About 15 residents attended a meeting of Weissport Borough Council Monday night to ask Council to deal with the drug problem in town.

One consensus was that a Crime Watch should be organized in the town which has a population of about 420 people. Although no official action occurred, names and phone numbers of people interested in serving on a Crime Watch was collected.Chief of Police Denna Krammes said she will contact those people and meet with them about forming a group.Bill Donovan, the borough's secretary/treasurer, urged those who want to form a Crime Watch to get additional people involved.Residents spoke about seeing drug use occurring during the daylight in public places. They complained about finding used needles in backyards, on porches, on the playground, in the borough park and near the borough hall.Krammes stressed at the start of the meeting that the interest should be in a crime watch and "not a vigilante crew."Krammes said photos are good to have, although people should not place themselves in harm's way taking the pictures. She also encouraged that people who witness suspicious activity to write down license plate numbers and provide to police a description of individuals as well as times incidents occur.Council member Greg May said, "Something needs to be done now because the good people are being forced out."Council President Gene Kershner said Weissport has only a part-time police department and relies on state police for protection when the part-time officers are not on duty. He said the borough would not be able to financially afford a full-time police department.Councilman Arland Moyer said three security cameras were installed in the borough park and there will be more cameras added in another part of the town in an effort to deter criminal activity.Council member Brenda Leiby complained that nonresidents loiter in the borough park for hours. A woman said a tent city exists along the Lehigh Canal.State Rep. Doyle Heffley, R-Carbon, attended the meeting. "This is your hometown. You have to step up."He emphasized the need for treatment of drug addicts saying, "If you don't get people into treatment, there always will be the demand."