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The Woodbine Crime Watch
Announcing launch of the the Woodbine Street CrimeWatch!
Starting December 1, 2005 we are going to begin official implementation of the Woodbine CrimeWatch.
Please follow these CrimeWatch procedures:
When one witnesses a crime or suspicious activity, they should:
(1) document the incident as completely as they can on a CrimeWatch Incident Report (If you don't have the CrimeWatch forms please contact me.).
(2) If necessary, notify the police using the appropriate phone number; sub-station, main office, or 911, all numbers available on the Website and on the CrimeWatch forms.
(3) Call any neighbors who may need warning.
(4) On Fridays, the reports will be submitted to the block captain and filed for future documentation of incident patterns and routine follow up.
We need more CrimeWatch Members in the neighborhood. If anyone would like to join or has any additional questions, please let me know.
Help me recruit, please. I need residents and GCCC members to go out with me on recruiting missions.
Thanks. Keep your eyes and ears open.
For information call me or contact: Ellen at CrimeWatch.
Ellen Baver
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Posted at November 22, 2005 07:20 PM
Peter, I would be happy to give you some incident reports to fill out as you see fit.
Let me know if you would like some.
If anyone else would like some can contact me as well. You can bring them to me whenver and I will keep them on file.
Posted by: Ellen at December 6, 2005 02:38 PM
Ellen, I'm so glad you are proceeding with the Crime Watch. Keep in mind that it is important to publicize its existence throughout the neighborhood, through posts here and through flyers nailed to phone poles and distributed door to door.
As I used to tell my students at B.U. and Northeastern, "There's no such thing as bad publicity" and to journalists: Have you ever gone walking in the woods and lifted up a rock to see what's underneath? You saw creepy, crawly creatures no doubt. That's what journalists do. They lift society's rocks and expose the creepy, crawly creatures to light and air. Like the creatures under the proverbial rock, they quickly wither and die. Or at least disappear.
If he were alive today, you could ask Richard Nixon about that. Or Joe McCarthy. Or, currently, VP Dick Cheney.
Posted by: Peter at December 6, 2005 12:05 PM