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Hi fellow neighbors,<br><br>
It is great to see so many responses to the recent report of vandalism at
the pool. We have a wonderful neighborhood with even better
people!<br><br>
I have added to discuss vandalism and all security options on the next
Board meeting's agenda.<br><br>
While a policing by community is a great idea, unfortunately, a web cam
at the pool has one big problem... potential indecency of our
residents on the world wide web. Even with ways to restrict the
viewing to residents only, the potential of inappropriate use is
unmanageable. Therefore, we will not implement a web cam.<br><br>
However, there is merit in closed circuit cameras with recorded tapes for
evidential purposes. If the Board selects this option, I would
propose implementing a policy that the viewers would be restricted to
those elected/appointed to the HOA and two persons must view the tapes at
the same time. Recorded tapes are great evidence in court and just
having the cameras there is likely to ward off vandalism. We have
been looking into this option and I have had a security professional
advise me of the best locations to place them, should we decide to
implement this security measure.<br><br>
The suggestion to install motion sensor lights is a great idea, and it
worked very well at the neighborhood where I served on the Board for 4
years. <br><br>
Moreover, a very effective method is homeowner involvement. All
homeowners as members of the association have a right to remind offenders
of the rules, gather names/addresses for reporting, and of course, report
incidents to the HOA and/or police. All reported incidents must be
reported by the eye witness - it must come first hand. There is a
Who to Contact list located in your last Newsletter you can keep handy /
post by your phone.<br><br>
To report an incident to the HOA, contact Tom Jackson, Vice
President. He can be reached by email at VicePresident@NHHOA.org or
by phone (9 am - 9 pm please) at 770-606-0750.<br><br>
To report an incident to the police, please call them at 770-382-5050,
any time. Yes, a greater presence of law enforcement does deter
vandalism. Tom Jackson advised that the more calls our neighbors
make to the Bartow County police, the more often they will tour the
neighborhood. So, if you see anything that constitutes police
involvement, please call them!<br><br>
You are correct that having all residents aware and alert will help
identify the perpetrators as well as deter them as word gets out that we
are watching for them and protecting our investments. Homeowners -
spread the word for everyone to look at the amenities as we drive by for
suspicious activity.<br><br>
The Community Outreach Committee is planning to restart the Neighborhood
Watch program, and I'm glad to see that they will get a lot of
support! If you would like to participate in the Neighborhood Watch
program, please contact Kimberly Hackler at COC@NHHOA.org.<br><br>
Thanks for the suggestions, please keep them coming!<br><br>
Amy Figueras<br>
NHHOA President<br><br>
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Note: previous suggestions replied to are captured below:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Worth checking into, but where
would the camera go? Again, anything we put down there is subject
to vandalism.<br><br>
Vicki<br>
13 Vineyard</blockquote><br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">What about some sort of a webcam
setup that we could all 'watch' by way of internet? I would check
that quite frequently; when you see something happening, call the
police.......have no idea of the cost for such an endeavor?<br><br>
Dan Herring<br>
39 Centerport</blockquote><br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Since the pool area should be
closed at night and no should be around and if the area is secure enough
to keep animals out,<b> why not install motion sensor lights </b>that
would come on when triggered that would alert homeowners in that area
that something was up and call someone to investigate. The light
could be hung high enough that they could not be damaged easily.
The lights would not burn all the time so as not to burn
electricity.<br>
Just thought I would suggest it.<br>
Florence Athens</blockquote><br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> my wife and i have spoken
about it together and brainstormed. we both believe that it would be good
to get law enforcement involved. even if it is something as simple as
having uniformed police knock on some doors and ask if anyone may have
heard or seen anything. just doing something like that can sometimes
shake the bushes enough to scare some people that may know something, or
even have someone come forward with some information. we all need to be
on the look out. houses around the pool area have the potential to catch
these people red handed if we will just be more aware. it may also be
helpful to explore the option of surveillance equipment. though it would
probably be premature to put equipment up at this point, it would be nice
to know some options and prices in that direction. but overall, this
neighborhood is no different than any neighborhood in the sense that if
we want it to be a good one, we are going to have to take charge of it,
and be proactive in keeping it<br>
up and keeping the bad stuff out. if we don't do those two things, we
only have ourselves to blame. i know speaking for myself, i will be
keeping a close eye out for anything suspisious and if i see anything at
all that even looks questionable i will take action.<br>
<br>
jamie reynolds for the reynolds family at 35 harbor
ln.</blockquote><br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>Roger
Are we filing police reports on this vandilism? If we are not then maybe
we should and maybe if the police dept. gets tired of writing reports
they will also become proactive in the neighborhood.<br>
</font>~Robert</blockquote></body>
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