Monroe Drive Pedestrian Perils

August 21, 2009

This is an extremely dangerous street for pedestrian crossing – so please use extreme caution here. The following is a report from Major Calvin Moss of APD Special Operations – “On Wednesday, August 12, Zone 6 responded to an adult male pedestrian struck by a vehicle at Monroe and Dutch Valley Road shortly after 1:00…

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VaHi Makes The Crime List

August 21, 2009

According to AJC research of APD statistics – we are number 15 on the list of the top 20 City of Atlanta neighborhoods with the most reported crime incidents so far in 2009. We are on this list almost solely due to the large number of “larceny from vehicle” reports. Though many of the victims…

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National Night Out Recap and Thank You

August 7, 2009

As your neighborhood public safety chair, I wish to extend a huge and heartfelt thank you to all the folks who gave us yet another successful community get-together. Yeah, I know it was hot and humid – it’s August in Atlanta – but at least we did not have a pop-up rainstorm. Thank goodness, because…

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Safety in Our Public Schools

August 7, 2009

For those of you who wonder about the safety in our area’s public schools, Abby Martin has a well-written first-hand testimonial on the Virginia Highland Morningside Parents Association message board. Read it at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vhmpa_eblast/message/37725 Our public schools, along with our total community, are successful only through citizen involvement.

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Citizens Police Academy

August 7, 2009

A new session of this eye-opening training class is forming now to start Tuesday evening, August 18th, and continuing for at least 10 weeks. This is a real hands-on experience to find out what our APD officers face every time they go on duty. I have the applications – safety@vahi.org

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