About 20 years ago, a woman sitting on her porch in Crestwood Village noticed a man stuffing a license plate and some clothing down a storm drain. She telephoned police. It turned out that the man had just robbed a bank nearby and her tip led to his arrest.
People are community oriented.
One of our biggest assets is people being observant. MacGregor says Manchester has a small-town feel to it. It also has a small-town crime rate. Manchester ranked as the safest town in the county in 1996. In that year, there were 11.3 crimes reported per 1,000 residents.