Mill Iron Neighborhood Watch Meeting Minutes 09-26-13 @ Booker residence
8:00 PM meeting brought to order by Daniel Booker
Introduced Melissa Delaney with City Of Meridian
Melissa discussed:
Purpose of neighborhood watch and provided handout and manuals
Division of neighborhood
Responsibilities of Neighborhood watch:
Network of communications
Reporting to City of Meridian PD
Creat block profiles with homeowner information sheets
Recommend face to face / door to door contact for sign up
Provided examples of important situations:
*most home burglaries between 10 am to 3:00 pm
Discussed flow of information
City of Meridian PD also informs our Neighborhood watch of concerns
How to form the Neighborhood Watch Committee:
Announce we are forming one
Set a closing date to have forms in and captains selected
Form a neighborhood hierarchy of reporting and order
Give coordinator and captain info to Meridian PD
Note non-participants on Neighborhood map and mark North on map
Home security tips: many listed in manual that was handed out
Melissa’s duties: education, prevention, and enforcement
She is there to help our committee be successfull
Also provided helpful information for domestic violence security
Recommends check on neighbors who suffer from sickness or disability
Know when to call 911 before NH Watch Captain
Signs for Neighborhood watch our responsibility to get and purchase
National Night Out – Effective to bring people together 1st Tues. every Aug.
Coming up Oct 5 @ Fire Station 1 – Demonstrations of security and tips
8:40 Questions from Participants:
Door to door sales? Melissa advised if for profit, requires permit
Dog doors used used in burglaries? Recommends lockable doors
Recent Burglaries in Mill Iron:
Recommend cut handle from garage door release
Helpful tactics: door chimes, motion lights, deadbolts on man doors
enhance lighting in short fence yards
Can our neighborhood be more patrolled? Related to crimes reported
More recommendations from Melissa:
Report all crimes & use non-emergency # to report suspicious activity 377-6790
Coordinators of committee should be mixture of people with different schedules
9:00 Daniel Booker thanked Melissa and questions brought to a close
Daniel Booker elected Head of Mill Iron Neighborhood Watch Committee
Volunteers signed up to be Block Captains, info forwarded to Dan
9:15 Dan also announced he will organize a Parks Committee Meeting
9:20 Meeting adjourned by Dan Booker