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The block captains distributed flyers to all residents last week inviting everyone to the National Night Out event on Tuesday August 7th at Pillow Elementary. If you did not get a flyer, click “Continue reading” to read a copy.
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APD held their second quarterly Commanders Forum at Barrington Elementary on May 8th at 7:00pm. Commander Al Eells and District Rep Sgt. William Beechinor gave a presentation on the following agenda:An award of recognition was presented to Wooten resident Evan Rifee for his assistance in apprehending a suspect that is being investigated in connection with 16 BOV (Burglary of a Vehicle) crimes across the area. Mr. Rifee noticed the individual looking in car windows and called 911. He was able to give a detailed description of the suspect to APD and stayed in the area to direct APD to the suspect’s whereabouts.
Another award was presented to Sr. Police Officer Jason Chiappardi for Officer of the Quarter, Jan – Mar 2007 for the North Central Command Area.
Office Mike Young made a presentation about a “crack house” at 9011 Slayton Dr. This residence was owned by one woman for many years and after she died, the house was held up in probate due to disputes over the inheritance of the property. In the meantime, it became a haven for crack addicts. Forty individuals had been arrested at this residence over just a few months and each gave this address as their “home”. Due to the complexity of dealing with the ownership of the house in limbo, APD had to employ some extraordinary efforts to clear out the bad elements and get the house cleaned up. It is still an ongoing situation.
Officer Lee Davis gave a presentation on Project 2007 where 1500 UT students volunteered through various UT organizations to clean up a very blighted area.
Commander Al Eells gave a presentation of crime stat trends for the North Central Command Area. Below is a summary comparison with some other sectors. Note the area in sq miles difference between NCAC and NWAC:
Crime Category N CENTRAL AREA COMMAND (13 SQ MILES) NE AREA COMMAND NW AREA COMMAND (45 SQ MILES)
MURDER N/A 200% -100%
RAPE 25% +30% -42%
ROBBERY -23% +6% -31%
AGG ASSAULT -4% +14% -23%
TOT VIOLENT CRIME -9% +13% -30%
BURGLARY +30% +33% +15%
THEFT -2% +21% +3%
BURGLARY OF VEH -2% +17% +5%
AUTO THEFT +24% +71% +40%
TOT PROPERTY CRIME +6% +26% +5%
Commander Eells attributed the drop in robberies to the new bike patrols, removing undesirable people from the neighborhoods (transients, drug arrests, prostitution arrests). Burglaries are up all through the city. Auto Theft is also up. The category of Rape is mostly where the attacker was known to the victim, not random attacks.
North Central Command is half-way through their N. Lamar Clean up. The N. Lamar corridor is by far, the most crime ridden area in the whole sector and so efforts are being concentrated here for curfew enforcement, more bike patrols, bait vehicles to entrap Auto Theft attempts, shutting down transient camps, abatement work and passing out crime prevention info.
Officer Lee Davis offered to come to a any resident’s house and perform a free security analysis of the property. He can give some good suggestions for how to “crime proof” your property. To contact him call 834-7456, or Kay Vargas at 834-7402.
There will also be an opportunity to have your car windows etched with the vin number. This results in the windows being traceable in case of auto theft. It also may represent a discount from your car insurance carrier. Details will be announced later.
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I have put together a Google map of the neighborhood located at:https://www.nscna.org/maps/index.html
You should also see it to the right in the sidebar. Called “NSCNA Map”
There is a main toggle/legend box at the top left corner. It has 5 checkbox options:
– NSCNA Members
– Apartments
– Subdivisions
– Yard of the Month
– Block Captains
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The Social committee plans and executes a number of events during the year. Currently, this includes the neighborhood-wide garage sale that occurred a few weekends ago, a 4th of July parade, National Night Out in August and a Movie night in the Fall.
They are currently looking for volunteers to help with the upcoming 4th of July Parade. If you are interested in making this year’s parade spectacular, please contact Sandy Perkins.
Sandy is the current chair of this committee and can be reached at: social @ nscna dot org.
The Social committee is comprised of:
Sandy Perkins (chair)
Trish RyanIf you are interested in joining this committee, please contact Sandy
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The next Development Committee meeting will be held Monday, May 7, 2007 at Jon Menegay’s house at 8009 Rockwood Lane. Any persons with an interest in becoming a part of the committee are welcome to attend. The meeting will start at 6:30 pm and should last no longer than 1 ½-2 hours.
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