INC NEWS - Need Neighborhood Watch Signs

[Mike - Hotmail]

Chuck,

I'm sorry to have to be so late in a response but I've been out of town over the Holidays and only just returned to my office (and over 850+ emails) this morning.

I'm also not sure if someone else has responded to your posting (haven't completed the task of reading all of my emails) but

Master Officer Eric Hester is the contact for Neighborhood Watch and getting the signs erected.

While I'm aware that he's retiring soon from the police force,  I believe he might be at the next DBAC meeting tomorrow where this question can be asked.

I've also cc'ed him this posting.

fyi,  mike shiflett


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chuck Clifton 
  To: inc-list at durhaminc.org 
  Cc: Mike Shiflett 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 12:43 PM
  Subject: INC NEWS - Need Neighborhood Watch Signs


  Fellow INCers ...

  My neighborhood association (Long Meadow) has been trying to get Neighborhood Watch signs posted for over 10 months.  Apparently there is some sort of logjam in getting the signs ordered and delivered.  I think it is unfortunate that my neighborhood (and others since many are waiting on these signs) has worked so hard to form an association and get block captains in place only to not have any clear notification to those moving about the neighborhood that it is being actively watched.  

  I'm well aware that in Durham the squeaky wheel gets the grease.  So I'm appealing to you for guidance on to whom you think we should be squeaking to get our Neighborhood Watch signs!  

  If we truly believe that neighborhood watches make a difference and that the City is willing to do its part to support us in this, I would expect there to be a warehouse of signs just waiting to be given out.  I would expect Crime Prevention officers to have a pallet load in the trunks of their patrol cars driving around squeezing neighborhoods to organize so they can stake out the watch area.  Instead, the sign maker seems to get the wording wrong over and over and so there just are no signs to be had.  

  Please advise.

  Kind regards,

  Chuck Clifton
  President, Long Meadow Neighborhood Association



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