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Westwood is a residential subdivision in Southwest Houston, Texas. The subdivision is bounded by the 610 Loop, the Union Pacific railroad tracks, Stella Link Road, and Willowbend Boulevard. It has about 800 houses.[1]
Sergeant J. W. Collins of the Houston Police Department (HPD) Southwest Patrol Division and the head of the Beechnut Police Station's Tactical Response Team, stated that according to an HPD study of the crime statistics comparing those of January to May 1989 to January to May 1988, after the Link Valley complexes closed, Class 1 and Class 2 crime decreased in several neighborhoods.[note 1]In Westwood, Class 1 crime decreased by 3 percent and Class 2 crime decreased by 23%.[2]
In 2009 the civic club founded a Citizens on Patrol program.[1]
- ^ a b Jackson, Kim. "Westwood Civic Club forms Citizens on Patrol program." Houston Chronicle. August 25, 2009. Retrieved on November 4, 2013.
- ^ a b Cobb, Kim. "HPD reports less crime near Link Valley." Houston Chronicle. Friday July 1, 1989. p. A32. Available from NewsBank, Record Number: 07*21*638242. Article available from the Houston Public Library website with a library card.
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