Re: Security policies and security infrastructure for parking lots or entire sites | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Jessie (jehakome.com) | |
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:30:03 -0800 (PST) |
Hi- Is there a neighborhood organization in the areas adjacent to you that you could ally with to apmplify and share your efforts? -Jessie Handforth Kome Eastern Village Cohousing Silver Spring, MD Kristin Dunkle <kdunkle [at] gmail.com> wrote: > >I'm writing seeking the voice of experience from other cohousing >communities that may have experienced targeted property crime. > >I live at East Lake Commons near Atlanta, Georgia. We were established >in 1998, I've been here since 2004. We are a 67 unit ( which I think >still makes us the largest in the US) cohousing community, located in >what some consider a pretty rough part of town. Our entire campus is >fenced and has an entry gate*. > >We've recently experienced a rash of nighttime cash break-ins in the >parking lot -- nearly 30 in the past month, usually with at least 5 >cars per night hit on nights when it happens. We've taken a range of >unsustainable crisis management steps including doing community member >patrols and hiring overnight guards, and we've also been making >coordinated reports to local police and having a volunteer liaison >meet with detectives and make sure the case reports are linked, etc. >And the plain fact of the matter is that we live in an >"unincorporated" zone, not attached to any municipality, and our low >local and property taxes mean that we get what we pay for in terms of >policing. The police have been as helpful as they can, but they are >severely overstretched and clear that murders, assaults, etc take >priority. We have some reason to suspect that the perpetrators are >drug addicts and/or youth gangs. > >We're moving from crisis management to trying to think systematically >about short, medium, and long-term security management plans and >having fruitful ideological and practical debates about strategies >covering a vast range of options including better lighting, higher >fences, security cameras, do-it-yourself detective work, better >community outreach, etc etc etc. Our last crime wave 5 years ago >involved an armed hold up and an attempted carjacking at the site >entrance (both youth perpetrated), and it was solved through highly >visible community patrolling. That hasn't worked this time, so we're >experiencing increasing frustration. > >We are wondering if anyone out there can share your experience, >policies, and/or details about your site infrastructure in terms of >managing parking lot or whole site security in an economically diverse >urban setting like this. What have you tried? How has it worked or not >worked? What has the impact been on relationships within your >community and between your community and your neighborhood? > >I am personally most interested in solutions that don't involve higher >walls, bigger barricades or security cameras, but I will faithfully >report back to our Security Task Group on whatever anyone has to share >about their experiences. > >With gratitude, > >Kristin Dunkle >East Lake Commons Cohousing, Atlanta, Georgia > > > >* The gate has been a source of serious contention over the years as >it was added by the developer during construction without community >consensus, but we've never been able to consent on removing it. It's >one of our on-going hot-button issues. >_________________________________________________________________ >Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: >http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
- Re: Security policies and security infrastructure forparking lots or entire sites, (continued)
- Re: Security policies and security infrastructure forparking lots or entire sites Wayne Tyson, January 15 2011
- Re: Security policies and security infrastructure for parking lots or entire sites Kristin Dunkle, January 14 2011
- Re: Security policies and security infrastructure for parking lots or entire sites Kay Argyle, January 14 2011
- Re: Security policies and security infrastructure for parking lots or entire sites Sharon Villines, January 15 2011
- Re: Security policies and security infrastructure for parking lots or entire sites Jessie, January 14 2011
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