PICKERING - Monique Goudet moved to Pickering to get away from the violence and illegal behaviour of her neighbourhood in Toronto - she now feels her children aren't much safer in Glendale.

"I came to Durham to get away from Markham (Road) and Eglinton (Avenue) when I heard a gunshot...I moved from one ghetto to another," she said.

Ms. Goudet was one of about 60 residents who came out to share their concerns with Durham Regional Police Chief Vernon White at a town hall meeting Wednesday evening. Most of the people in attendance were from the Glendale neighbourhood near Liverpool and Kingston roads who wanted to discuss the concerns they have with people drinking, and doing and selling drugs in the Pine Creek ravine.

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