COUNCIL OF NEIGHBORHOODS
                         MERIDEN, CT
                        
                                            A 501C3 NON-PROFIT ORG.


                                                                                    
    Our Mission Statement

Our Goal is to  improve and maintain the Quality of Life for all citizens of Meriden
through partnerships with the Meriden Police Dept. and the City of Meriden.

       By developing Safe Neighborhoods through these partnerships:
                       Our children have safe and healthy environments to live, play and grow.
                      Residents and especially the elderly can live without fear of crime.
                      Blighted neighborhoods can be revitalized.
                      Neighbors will look after one another and take control of their streets.
                      Streets will be kept clean and green.
                      Gang prevention will be a cooperative venture between all parties.
                      Children will regard Police and Fire as friends not foes
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EVERYDAY!
Welcome to The Council of Neighborhoods,inc.
The parent organization of the Neighborhood Associations
and Block Watches of Meriden, Ct.   

A neighborhood association is a bonding of residents (homeowners, tenants, landlords and
even business people) who have a common goal, to improve and maintain their quality of life.
Neighborhood associations were formed in the mid 1990's when Meriden, like other
communities, had a growing gang violence problem.  Our Police Chief Robert Kosienski(ret.)
embarked on a new federally funded program called Community Policing. Roxanne Macri
founded the neighborhood associations in the mid 1990s and successfully expanded the
number of associations to a high of 32 by the year 2000. Working together the citizens of
Meriden turned the city around through this grass roots concept of taking control of their own
streets.  Meriden is proud to say that their citizens have an active role in maintaining their own
quality of life.

Meriden Police Dept.
Police Technology Informational Forum
Wednesday Feb. 15    6pm
Washington Middle School

This meeting is a Police Technology Informational Meeting that will address
a number of technology related issues including:

1.)  The Meriden Police Department ---Police to Citizen Website

2.)  The Encryption of the Meriden Police Department Radio System

We look forward to sharing our future plans with the public
and we look forward to citizen input.