[Neighbors] Weekly crime report from our area

Fri Dec 17 19:54:48 UTC 2021

One item to stress is that if you aren't a member of the ENP, they will 
not respond to your call. Your only option is that response time for 911 
(3-hours?!).

On 12/16/2021 10:51 PM, Matthew Sharp via Neighbors wrote:
> Thank you all for sharing your personal stories.  The ENP will not 
> prevent all crime, but certainly helps to make our neighborhood a 
> safer place.
>
> We have been members since moving to the neighborhood in 2013, but 
> have only called the officer a hand full of times.  Most recently in 
> September when I was traveling for work and my security company called 
> to report a glass break alert.  My wife and 5 year-old were driving 
> home at the time.  I was 2.5 hours away - a very helpless feeling. 
>  The ENP officer was on duty and arrived at our house within a few 
> minutes.  I immediately pulled up our security cameras on my phone and 
> watched the officer inspect the perimeter of our home.  He waited 
> until my wife and daughter arrived and walked through the house with 
> them to ensure everything was safe.  Knowing they were safe when I was 
> 2.5 hours away was the best feeling in the world.  It turned out to be 
> a false alarm but DPD had already been dispatched.  My alarm company 
> was unable to cancel the DPD request - DPD arrived 3 hours later to 
> investigate the alarm.
>
> Please consider joining the ENP or renewing your membership if you 
> haven’t already.
>
> More members = more patrol hours.
>
> Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season!
>
> Matt Sharp
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Dec 16, 2021, at 10:08 PM, Amanda Ethridge via Neighbors 
>> <neighbors at lj-estates.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> 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.
>>
>> 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!
>>
>> 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!
>>
>> Happy Holidays,
>> Amanda & Jake Ethridge
>> Meadowdale
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 5:24 PM Donna Shattuck via Neighbors 
>> <neighbors at lj-estates.com> wrote:
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>     It DOES make a difference and I'm grateful to all who are able to
>>     contribute.
>>
>>     --
>>     Sent from myMail for Android
>>
>>     Thursday, 16 December 2021, 03:56PM -06:00 from Katherine
>>     McGovern via Neighbors neighbors at lj-estates.com:
>>
>>         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.
>>
>>         Best for the Holidays
>>         Katherine
>>
>>         On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 10:20 AM liza urso via Neighbors
>>         <neighbors at lj-estates.com> wrote:
>>
>>             Just saw this on Neighbors:
>>             https://neighbors.ring.com/c/jq9X3Lf8YbnpPt1be32bfa6L
>>
>>             Just got this from Ring. 1/2 of the reports are within
>>             about a mile of our homes.
>>
>>             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.
>>
>>             The rate is incredibly reasonable for the personal
>>             protection we receive. LESS THAN $1/DAY!
>>
>>             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.
>>
>>             I find it unfair that those who don’t join are
>>             “piggybacking” off the protection procured by those who
>>             do join.
>>
>>             And don’t forget the incredibly generous subsidization
>>             offer of Jen and John Sanders.
>>
>>             Best regards to all, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Liza
>>
>>
>>             Sent from my iPhone
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