Happy New Year!
We hope everyone in our neighborhoods and community had a safe and happy holiday season and will continue to do so in 2018.
Our neighborhoods, like those surrounding us, will always be very attractive for criminals seeking crimes of opportunity. Yet, we have seen a steady decline in criminal activity since the start of the Constable Patrol Program in 2015. The presence of the deputies, their community involvement, and their commitment to ensuring our safety and security has been the biggest deterrent. However, you and your neighbor’s involvement is also needed. Please join our efforts in maintaining security.
- Lock your cars and remove valuables.
- Lock your home doors.
- Keep your garage and/or gates closed.
- Turn on an exterior light.
- Report any suspicious activity to the constable – 713-755-7628. (Program the Constable’s number in your phone for easy access.)
- Participate in Vacation Watch.
- Look out for your neighbors.
- If you haven’t already, join the Constable Patrol Program!
We, the board of MWSF, commit to ensuring this is a safe year in our community and hope you will join us.
Request from Constable Rosen:
Unusual attempt to return a cell phone to its owner………We rec’vd a call on January 3rd from Copper Mountain looking to return a cell phone to its owner. The cell is locked but it had a blue “Alan Rosen” sticker on the back which has our dispatch number so it has to be someone that is known in some manner to our Office. We’re reaching out to you since you are very connected to your residents and may know someone who is currently in Colorado. The cell phone was left and found on the 3rd, so if you know anyone who is vacationing at Copper Mountain, can you please try to contact them so they can retrieve the cell phone.
The contact person at Copper Mountain is Joseph at 505-508-7361.
Thanks for your help!
General Update: HPD Reported crimes for December were extremely low especially when factoring in the holiday season! There were only 3 total incidents in our neighborhoods – 2 Thefts from Vehicles and 1 Assault with a Deadly Weapon. The assault was reported to HPD on 12/11 around 2:00 a.m. Click on the map for more detailed information. The Constable issued 1 Crime Alert concerning Package Thefts, which is a recurring problem this time of year.
Constable Activity Report – December:
Below is a run down of last month’s Activity Report from the Constable Patrol. Each time the deputy on patrol is called out or observes some activity of interest, he/she documents the call and the report is compiled at the end of the month. It’s a nice way to see what our deputies are up to!
Alarm Local – 1
Abandoned Vehicle – 0
Aggressive Animal – 0
Burglary/Motor Vehicle – 0
Business Check – 1
Contract Check – 81
Criminal Mischief – 0
Discharge of Firearm – 0
Disturbance/ Loud Noise – 1
Information Call – 0
Meet the Citizen – 121
Meet the Officer – 0
Neighborhood Check – 0
Park Check – 13
Property Found/Lost – 0
Solicitors – 0
Special Assign – 0
Suspicious Person – 9
Suspicious Vehicle – 2
Theft – 0
Traffic Hazard – 5
Traffic Stop – 10
Vacation Watch – 43
With luck, you’ll never be trapped in a car with the need to break the window from the inside, but if you are and don’t have the right tools, your salvation may be right behind your head. The headrest of car seats, if detachable, could be used to break open the glass of a car in case of fire and emergency. This “survival tip” has been around for several years and has been featured in a number of survival blogs suggesting that car headrests are deliberately designed to break windows during emergencies. While it is possible to break a car window with a removable headrest, this is an incidental application of that object rather than a deliberate one. Nonetheless, this safety tip could be just what you need in an emergency!