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Snow & Ice Priority Maps
Tips for Driving on Snow and Ice
As the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Metro Public Works crews make preparations for clearing roadways, motorists should also be prepared for driving in snow and ice by following these tips:
- Make sure your vehicle is sufficiently winterized – check the battery, antifreeze level, heater, defroster, wipers and windshield washer.
- Check the forecast and call 511 or visit 511.ky.gov for the latest condition reports before traveling. Avoid nonessential travel if conditions are dangerous.
- Dress warmly for the weather –in layers of loose-fitting, lightweight clothing, in anticipation of unexpected emergencies.
- Try to keep your gas tank at least two-thirds full to prevent fuel line freezing and to prepare for possible lengthy delays on the roadway.
- Make sure a friend or relative is aware of your travel route.
- Carry a cell phone.
- Make sure your vehicle has an emergency care kit. It should include jumper cables, flares or reflectors, windshield washer fluid, an ice scraper, blankets, nonperishable food, a first aid kit, and traction material.
- Drive carefully. Allow plenty of time to get to your destination. Do not use cruise control.
- Give a wide berth to snow removal equipment.
- Remember that bridges and exit and entrance ramps can be icy when other areas are not.
- Stopping in snow requires more braking distance than stopping on dry pavement – up to four times more distance. Make sure to put plenty of distance between yourself and the vehicle ahead.
- Be visible. Dull, cloudy days will cut down on visibility, so drive using low-beam headlights.
- Steer into the skid. Stay calm and ease your foot off the gas while carefully steering in the direction you want the front of your vehicle to go.
Sixth & Seventh Division Crime Updates
6th Division Crime Maps
Block Watch Report 01-21-12.pdf
7th Division Crime Maps
Crime update jan 29-feb 4.docx
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District 11 Neighborhood Development Fund Update
$2,000.00 - Family and children first, inc., for capital expenses associated with purchasing furnishings and equipment for the child advocacy center, including medical equipment, it hardware and software, communication systems and furnishings for family rooms.
$3,000.00- The healing place, inc., to supplement operational costs of providing food, shelter, non-medical detoxification rehabilitation services, and transitional care at no cost to recipients who suffer from homelessness, substance abuse and/or substance addictions.
$2,000.00- The volunteers of America of Kentucky, inc., for replacing wooden bedroom furniture with bug-resistant metal furniture in family emergency shelters it operates in the Louisville Metro area.
$5,000.00- The Louisville Zoo for maintenance repairs to the Zoo's capital projects.
New LMPD Crime Mapping System
The Louisville Metro Police Department has launched a new tool to give you the most up to date information on crime in your neighborhood. Click here or the picture below for more information.
My office will continue to send out maps of crime and detailed information from both the 6th & 7th Divisions in our biweekly email newsletter.
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Message from LMPD
We need your help. In the past, police officers responded to crimes after they have already been committed. Now we want your help in preventing crimes before they occur. We need everyone in our community to take an active role in stopping a crime before it happens. One way you can take an active role in solving and preventing crime is by reporting any suspicious person(s) or activity to the Metro Police Department.
Spring Cleaning
Most people think of spring as a time of cleaning indoors. Spring is also a good time to clean up outdoors around your home and to take a detailed inventory of the outside of your home. Burglars like to target homes that are easy to break into and look for certain things around a home that make burglary easy. As a home owner it should be your goal to make your home as unattractive to prospective burglars as possible. Make sure all high bushes and hedges are cut back and away from windows as far as possible. Burglars like to hide behind bushes where they can work on windows and enter homes where their entry and exit are hidden by the bushes. Check all outside light fixtures to make sure bulbs are working and consider replacing standard light fixtures with motion detectors. Check all the locks on windows and doors to ensure they are locked and working properly and consider installing dead bolts on doors. Make sure your house numbers are visible from the street, on the house in a highly visible area and on the mail box; this will aid emergency responders in locating your home quickly. Finally, remember to take in all valuable property from you vehicle at night if it is left in the driveway or at the least do not leave expensive items in plain sight in the vehicle.
Would you like to help Metro Parks plan for future parks?
Would you like to voice your opinion about what type of facilities are most important?
Would you like to tell us what we are doing well, or could do better?
If the answer is “yes”, then visit www.Metro-parks.org and click on the “Take our survey” link. This link is located on the top of the home page. Ten minutes of your time will give us invaluable information on how we can continue to grow and improve Metro Parks. Thank you!!
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