The Wichita Police Department (WPD) and the Office of Central Inspection (OCI) continued their effort to remove inoperable and abandoned vehicles from city streets with a sweep through the Planeview neighborhood in southeast Wichita.
As with a similar effort last month, the sweep is part of a growing city government effort to improve neighborhoods by fighting blight, a priority goal of the Wichita City Council.
During the Planeview sweep, Wichita police officers from Patrol East joined forces with staff members from the Office of Central Inspection (OCI). Wichita police officers marked 52 abandoned vehicles on city property; OCI staff members marked 128 abandoned vehicles on private property.
If the marked vehicles are not removed, or problems with them corrected, the City of Wichita will tow and impound them. Those marked by WPD officers will be towed on Sunday and Monday, Aug. 3-4. Vehicles marked by OCI will be towed on Aug. 21.
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