July Bulletin - July 17, 2003

Dear Southwest Community Neighbor,

     The good news continues!  The crime stats for our community are down for the sixth consecutive month!  Our efforts are working.  Yes, it really does take the efforts of neighbors working together to keep our community safe. Thanks for helping!  These are the crime stats for June 2003: (Many thanks to Larry Murphy for getting these statistics for us.)

     It's a celebration!  On August 6, there will be a RECOGNITION DINNER to honor and celebrate the neighbors who have faithfully and loyally served the Southwest Crime Watch over the years as Bulletin deliverers, patrollers or officers. The honorees have received special invitations, however, everyone in our community is invited to join in the celebration.  Here are the details:

     Now that summer is here and there are more hours of daylight, it's important to know the City of Flint curfew regulations, as written in ordinances 1841 and 1871.

10 pm to 6 am -- children 12 years of age and under are to be home with a parent.
11 pm to 6 am -- children 14 years of age and under are to be home with a parent.
12 am to 6 am -- children 16 years of age and under are to be home with a parent.

     Check out our web site!  Thanks to the effort and expertise of Gary Jones, SWCW now has a web site: http://www.geocities.com/southwest_crimewatch/  We welcome any suggestions of information that could be added to the site.

     Interested in working with your neighbors to make our community safer?   Here are some ways you can help:

1.  Attend the next Crime Watch meeting: UAW Region C-1 Bldg. (corner of Pembrook and Atherton), Thursday, July 31 at 7pm.

2.  Become a SW Crime Watch patroller.  For information and an application form, call the patrol coordinators, Juanita and Lorenzo Berlanga at 233-4514.  Application forms are available on the backs of some of the paper bulletins as well as this site.

3.  Help deliver the Bulletin each month.  Call our Bulletin delivery coordinator, Debbie Ramsey (810-814-3953), for more information and a delivery route.  We need help!

4.  Be observant.  Call 911 to report any suspicious activity and/or "suspected prowler".

5.  Turn on your porch/yard lights.  Trim trees and bushes so that they are not hiding places.

6.  Install motion detectors on your house and garage.

7.  Make a monetary donation.  Checks (payable to the Southwest Crime Watch) may be mailed to: Southwest Crime Watch, P.O. Box 7391, Flint, MI 48507-0391

     Plan to come to the next meeting:

Future meetings:
August 28 (UAW bldg.); September-May meetings. will be at Neithercut School, dates to be announced.