Recent trend in people pretending to be city employees to rob your house; here is typical scenario in this situation: 1 person approaches the door and says he is a city employee coming to do some ... View more<https://eastraleighcac.nextdoor.com/news_feed/> type of official business; usually some power lines or tree trimming or other outside work. He will try to get the resident to come out of the house, usually around the back, so he can distract them while the second person, who is waiting out of sight, can go in and grab what they can. Another key is the vehicle they are using is not the proper vehicle to complete the job either; so if it's not the proper vehicle for the job they are there to perform and or not marked call 911! All city employees are required to have their ID on them and have been advised to wear it in a visible location when approaching residents. If they do not have a visible ID, OR DO NOT HAVE ONE ON THEN, TURN THEM AWAY AND CALL 911!!!! There are some subcontractors, such as Asplundh, that the city contracts with but they will have obvious work trucks and will have their own ID's. If you feel the person you are speaking with is not who they say they are call 911!! From: longview-park-community-watch(a)googlegroups.com [mailto:longview-park-community-watch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matt Leary Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:07 PM To: ECAC ListServe; Community Watch; StevensRoad Neighborhood Subject: [longview-park-community-watch] Meeting Reminder: Burglary Prevention Workshop - 12/13/2012 7:00 PM - Enloe HS Media Center Hey folks, This is a friendly reminder for the meeting we'll be holding Thursday night. Please join us. A previous email regarding the meeting is below for your review. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow night. As a followup to the burglary problem solving session held in late October, the Longview Park Community Watch is holding a workshop on December 13th at 7PM in the Enloe HS Media Center. While this meeting will focus on actions within Longview Park, it is open to anyone who is interested in participating from the broader East CAC area. The issues we will discuss affect all areas, so all neighbors are welcome. At our meeting in October, we laid a foundation of defining the crime problems in our area and causes for those problems. The upcoming workshop will build on that foundation by focusing on solutions and actions that support those solutions. The format will be a true working meeting (no presentations). Using the Open Space format<http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?AboutOpenSpace>ce>, participants will list their ideas or solutions, create small discussion groups and, working in the groups, develop plans for action to create a safer neighborhood. This is an open and interactive meeting format, so everyone will have a chance to participate. To help setup initial working groups, we need those who attended the problem solving session to report out on their homework assignment, which was to develop a list of causes and solutions that connect with our problem definition. See and respond to Matt Leary's post to the crime prevention committee via Nextdoor: https://eastraleighcac.nextdoor.com/group/3501/ If you don't have a Nexdoor account, sign up. It's easy. And since it is holiday season, please bring a simple dessert (cookies, cupcakes, etc.) to share during the workshop, but if you can't bring one don't let that stop you from attending! Regards, Matt Leary Chairperson, Longview Park Community Watch “E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized City or Law Enforcement official.”