[Neighbors] Weekly crime report from our area

Fri Dec 17 21:23:43 UTC 2021

All these dogs are loose on our front door. We are at 4326 Meadowdale Ln,
Dallas, TX 75229.

Thanks,
Bridget
On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 1:55 PM Rick Spradlin via Neighbors <
neighbors at lj-estates.com> wrote:

> 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> <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.
>>
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>> 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
>>
>>
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