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Once again 3 days in a row all night long groups of men on the corner of shurtleff st and Chester ave all night long. Selling drugs and harassing bystanders. They clearly aren’t from here or are recent to the area but it’s obvious. This is Definatly within 1000 feet of the shurtleff school and of the community college and should be monitored at all times if it’s like this. This area needs to be monitored constantly you can’t expext to fix it for a day and have the problem go away. You can’t expect the residents to call the police every time this occurs either because it’s constant unless it’s patrolled.
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Tom Ambrosino (Registered User)
Kris (Registered User)
Yup once again I see these issues myself. As instructed last time by a post here, I was told to call 911. I called three times last week for this issue, and was I was told "we're real busy right now". So please do not tell me to call 911 as they are unable to assist. It is pointless to call. I refuse to waist my time calling CPD when they do nothing. We want Chief Kyes to address this issue, we are very tired of this and nothing is done.
I've lived on this street for 10 years now and I have never seen it this bad and this balantly obvious. We've had drug dealers on our street before but these men are just not descreet about it at all. Which is why I fail to see why Chelsea Police and local courts cannot keep these people off my streets.
I also agree they are hassling people also. I've been leaving at 545am every morning and they are there and have called me out for crossing the street. I come home at 4pm and they are still there. A few times it was < 50 degrees out, and they were the only ones loitering on our street so they are up to no good.
PLEASE DO SOMETHING.
Kris (Registered User)
Kris (Registered User)
ChelseaHomeOwner (Registered User)
JR (Registered User)
Mary Raimo (Registered User)
Kris (Registered User)
I agree. As someone who has lived on this street for 10 and just bought the unit I live in in June, I am starting to question that decision due to the recent activity. It has never been this bad, or blatant.
And yes because of recent activity, my building and our long term resident neighbors are having cameras installed. It is sad that we have to do this, as I never felt the need before.
But something has to be done. More so than what is being done now. Again, we've had this issue before but never this obvious.
And yes, don't approach them. They already know we are all watching them and they cat call me when I walk by now. They know they are doing something terribly wrong.
Anonymous (Registered User)
Who is the district council? Sleeping? Or lives over the bridge? If calling 911 or local Police is not getting response you would expect, escalate it.
Call 7 News Investigates, i am sure they will be all over this
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Dama (Registered User)
Call at the same time, police will come.
We had the same problem a few years ago in cottage and that’s what we did. If they see that the police comes every time that are there, they will go away. You need to be persistent.
Cmaresident (Registered User)
Cmaresident (Registered User)
Chelsea Police (Registered User)
ChelseaHomeOwner (Registered User)
Kris (Registered User)
I ran against District 6’s councilor in the last city election in 2017. Due to being overworked I had no other choice than to drop out before the election. I am debating on rerunning again next year due to the lack of resolution on this issue and another issue that he voted for that I disagree with (as it was a self serving vote on his part since he benefits from that vote several times due to the number of properties he owns on his street (this was the water bill increase). So I will try to as civil as possible.
Councilor Recupero has had his seat for well over a decade. He has won due to just sheer fact that he has run unopposed. So by default he wins. I won’t comment too much on what he is done, but “ineffective” and “self serving” come to mind. He also lives on a quiet stretch of Essex where little crime happens but while I was canvassing this issue kept coming up and many people I spoke with complained about his lack of aggressiveness with this issue.
As far as what is next.. I am not sure what to do next. CPD has district crime meetings over a month. I’ve never been but it may be time to start to go so we can have a voice.
The other thing we can do is try to write letters and try to get on the agenda for the city council meeting and start demand answers.
Writing state reps is the third thing we can do. But start with one and two first.
Let me know how i can help. We are all in this together.
Babs (Registered User)
ChelseaHomeOwner (Registered User)
Cmaresident (Registered User)
Usacitizen#1 (Registered User)
I hope this issue gets some attention as I’ve lived In This area for 3 decades now and this is the worst it’s been since the mid to late 90’s without a doubt. Seems like it’s ms-13 or some affiliated local gang establishing a territory or being hired to sell in one controlled by a local one already, and quite obvious the police take a blind eye to it on a daily and NIGHTLY basis. This whole area needs police around day and night patrolling, not just Parked enjoying their cell phone and laptop entertainment. If anyone pays attention that’s what they do all day & every day. This city needs police who care for the residents here not their junkie detainment quota.
Usacitizen#1 (Registered User)
Anonymous (Registered User)
A lot of professionals are buying properties here in Chelsea. You can make a difference, if you have the energy to run for city council, i urge you to do it. You will change this pattern. The city council is stale today with one active councilor.
It looks like the faith in the Police department is dead.
Make some noise!
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JR (Registered User)
Cmaresident (Registered User)
ChelseaHomeOwner (Registered User)
I voiced many of these concerns last night at the City Council meeting and I am hoping that our City Manager is challenged to workout these safety issues in our District before one of us is hurt/killed. I was also very disturbed to find out from a source close to the Police that when CPD was asked to do uniformed patrols on Shurtleff and Hawthorne Street in particular, they requested these only be done on their Overtime hours (almost like a hazard pay). I am going to continue to follow up on these items with the City Manager as well as do additional investigation as to what is going on between City Hall and CPD.
If we do not see changes within the next couple weeks, I suggest we organization and contact several of the local news stations.
JR (Registered User)
Perhaps Cooperative patrols with state and federal authorities involved might be a better use of taxpayer money. You have to hope that the court system will give the support needed to help resolve the problem.
Usacitizen#1 (Registered User)
Cmaresident (Registered User)
JR (Registered User)
ChelseaHomeOwner (Registered User)
I think we give the City Manager as well as the CPD time to respond on the streets. It was made clear last night at the City Council meeting that what was happening in District 6 was unacceptable as well as disturbing. If we start seeing uniformed patrols out on our streets as well as police vehicles patrolling past sundown regularly, then we know a difference has been made.
Let's give Tom A. and Chief Keyes a couple of weeks to see if they make an effort on the streets and if not, then we elevate it to local news stations as well as state level. It's essential that this effort is visible to us residents, not just lip service.
Closed RAH (Registered User)