Comments for Epperly Heights Neighborhood Watch Association http://www.ehnwa.org Neighbors helping neighbors. Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:40:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Welcome to Epperly Heights Neighborhood Watch Website! by drimboldhttp://www.ehnwa.org/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-58 drimbold Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:40:20 +0000 http:/?p=1#comment-58 Teaching and Education tool -  This is part of an article that was the news today - March 28, 2012.   about an argument that resulted in a shooting. apparently in the early morning hours. It was not in our neighborhood, but about 11/2  miles south of us in the Highland Park neighborhood,  not very far from Highland Park Elementary School.  Highland Park is in OKC and it does have a neighborhood watch.  The "suspicious activity"  had apparently been on going for several months. <blockquote> <strong>Neighbors told (the reporter) they heard screams coming from the area of a house around midnight. They say they also heard gunfire.</strong>   <strong>Neighbors say the people who live in the home just moved in about nine months ago. They say there is a lot of traffic going in and out of the home. </strong> </blockquote> If this was a situation you happened to notice in your neighborhood, what action could you have taken that might have made a difference? You might have called the non-emergency number at the police department to register your concern about 'a lot of traffic going in and out of the home. You could have told one of your neighborhood watch officers or patrollers, in person or by phone or email, about the 'unusual' activity and they would have advised our PD or our Community Policing Officer about the situation.  Our contact info is on this website and in our Newsletter. You could have filled out a Citizen Incident Report form ( which you can find and download on this website), or  stop a patroller and ask them for a report form, then filled it out and taken it to the police department. If you were at our monthly neighborhood meeting last night (Tuesday, March 27, 2012) you may have even had the opportunity to report this 'suspicious situation' directly to our Del City Community Policing Officer  in person and in the process gotten to know him and learn a bit about what his duties are and some of his past experience with the Del City Police Department.   Some of you already do this.  People frequently stop me as I drive through the neighborhood, or call and email me and even stop by my house to let me know about something they notice that might become problematic or need attention.    Dorothy Rimbold EHNWA Patroller #29 Teaching and Education tool - 
This is part of an article that was the news today – March 28, 2012.   about an argument that resulted in a shooting. apparently in the early morning hours.
It was not in our neighborhood, but about 11/2  miles south of us in the Highland Park neighborhood,  not very far from Highland Park Elementary School.  Highland Park is in OKC and it does have a neighborhood watch.  The "suspicious activity"  had apparently been on going for several months.

Neighbors told (the reporter) they heard screams coming from the area of a house around midnight. They say they also heard gunfire.
 
Neighbors say the people who live in the home just moved in about nine months ago. They say there is a lot of traffic going in and out of the home. 

If this was a situation you happened to notice in your neighborhood, what action could you have taken that might have made a difference?

You might have called the non-emergency number at the police department to register your concern about 'a lot of traffic going in and out of the home.

You could have told one of your neighborhood watch officers or patrollers, in person or by phone or email, about the 'unusual' activity and they would have advised our PD or our Community Policing Officer about the situation.  Our contact info is on this website and in our Newsletter.

You could have filled out a Citizen Incident Report form ( which you can find and download on this website), or  stop a patroller and ask them for a report form, then filled it out and taken it to the police department. 

If you were at our monthly neighborhood meeting last night (Tuesday, March 27, 2012) you may have even had the opportunity to report this 'suspicious situation' directly to our Del City Community Policing Officer  in person and in the process gotten to know him and learn a bit about what his duties are and some of his past experience with the Del City Police Department.  
Some of you already do this.  People frequently stop me as I drive through the neighborhood, or call and email me and even stop by my house to let me know about something they notice that might become problematic or need attention.    Dorothy Rimbold EHNWA Patroller #29

]]> Comment on May 2011 by adminhttp://www.ehnwa.org/may-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-57 admin Thu, 19 May 2011 14:10:00 +0000 http://ehnwa.org/?p=234#comment-57 <p>yeah finally got this updated</p> <p> </p> We are now in the heat of summer and it sure is hot out there with many high 90 days ahead -- Drinking plenty of water and replenishing electrolytes is key to keeping up energy this summer. Stay out of the heat when possible and do all those inside jobs.Looking forward to fireworks on the 4th of July. Let's all celebrate our independence. yeah finally got this updated

 

We are now in the heat of summer and it sure is hot out there with many high 90 days ahead — Drinking plenty of water and replenishing electrolytes is key to keeping up energy this summer. Stay out of the heat when possible and do all those inside jobs.

Looking forward to fireworks on the 4th of July. Let’s all celebrate our independence.

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