Show Layton Car Dealers Seek Vandalism Aid Sam manager of Olsen and Homer Cutrubus manager of Cu-t rub us Motors in Layton met again with the Layton City Council concerning the increase in thievery and vandalism in the Layton area and especially at their places of YOUNG had met with the city council prior to this meeting to voice his concern and to ask the police force what they can do to help in this Young feels that the police department should be looked into to see if they are working up to their full He said they had installed a fence at Olsen Chevrolet and also had a dog on the grounds which has helped but that the problem is still CUTRUBUS told the that his company has installed a fence and retaining wall and only three weeks ago kids jumped it which would be a 15 foot drop and took tires and rims from a new car and left their old said that E and M Ford is having the same He cited incidents where kids have broken broken bent antennas and scratched new cars sitting on the lot and this type of thing is hard to justify to a car HE SAID the police department has been very good to answer his calls on these matters but something more must be They feel that most of the problem might be coming from Vae View area Young feels that the curfew laws in Layton may not be strong Police Chief LaMar Chard told the two men and the council that the juvenile court will not handle curfew violators because they are two busy with other mat- unless the youth continually break the curfew THE COUNCIL feel that the courts should be harder on the youth instead of just slapping their Chief Cha-d told the council he is presently serving on the committee for proposed legislation on shop lifting where the parents would be liable for what their children do and maybe something should be worked out like this on other Councilman Baker says the punishment isn't strong enough for these He has talked to the judge about this but wasn't encouraged because the thieves must be caught to be YOUNG asked if the schools in the area have a program where the police visit the schools and present the facts to the children on the punishments for the different Chief Chard said the schools are visited all the time by the Mayor Lewis G. Shields suggested that a meeting be arranged which would include businessmen and city At that time they can go deeper into the problems in this area and see if some type of solution can be found in the matters concerning the |