De­spite some im­prove­ment in the de­tec­tion rate in the Mal­oney Po­lice Sta­tion dis­trict, res­i­dents at a town hall meet­ing have raised con­cerns over what they de­scribed as poor re­sponse times, vis­i­bil­i­ty and the at­ti­tudes of some of­fi­cers as­signed to their com­mu­ni­ty.

The is­sues were dis­cussed at a po­lice town hall meet­ing at the Mal­oney Re­gion­al Com­plex on Wednes­day evening, as of­fi­cers met with res­i­dents in a bid to forge clos­er ties with the neigh­bour­hood.

One res­i­dent, a busi­ness own­er at the Mal­oney Mall, told of­fi­cers that he was dis­ap­point­ed that an in­ci­dent at the fa­cil­i­ty was re­port­ed to po­lice, but no of­fi­cers ever ar­rived at the scene to fol­low up on the mat­ter.