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Passaic resident praises police outreach at Spear Village during council public comment
Summary
Renee Griggs told the Passaic City Council that recent community outreach — including an officers' station and distribution of candy at a Halloween event — has eased residents' safety concerns in Spear Village.
Resident Renee Griggs, who identified herself as living at 23 Aspen Place, Apartment 6C, used the council’s public‑comment period to praise recent police and security outreach in her building complex, Spear Village. "They set up a station. They gave out candy, good candy too," Griggs said, describing officers and a designated security coordinator as visible and reassuring to residents.
Griggs singled out the building supervisor, Ted Lopez, and thanked law enforcement leadership. She said Chief Guzman told residents the officers "are about the community," and she described the interactions at the Halloween event as "a positive step" after past complaints about policing at Spear Village.
The remarks came during the council’s standard public‑comment block; council members did not take immediate action in response. Griggs also congratulated re‑elected assembly members and said she is again serving as a local committee person.
The council moved on after public comment; there was no formal referral or staff presentation recorded in the transcript following Griggs’s remarks.
