Residents press Germantown leaders on neighborhood safety, speeding and athletic‑center repairs during budget hearing

Several Germantown residents used the budget public hearing on June 9 to press the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for more traffic enforcement, neighborhood crime prevention and repairs to public recreation facilities.

Kenny Fields, president of the Bromley Neighborhood Association, told the board he and neighbors have seen a rise in crime and said two teenage girls were followed while walking near Cross Village. "We are seeing more and more crime coming in," Fields said, and asked the board and police to consider intensified enforcement and community engagement in southern neighborhoods.

Neighbor Nikki Moss Seller said her neighborhood survey showed safety as the top concern and described sustained reckless driving and high speeds on local streets that she said make it unsafe for children…