GROTON — New ideas about how to build a stronger community are brewing in Groton.

Around 200 village residents voiced concerns to lawmakers about quality of life issues in the area Monday night. Officials and residents mentioned that there aren’t many resources in the community for people who struggle with addiction.

Christine Brown Personious started a Facebook page to talk about these issues. She says a lot of people placed in Groton by the Department of Social Services may not be getting the help they need.

“We need to know who’s in the community. We need to know who they are and how we can help them. But they’re here today and gone tomorrow. Where did they go? That’s my question. Did anyone help them?” she said.

Personious says when she was a kid, local police officers used to help people who got in trouble because they knew their families and friends. That familiarity, she says, isn’t present in Groton today.

Amid these rising worries about unfamiliar faces, the Girl Scouts are holding an event Friday where people can meet law enforcement officials.

Personious is working on the event, and says when she was a kid everyone knew the local officers.

“They were friends with us, they would come to the park and play basketball with us. I just think that if our children were not afraid of police officers, like I think some of them are. I think if they would see police officers as their friends, like I did as a kid, our community would be better,” she said.

The Girl Scouts’ free community event runs from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday at Groton Park on Sykes Street.