RCSD Monthly Crime Reports

The following email has been sent to the HOA's Safety Committee (Clynton Barzey, Denise Heimlich, Auby Dellinger, Vicki McCarthy, Dennis Rybicki, and Mary Ann Game. Karen Kranz is also on the Committee, but her email address is not known.


To the HOA Safety Committee,

For many years the monthly crime report from RCSD was published on the HOA's website. It was usually three pages and provided information about crime in The Summit.

When there was a change in the CAT officer, the reports stopped.  

Crime in The Summit has not stopped. But the reports have never been re-started.

I attempted to get them re-started, when Paul Hill ran the Safety Committee. He had not been successful. I was not, either. 

After a number of requests, RCSD produced a three-month crime report that was about nine pages long. The office published it. Unfortunately, there was an error in transmission and every other page was blank. My conclusion was that someone had faxed the report but had neglected to copy the reverse side of each page. I finally obtained the full report for the HOA, but the office never published it.

The succession of CAT officers didn't have the same influence with the powers-that-be at RCSD. There have been further changes in CAT officers assigned to The Summit. The current CAT officer probably probably doesn't even know about the previous reports.

I believe homeowners want to know of the level of crime in The Summit. 

Please restore publication of monthly crime reports on the HOA website.

Gus Philpott, Resident
Barony Place II

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