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Show DAILV Wednesday, September 23, 2009 HERALD B3 M LEHI .Utah Valleys premier online auction r t': 'i 4 IX il '6 I BOOfiS VISION JAMES ROHDaily Herald Lt Darren Paul of the Lehl Police Department presents Neighborhood Watch and VIP programs to residents of Lehi on Thursday. KIMBALL ciuuoi'KAcnc Traverse Mountain launches Neighborhood Watch r.irogram Dorothy Bell out adult supervision, "It seems people here have such a false sense of secuin north rity," Bigley said. e Paul said with only 38 taking police officers, residents must do their part in stompin ing out crime in their neigh-- , borhoods. They must take an because they want to active role in learning who their neighbors are, who discourage criminal activity. Lt. Darren Paul from the the children belong to, and Lehi Police Department met what cars are familiar to the with about 40 homeowners neighborhoodAnything abat the Traverse Mountain normal or out of place should Clubhouse last week and told be called in to the police dethem there was one thing res: partment for investigation, idents could do to fight crime. he said. "We would rather respond "Lock your doors," Paul said. "Lock your homes, lock your to a false alarm than not recars at all times, and keep spond at all," Paul said. He told the group that your garage doors down." their Neighborhood Watch He said those precautions program could be flexible may seem trite and "you've heard it 100 times," but crimi- depending on the needs of the nals are searching for opporneighborhood. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of tunities, and unlocked cars Latter-daSaints have used and unlocked homes create the opportunity. "Don't allow home- - and visiting-teachinlists to help design the watch it," he said. Jim and Anneta Conder programs. "These programs are like are spearheading the a built-i- Neighborhood watchdog operation in their Traverse Mountain neighWatch," he said. He said it didn't matter whether or not borhood. Jim Conder said he hopes that with time the you were of the LDS faith, number of you could certainly join in will grow and with ortheir programs in an effort ganization they can "blossom to survey the neighborhood. In addition to Neighborlike a rose" in their determination to remove crime from hood Watch and locking their neighborhood. doors, residents can deter crime with lighting. Another resident, Lisa Traverse Mountain resiBigley, moved to Traverse dent Bob Rusick said he and Mountain from the Washington, DC, metro area. She his neighbors picked up said she was appalled by the lighting for the exteriors of their homes. These lights children running around in her new neighborhood with produce wonderful illumina- CORRESPONDENT full-tim- Residents g n resident-participan- ts (C,1I iYM7 IpVcIN Abbott Crlmo fentead HtJ R Q)Qjeli bullfrog yguy statistics Northwest Lehi quad- rant, Jan. 1 to Sept. 1 29 burglaries 50 thefts 1 8 auto thefts 1 36 vehicle burglaries 1 35 criminal mischief incidents tion but are on timers or photocells to reduce energy consumption. He said he feels they are great deterrents. Conder said he and other participants will be putting together a "Web Bulletin Board" for Traverse Mountain residents to use around the clock. The purpose of board is the Internet-base- d so residents can post odd or peculiar cars or activities going on in the neighborhood at any hour of the day or night. Getting a description or license plate of an odd car may lead to resolving one or more crimes. Conder said a Sandy neighborhood utilized such a bulletin board and ended up catching a burglar who was canvassing their neighborhood and stealing from their homes. A woman couldn't sleep one night, so she posted a car description and license plate of a car she didn't recognize and it subsequently led to recovering the stolen property and an arrest. CYr 7'UXl(u I Mininii camera I I.M. Home 2 n JGALLERY fumltvr i A ,f.r WHOLESALf BERNINa WINDOWS SEASONS ;iu REPAIR f WilcoxLaw, iptimi pom ft 411attkksS V r . MtlWtttM " iimA JOIA.TIONS I f McrwwTMwrurr snfflDi I I i J 77",," Ww.hinildtXtr.com Comnlett Homt FuraUWngi 'V n 111 IUI io Cascade Shadows o HtWtt 9ftd 0flfrf(fl CtflMf I" A H f K f H H t f. H f IM l scuoa centors wyhoppef 3000 NATURAL' .vi (Jet PMITHEATRE i . i for living YOU COULD SAVE v.. . r ' |
