12-29-2010, 03:59 AM
Bystander, the stats we publish every month on the HPP Neighborhood Watch website come straight from the cops. If they are under-reporting crime, it is because people are not reporting incidents to the police. As a matter of fact, we even show burglaries in which nothing was taken on our website because any illegal entry into a home gets counted as a burglary for statistical purposes.
We told our members to expect an increase in theft and burglary over the holidays because criminals know that this is a time when people keep more valuable items than usual in and around their homes, often conveniently piled up in one central location under the Christmas tree. If more people would bother to join our efforts, this would be less of a problem. It is a well-established fact that burglaries are rare in areas covered by our trained Block Watches. We have a meeting the first Saturday of every month at 9 a.m. at the HPP Activity Center. And yes, we are meeting on New Years Day. Some people are serious about doing something besides complaining.
We told our members to expect an increase in theft and burglary over the holidays because criminals know that this is a time when people keep more valuable items than usual in and around their homes, often conveniently piled up in one central location under the Christmas tree. If more people would bother to join our efforts, this would be less of a problem. It is a well-established fact that burglaries are rare in areas covered by our trained Block Watches. We have a meeting the first Saturday of every month at 9 a.m. at the HPP Activity Center. And yes, we are meeting on New Years Day. Some people are serious about doing something besides complaining.