Denver Heights residents met with the City of San Antonio’s Integrated Community Safety Office (ICSO) on Tuesday to discuss public safety concerns in their neighborhood.

City officials say the top 911 calls in Denver Heights are hang-up calls, requests for an officer to patrol by or general disturbance calls.

Residents at Tuesday’s meeting said the main issues they see in their community are loose and dangerous dogs on the streets. They also voiced concerns about officers’ response times to calls and sidewalk repairs.

Maria Vargas, the director of ICSO, said the meetings are helpful for her team to hear residents’ concerns and compare with the city’s data.

“You would expect what they tell me here, what their No. 1 (concern) should match the No. 1 in the call data ... but what we saw to

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