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CRHA starts trial security contract at South 1st Street after resident complaints about late‑night activity
Summary
Staff said the authority entered a 3–4 month trial agreement with Millennium Security to patrol South 1st Street roughly 6 p.m.–3 a.m.; early resident reports were positive but commissioners asked about barring criteria, appeal processes, cross‑site funding and how effectiveness will be evaluated.
Staff told the board the housing authority has entered a trial agreement with Millennium Security to provide on‑site security at South 1st Street, initially set to run three to four months and covering roughly 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. each night. Staff said the contractor began patrols the Friday before Memorial Day and that a resident contacted staff to say the firm had removed non‑residents from the property.
Staff described operational details: the contractor conducts regular barcode‑checked patrols, files daily activity reports and maintains a list of individuals barred from the site; staff said barred individuals can appeal and that bars vary with severity (ranging from months to multiple years). “They have a copy of the individuals that are barred on the site, and they also have the the way to bar folks on the site,” staff said.
Commissioners and attendees raised concerns about process and oversight. Questions included whether security can unilaterally bar a person or only recommend a bar, whether the security firm uses written criteria for barring, how residents will be notified of rules and appeals, whether security coverage can be cross‑subsidized between properties, and how the authority will evaluate effectiveness. Staff said security can bar individuals but that residents may appeal, that there is a barring policy and staff can provide that policy to the board, and that evaluation will rely on resident feedback and site activity metrics collected over the trial period.
Staff said funding constraints limit expansion of the program to other sites; tax‑credit properties can cross‑subsidize to a greater degree than public housing properties because of funding restrictions. Staff recommended the board receive a report at the end of the trial period outlining incident metrics and resident feedback.
Next steps: staff will provide the barring policy to the board, coordinate data requests with the police department about neighborhood incident timing if possible, and deliver a trial evaluation report at the end of the contract period.
