<div>Sue and all, </div>
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<div>Regarding your question about frequent incident properties, Yes, the police do contact the owners, and try to constructively work with them. More often, the owners want additional policing in order to protect their investment.
<br><br>Vern</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sue Collins</b> <<a href="mailto:wheadle@yahoo.com">wheadle@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">RE previous posts - perhaps Neighborhood Watch<br>programs aren't completely effective, and I'm<br>
certainly not advocating that we go running after bad<br>guys yelling "citizens arrest!" However, I have to<br>believe that letting the police know about suspicious<br>activities, whether as an organized community effort
<br>or as individuals has to have some benefit. Our<br>police force IS a very visible presence in our<br>community, and thank goodness for that; however, they<br>can't be everywhere at once. On another tack - I<br>understand that last year there was a shooting in my
<br>apartment building; when I expressed concern about it<br>to a neighbor he said I shouldn't worry, that they<br>weren't shooting at me! THAT is what we have to work<br>to change in our community, the feeling that, if it
<br>doesn't involve "me" directly, it's "not my problem."<br>All we have to do is watch the evening news to see how<br>innocent people are caught in the crossfire of<br>drive-by shootings and other such incidents.
<br><br>Can I ask one question - if a rental property has a<br>high incidence of police calls, does the police<br>department, Mayors' office, or anyone try to contact<br>the owner/manager of the rental property regarding
<br>what's going on? If not, it might be a good idea to<br>start? (just my opinion - thanks for letting me<br>ramble....)<br><br><br><br>____________________________________________________________________________________
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