We haven’t received an end of the year report yet from our Sheriff’s Office, but as it stands now there is a good chance that we may experience the distinction of being free of repressible felony crime for the past year. This could be quite an achievement for a community our size, and one that was only able to rely on limited police resources.
We accomplished much of this by doing the basics of not leaving items of value inside our parked cars and, in every case, locking them. We went further, not only lock- ing our residences, but also causing them to look secure. Open garages were discouraged and, of course, windows at least appeared securely locked from the sidewalk. All this encouraged would-be thieves to look for more inviting tar-
gets elsewhere.
—God Bless … Tim Murphy
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