INGRAM, Pa. — People in Pittsburgh’s Ingram neighborhood are demanding leaders to make changes to restore their sense of safety.
“What are you people going to do? Nothing, exactly, because that what’s you people always do,” said Brandy Graul, who has lived in Ingram for nine years.
She was one of several residents who attended a Borough Council meeting to discuss safety concerns.
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Friday night there was a seven-hour standoff in Ingram. Police later learned the man they were looking for wasn’t even in the home.
“I open up the door and I see SWAT there looking for this man and I’m just unsafe,” Graul said. “I want to find some kind of safety. I want them to come up with some sort of, something for us to feel like we’re safe.”
No one from the Police Department attended Monday’s meeting, which was mentioned during public comment. When Channel 11 contacted Chief Jack Dougherty he said he couldn’t be there, and that, “he isn’t required to attend council meetings.”
Borough Council members did not want to comment, but the council president did say they plan on setting up another meeting to talk about crime. A date has not been set.