Rolling Meadows police reach out to the community

In the last two years, police officer Carlos Saez and social services specialist Natalia Mercado have revived some of Rolling Meadows' much-praised Police Neighborhood Resource Center services, but not on the scale of the center, which was forced to close after two decades in 2009 by the city's economic woes.

Both Saez and Mercado have offices at two apartment complexes along Algonquin Road - East Park Apartments and Apartments at Woodfield Crossing - to meet residents and help families, crime victims and management, but Mercado serves the entire city, and her main office is at city hall. In sunnier times, the city contributed as much as $400,000 annually to the center at East Park, whereas many as 20 agencies offered services.

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