Aggieville Business Association takes proactive approach with RCPD to make the district even safer

MANHATTAN (KSNT) - Aggieville, in Manhattan, is taking a proactive approach to make sure its streets are safer than they already are.

The timing comes as students are about come back for the upcoming school year, and the district is working with the Riley County Police Department (RCPD) to stop crime before it event happens.

While the director of the Aggieville Business Association, Dennis Cook said Aggieville is a generally very safe area, he told 27 News you can never be too prepared. One of the proactive approaches Aggieville is doing with the police department is installing more security cameras throughout the district.

This has been done over the last few weeks.

"That helps RCPD follow up on anything that happens," Cook said. "And what we don't want that to be is reactive, what we want that to be is proactive. You're on camera, an if you're thinking about making a, doing something stupid, or making a bad decision, this isn't the place for you."

According to the RCPD, when a disturbance does occur in Aggieville, it's generally Friday's and Saturday's in the 1100 block of Moro. This includes disturbances from disorderly conduct, destruction of property and sometimes fights.

Other initiatives RCPD says they're looking into is closing down the streets on Fridays and Saturdays at 11:00 p.m.

They will also have courtesy patrol from unarmed Fort Riley soldiers to make sure other soldiers don't act up.

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