11-15-2007, 05:45 AM
No, I'm not in HPP. I do sympathize with your situation. Apathy runs amuck here in Puna. Complainers are abundant however. I applaud your effort.
Personally I believe a sting would work, especially with some GPS homing.
If you can't get Emily to legally cut a check to your group perhaps, if you research the costs, get her to grant an amount to the police department for that specific purpose. Cops love new toys.
Putting thieves in jail, even for a few months, helps more than trying to constantly be on watch minute by minute and day by day.
I think Mitch Roth (deputy DA) would be receptive. Some internet research on GPS locating tech is needed. I found a nifty device called Loc8tor but it is only an alarm. Put loc8tor on your dog, kid, table saw, whatever and if it departs a preset radius an alarm goes off. Better is a GPS tracking device. If GPS can locate a property pin or a downed aircraft it can locate stolen goods. Pahoa Village is a designated Weed & Seed location. Maybe W&S status can get a grant for GPS homing for the PD.
Getting press on a new homing device sting effort should make even the dumbest thief think twice (well, maybe not - they don't /can't read the papers)... but watching their buds go off in cuffs might.
I would love to think that our society would become so proactive with education, job training, drug rehab and equal economic opportunity that a thief would become rare. I won't hold my breathe.
I know one local businessman who told me ten years ago he was a homeless drug addict thief. He begged a judge for rehab. He did that sincerely and now has a nice home, car, business and retirement ahead. Good for him. It can be done.
Personally I believe a sting would work, especially with some GPS homing.
If you can't get Emily to legally cut a check to your group perhaps, if you research the costs, get her to grant an amount to the police department for that specific purpose. Cops love new toys.
Putting thieves in jail, even for a few months, helps more than trying to constantly be on watch minute by minute and day by day.
I think Mitch Roth (deputy DA) would be receptive. Some internet research on GPS locating tech is needed. I found a nifty device called Loc8tor but it is only an alarm. Put loc8tor on your dog, kid, table saw, whatever and if it departs a preset radius an alarm goes off. Better is a GPS tracking device. If GPS can locate a property pin or a downed aircraft it can locate stolen goods. Pahoa Village is a designated Weed & Seed location. Maybe W&S status can get a grant for GPS homing for the PD.
Getting press on a new homing device sting effort should make even the dumbest thief think twice (well, maybe not - they don't /can't read the papers)... but watching their buds go off in cuffs might.
I would love to think that our society would become so proactive with education, job training, drug rehab and equal economic opportunity that a thief would become rare. I won't hold my breathe.
I know one local businessman who told me ten years ago he was a homeless drug addict thief. He begged a judge for rehab. He did that sincerely and now has a nice home, car, business and retirement ahead. Good for him. It can be done.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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