10-08-2011, 10:25 AM
Our HPP Community Policing Officer tells us at Neighborhood Watch to report all such incidents and to urge neighbors to do so as well. Multiple reports not only increase the likelihood of an actual police visit and investigation, but they provide data points that increase the chances that the exact location and circumstances can be determined. Having said all that, the vastness and remaining undeveloped areas of HPP make such investigations difficult. None-the-less, the standard operating procedure for our Block Watches is to report and to report again if the problem persists. In a recent local newspaper story the police describe such persistent reporting as a huge reason crime is dramatically down in HPP and Puna.
If you are concerned about such matters in HPP (or anywhere else) and you don't participate in Neighborhood Watch, you are missing the best opportunity to make your area unatractive to criminals. Contact us at HPPWatch@aol.com , and we will get you started. It's free and easy to train for, and you won't regret it.
If you are concerned about such matters in HPP (or anywhere else) and you don't participate in Neighborhood Watch, you are missing the best opportunity to make your area unatractive to criminals. Contact us at HPPWatch@aol.com , and we will get you started. It's free and easy to train for, and you won't regret it.