You see, they have a name for Madisonville, too. They call it home. They were ready to go on duty as Citizens on Patrol, a volunteer group working with the police since September 1997, patrolling the streets and helping make Madisonville a better place to live. They were a mixed group, short and tall, spry and creaky, blue collar, white collar, men and women, black and white. On this night, everyone on the bus was a little more determined than usual to improve Madisonville.
People try to make things better here.
But then I thought, sticks and stones will break my bones. But his words are just going to make me work harder to prove him wrong. The Citizens on Patrol worked a four-hour shift Friday night. Hopping on and off the bus throughout the community, the patrol dropped in unexpectedly on neighborhood hot spots. Armed with police radios, the 11 citizens walked up and down the sidewalks, looking, watching, listening.