Is the HOA about to buy/install Cameras?

Is the Summit HOA about to buy and install cameras in some neighborhoods?

If you want to know more about it, contact Justin Martin, President of the HOA. After Paul Hill died at the end of April, Justin assumed the control of the Safety Committee. His email address is jdmartinscx@gmail.com or you can try using the webform on the HOA website's homepage at "CONTACT US".

The next Safety Committee meeting will be ___?____ (Call the office; the Safety Committee is not shown on the calendar in the June Scoop or on the calendar published on the HOA website). Why isn't the Safety Committee on these two calendars?

Has a thorough study been made of the effectiveness of cameras? Has a cost-benefit study been made? Has the Safety Committee (Martin, Barzey, Dellinger, Game, Heimlich, Kranz) discussed cameras and voted on any recommendation to be made to the board?

Cameras are not in the 2022 Budget. Where will the money come from?

Oh, wait; that's just how business ought to be conducted. 

Camera cost is just the beginning. Then there is the cost of installation and monitorling. And service, repair and replacement. Hard-wired or battery-powered? Solar? How protected against vandalism and theft?

The Sheriff's Dept. finally provided a Crime Report to the HOA for March to May 2022. It was a nine-page report, but only four pages were distributed. How did I know it was a nine-page report? At the bottom on Page 2, there was a foooter with "Page 2 of 9". Pages 4, 6, and 8 were included. But where were Pages 1, 3, 5, 7, 9? Whoever transmitted the report failed to observe that there was printing on both sides of pages. 

Supposedly the HOA will obtain the full report and publish it on the HOA website. Look on the homepage under Public Service Announcements. Right now the December 2020 Crime Report is still there, but  perhaps the website will be updated one of these days.

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