Policemen are leaving their cars for some
fancy footwork and a lot
of it for the past two weeks,
the cops have been walking in places like
this West Dallas shopping center.
The patrols are called the Park
Walk and Talk Program.
This is your first crime
scene?
Yeah, this is our
first week out here.
The cops hope the high visibility will
discourage crime.
And the businessmen in the area all
agree it's helping them
in the wake
of an organized crime.
Around here, foot
patrols are more costly because they
require more men,
one to one. Teaching, for instance, in
the schools is the most expensive way to
do it. But we know it's a good way of
doing it and personal
contact and all levels of society.
And this is no exception.
But we're trying it because we're trying
to to reach the people in the community
and a little bit better.
John, the program is experimental
at this time, but if it proves
successful, it will be expanded beyond
the five neighborhoods that have foot
patrols at this time Victor.
Police, Channel 5, Action News, Dallas.