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STRATEGY
* Know who your City Council representative and Recreation and Park commissioners are.
* Get to know your area's police captain or police community-relations officer, and the city's Recreation and Park regional director: Cultivate them as allies and learn their jurisdictional boundaries.
* Present a unified neighborhood front; build a consensus and demonstrate willingness to balance security with the need for open park access.
* Be patient and be prepared to share in problem solving over the long haul.
TACTICS
* Form a neighborhood group or join your area's neighborhood group and meet regularly.
* Keep a log of undesirable or criminal activities in your park.
* Obtain supporting crime statistics...