<div dir="ltr">Thank you Donna and others for sharing the benefits of ENP. This was a huge bonus to us when we moved to this neighborhood that this service is offered. Not only does it deter crime by having the police officers drive through/sit in their car as mentioned, but the potential for faster response time is even more vital, since the Dallas Police are having terribly long wait times for 911 calls. I keep reading terrible stories on Facebook in other parts of Dallas where people waited incredibly long times on Dallas 911 calls.<div><br></div><div>We live on Meadowdale, and we are members of ENP and have been for years. One time our alarm went off, and the ENP was there so fast and checked out our house for us and was texting us updates. The regular Dallas Police would not have been there as quickly! </div><div><br></div><div>Please sign up if you have not already signed up. Very low cost compared to the benefit. We would love for enough people to sign up so we could get our neighborhood more hours of ENP. This neighborhood is such a wonderful place to live with a great group of neighbors! <br><br>Happy Holidays,</div><div>Amanda & Jake Ethridge</div><div>Meadowdale</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 5:24 PM Donna Shattuck via Neighbors <<a href="mailto:neighbors@lj-estates.com">neighbors@lj-estates.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div><p style="margin-top:0px" dir="ltr">Our neighborhood patrol is modeled after the one established in my prior neighborhood, Preston Hollow North. We had enough voluntary owner participation to pay for off-duty patrol officers 24/7. Our neighborhood had significantly lower crime rates than the neighborhoods to the north, south, east and west of us, none of which had 24 hour patrols. </p>
<p dir="ltr">During a call to 911 last weekend, the wait time for an on-duty police officer was going to be extensive. A neighbor called ENP who happened to be on duty and they were here in minutes. I've had a couple of situations where I needed assistance and our patrol officer was at my door quickly. </p>
<p dir="ltr">It DOES make a difference and I'm grateful to all who are able to contribute. </p>
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</div>Thursday, 16 December 2021, 03:56PM -06:00 from Katherine McGovern via Neighbors <a href="mailto:neighbors@lj-estates.com" target="_blank">neighbors@lj-estates.com</a>:<br><br><blockquote id="gmail-m_8005480904385229511mail-app-auto-quote" cite="http://16396918010000119917" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(252,44,56);margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px">
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<div id="gmail-m_8005480904385229511style_16396918010000119917_BODY"><div><div dir="auto">All of us pay for the Dallas Police Department through our property and sales taxes which go to the City of Dallas. Some may believe that the cost of off duty police to sit in the neighborhood doing paperwork in a police car is a deterrent to crime, and worth paying additional money. In all of the years that my family has lived in LJE, I have seen no fact based evidence that any crime was prevented because of the presence of off duty police sitting in parked police cars in LJE. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best for the Holidays </div><div dir="auto">Katherine </div><div><br><div><div><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 10:20 AM liza urso via Neighbors <<a href="mailto:neighbors@lj-estates.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">neighbors@lj-estates.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Just saw this on Neighbors: <a href="https://neighbors.ring.com/c/jq9X3Lf8YbnpPt1be32bfa6L" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://neighbors.ring.com/c/jq9X3Lf8YbnpPt1be32bfa6L</a><br>
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Just got this from Ring. 1/2 of the reports are within about a mile of our homes. <br>
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Neighbors, PLEASE join or renew your membership in our ENP. The number of hours of patrol we receive is directly related to how much revenue is generated by memberships. At the current low membership rate, we will have to reduce the number of patrol hours. Scary in light of the very slow response time of Dallas Police, and the rising crime rate in our area. <br>
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The rate is incredibly reasonable for the personal protection we receive. LESS THAN $1/DAY! <br>
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Let’s band together as the great, helpful neighborhood we are and help one another by getting as many memberships/patrol hours as we can. <br>
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I find it unfair that those who don’t join are “piggybacking” off the protection procured by those who do join. <br>
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And don’t forget the incredibly generous subsidization offer of Jen and John Sanders. <br>
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Best regards to all, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Liza<br>
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