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DID YOU KNOW? Local news at your fingertips Visit www.gmtoday.com MARK BELLING News by the numbers tells the story Page 9 Television news has only itself to blame for decline • The gland responsible for producing the hormone that regulates growth is called the pituitary gland. It is the size of a pea. – Source: www.didyouknow.org. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS SUNDAY – TURN YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD ONE HOUR THIS WEEKEND STEVE 'THE HOMER' TRUE NFL should change distance of extra points Page 11 Kicks have become too easy in today's game MILWAUKEE COUNTY'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER MARCH 7, 2014 Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/MilwaukeePost Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/MilwaukeePost Keeping an eye on safety By DWAYNE BUTLER Post Editor MILWAUKEE – A city matching grant pilot program that will bring police-moni- tored surveillance cameras to individual businesses and commercial corridors across Milwaukee is being unveiled today. The collaborative public safety initiative, sponsored by Common Council President Michael J. Murphy, Alderman Bob Donovan, Alderman Joe Davis Sr. and supported by Mayor Tom Barrett, will use a $250,000 matching grant fund provided by the Milwaukee Police Department and the city's Community Development Grants Administration that will help provide moni- tored surveillance cameras in commercial corridors in the second, third, fifth and sev- enth police districts where Business Improvement Districts and other like groups exist to support and help fund improve- ments. Safe and Sound Inc., a nonprofit organiza- tion whose mission is reducing violent crime, will administer the pilot program, which will expire at the end of 2014. The aformentioned leaders, including Police Chief Ed Flynn and Interim Executive Director Katie Sanders of Safe & Sound, were scheduled to gather today at Wild Flour Bakery, 2800 W. Lincoln Ave., for a press conference to talk more about the pro- gram. Murphy said individual businesses, BIDs and business associations will be provided an opportunity to match the grant funds for the installation of cameras, which have become standard public safety tools in shop- ping and commercial areas across the U.S. He noted the location of the news confer- ence – Wild Flour Bakery – was selected because it was the site of a successful MPD investigation brought about by footage Surveillance camera grant program will target businesses, commercial corridors Murphy Donovan See SAFETY on Page 6 FREE STORAGE! FREE STORAGE! FREE STORAGE! 1st Month with 6 month contract DREXEL SELF STORAGE 500 W. Drexel • Oak Creek 414-617-2109 414-587-0517 237210021 Tailgate with the Milwaukee Brewer's Baseball Club's Famous Racing Sausages and Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club's Bernie Brewer with all proceeds to benefit The Wounded Warrior Project Saturday March 15th • 12:30-2:30 Meadowmere Senior Living 2330 S. 54th St., West Allis, WI 53219 Get ready for the season! Stop in and enjoy a brat lunch for $5 All proceeds benefit The Wounded Warrior Project 12:30 - 1:30 the Famous Racing Sausages™ will be here 1:30 - 2:30 Bernie Brewer™ will be here Register to win Gift Certificates for Brewers tickets and certificates to ride down Bernie's Slide during a home game! Please call 414-615-7100 to RSVP before March 12, 2014 237210044 ™ ™