnson
Mids: Lt. Lee Edwards
Nights: Lt. Art Knight
Precinct Commander: Insp. Lucy Gerold
Annual Statistics
Part 1 Crime Statistics for Seward:
TOTAL Murder Rape Robbery Assaults Burglary Larceny Auto Thefts Arson
2010 373 3 9 35 19 91 166 48 2
2009 364 3 37 19 81 163 59 2
Change 9 3 6 -2 0 10 3 -11 0
Percent +2% Div/0 +200% -5% 0% +12% +2% -19% 0%

Selected Part 2/Livability Crime Statistics for Seward:

TOTAL Liquor Drugs Weapons Prostitution Disorderly Curfew Parties
2010 152 54 44 5 0 39 10 0
2009 118 33 45 5 1 25 6 1
Change 34 21 -1 0 -1 14 4 -1
Disorderly offenses include disorderly conduct, public urination, and aggressive solicitation (panhandling). Parties include Social Host
violations. Part 2 crimes are more an indication of enforcement efforts by the MPD than actual incidents. For example, drugs and
weapons may be confiscated during traffic stops from individuals who do not live in the neighborhood, and unless neighbors call 911
to address parties that disturb the block, they will not be noted in these statistics.

Neighborhood Concerns:
The Seward Neighborhood has expressed concern about the interaction between youth and the Police in
venues outside of Restorative Justice, for those who have not been in need of RJ--i.e., "regular kids."
Seward would like a clearer definition of what a block club is and if/how that could be changed. The
neighborhood is seeing an increase in crime coming from the East African community, and would like a
police officer or some type of liaison who understands the East African culture and problems.

Policing Strategy:
The Minneapolis Police Department has two citywide goals: reduce crime and improve the relationship with
the community it serves.

The Crime Prevention Specialist will continue to work with Seward/Longfellow Restorative Justice
Youth Program. Further, the MPD's Juvenile Division has a Youth Resource Coordinator who will
meet with the neighborhood to discuss options for kids whether they are involved in criminal activity or
not.
The CPS will attend and support the Crime & Safety Committee meetings.
The MPD will explore the idea of having Beat Cops for the Franklin business corridor/neighborhood
and the idea of an East African liaison officer/staff for Seward. The MPD will also connect the Somali
liaison Crime Prevention Specialist with the neighborhood.
The MPD will continue target enforcement in areas where patterns of robbery of persons have been
identified in the Seward neighborhood. MPD will work with MTC police to target the LRT stop at Cedar
and Franklin and MTC bus stops along the Franklin Ave corridor and other areas of the neighborhood
as circumstances permit.
Crime Prevention Specialist will send out weekly community updates of burglary of dwellings and
garages in the Seward neighborhood in hopes of making residents aware of patterns and including
prevention tips to help reduce possible crime victims.
Third Precinct staff will continue to educate the community/residents via community meetings and
block club meetings.

Neighborhood Engagement:
Policing is a “team sport” and residents need to be part of that team. The Seward Neighborhood has
committed to the following:
 Work with the MPD Crime Prevention Specialist to recruit new block leaders and increase the number
of active block clubs in Seward neighborhood through community meetings and e-mail
communication, and will work to renew, and revive old block clubs as well as recruiting new block
clubs. SNG will host a Seward neighborhood wide meeting that will educate the community on the
importance of block clubs, the definition of block clubs and the necessity of calling 911 to report crime
and suspicious activity.
SNG supports regular Crime & Safety committee meetings for the neighborhood.
SNG will re-institute the Seward Stroll Patrol over the Spring – Summer – Fall months
Seward will work with the MPD to identify problem rental properties, and invite rental owners to one of
the quarterly Rental Property Workshop put on by the MPD.
SNG will increase awareness throughout Seward of crime trends, alerts, and crime prevention
strategies through monthly meetings, email list and articles in The Bridge newspaper and in SNG
newsletters, and promote the use of the MPD crime alert systems for residents and businesses.

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2011 Performance Measures
We will use the following criteria to measure our success in policing the Seward Neighborhood:

Increase block clubs from 18 to 23 out of approximately 60 organizable blocks.

Grow our partnership with rental properties from 187 enrolled in the Action Alert system to 250. (There
are about 480 rental properties in Seward.)
Reduce Part 1 Crimes by 5%

SEWARD
2010 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN RESULTS

2010 Performance Measures:

The Seward Neighborhood will use the following criteria to measure MPD success in policing the Seward
Neighborhood:
We will work to reduce Robbery of Persons by 1.5%. Robberies decreased by 5%
The neighborhood will work with the Community Crime Prevention Specialist to distribute
information on crime statistics, warnings/alerts, and crime-prevention activities to every household in
the neighborhood via appropriate venues (email, flyering, mailing, articles in The Bridge or in the
SNG Newsletters). 625 subscribers to the MPD's crime alert list specified the Seward
Neighborhood as an area for which they would like to receive alerts. They receive alerts any
time the MPD sends them for crime patterns or advisories in the 3rd Precinct, Sector 4.
There will be a 1.5% increase in the number of people who have signed up for the SNG Crime &
Safety Email list. [need SNG's input]
Increase neighborhood participation in National Night Out by 5%. Seward increased the number
of NNO events from 20 in 2009 to 26 in 2010.

End of 2011 Neighborhood Plan: 2010 Results for the Seward Neighborhood.