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Resident urges city to restore neighborhood resource officer role for people at risk of homelessness
Summary
At public comment, resident Dana Linscott said River Falls no longer has a neighborhood resource officer after Luke Axley left, warned that the city lacks transparency on services, and urged the council to look into the gap.
Dana Linscott, speaking during public comment at the Jan. 14 River Falls City Council meeting, said the city no longer employs a neighborhood resource officer who served as a liaison to community service providers and helped people facing homelessness.
Linscott said the officer’s name was Luke Axley and that he “was marvelous at what he did.” She told the council she had been informed by a police department representative that the city currently has no one filling that role and that there are no plans to replace it.
“There’s very little transparency between city offices and the citizens, and there’s even less transparency between public servants that work for the city and the board members,” Linscott said, adding that most council members care about the subject but urging them to investigate when they believe something is happening that is not.
Linscott identified the neighborhood resource officer role as one of the city’s active efforts to help people who become homeless; she said the absence of that position represents a critical gap in services. The council did not take formal action on the comment during the meeting.
