GRANDVIEW, Wash. – The Grandview Police Department has restarted its Neighborhood Focus Program to address public complaints. The initiative was put on hold due to staffing issues but is now back in action.
Police Chief Kal Fuller explained that the city will be divided into six zones, with the department focusing on one zone each month. The program kicks off on the north side of town, concentrating on parking concerns. Fuller detailed the process.
“[Officers will] start putting notices on those vehicles, gives them 24 hours to correct a problem. And then 24 hours later, the officers will generally come back, try and make contact if it hasn’t been corrected and let them know that, hey, you had a notice on your vehicle needs to be corrected,” he said.
Fuller is optimistic about the program’s impact, citing past success.
“We have focused on, say, one neighborhood. We might tow five or six vehicles, we might issue between 15 and 30 citations over that period of time. But then what we find is two months later, if we come back to that same neighborhood, we may only have one or two violations,” he said.
The chief acknowledged that some residents were dissatisfied with the program’s previous inconsistency. The aim now is to maintain continuous operation.
“The long term of the program is it will continue to just do it every month, focus on a different neighborhood. Each neighborhood will get a specific focus at least twice a year that way,” Fuller stated. He emphasized that this approach provides a targeted focus for officers, helping to prevent recurring issues.
Fuller encouraged residents to report parking concerns, as this is the most effective way for the department to address and resolve them.
