VaHi Safety Team Report: December 3, 2014

December 4, 2014

By John Wolfinger Door-To-Door Solicitors When I first started seeing chatter on our message boards about door-to-door solicitors, I figured that this situation would be like recent years and these guys would be gone in a couple of days – but this year it seems that we have a real determined group leader who is…

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VaHi Safety Team Report: November 24, 2014

December 1, 2014

By John Wolfinger Fight Back Against Crime (FBAC) Thanx to Kay Stephenson for this great explanation about our neighborhood off-duty patrol system: As many of you know, here in Virginia-Highland, we have a supplementary police patrol that is privately funded by memberships. Fight Back Against Crime was started over 20 years ago by neighborhood volunteers…

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VaHi Safety Team Report: November 11, 2014

November 13, 2014

By: John Wolfinger Medical Marijuana Granted, this issue really has nothing to do with public safety, but – this is an issue that personally affects our own APD Sergeant Chris Clark. Sergeant Clark’s work affects most everyone in VaHi somehow, as he is the lead Officer in our off-duty patrol service, the FBAC (Fight Back Against…

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VaHi Safety Team Report: October 30, 2014

November 1, 2014

By: John Wolfinger Bicycle Thievery Interesting article about securing bicycles against theft- not being a bike owner myself, I always thought that U-locks were the way to go for protection. Not so – according to this article. Interesting article about securing bicycles against theft- not being a bike owner myself, I always thought that U-locks were…

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VaHi Safety Report: September 29, 2014

September 30, 2014

By: John Wolfinger A Flasher Among Us There have been two different reports of a flasher in the neighborhood. The first report on the 9/27 NextDoor and VHLIST message boards from Brookridge Drive at Orme Park describes the suspect vehicle as a gold Honda Odyssey minivan that drove back and forth until he exposed himself in front of…

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