SAFETY NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH (NW) CORNER By Fay Wood, NW Chief Save the Date for the 2025 Police Chiefs Meet & Greet on February 3, 2025! Happy and Healthy New Year! Your Neighborhood Watch Team hopes you and your loved ones had a wonderful Holiday Season. The year 2024 was a phenomenally successful one with our meetings with the Police Chiefs and of course our great Sheriff Grady Judd. We also hosted a phenomenally successful Neighborhood Night Out event along with a booth at the activity fair! We continue to add new members at our Newcomers Orientation that makes Neighborhood Watch the largest organization in Lake Ashton. All those efforts resulted in a “crime free environment” for our great community. This year, 2025, will be even busier with the return of our Police Chiefs and Sheriff Grady Judd in February and March. We will be planning our traditional Night Out Parade with a reception following. This longstanding event encourages neighbors to go and meet each other which is the cornerstone of our Neighborhood Watch Program. There are plans being developed for a Public Safety Expo where our various law enforcement and first responder agencies can be available to provide valuable information for everyone. Many more initiatives are being developed and will be advertised in the future. While Lake Ashton is a very safe community, the price of that is eternal vigilance on all our parts to keep it that way. The unprecedented growth of communities surrounding us dictates that we be even more aware and aggressive in our surveillance of our surroundings. Remember, the heart of our program is “neighbors watching out for neighbors.” We have various materials available from the Police and Sheriff that serve as a great resource for your home and 22 community protection. If you have any questions, please reach out to your Deputy who will be able to help you out. There is a listing of them at both the Clubhouse and Health and Fitness Center. We are always looking for volunteers who can help our Deputies and help the team out. Again, Happy New Year from your Neighborhood Watch Team. CITIZENS ASSISTED PATROL By David Muller HAPPY NEW YEAR! The Citizens' Assisted Patrol (CAP) family wishes everyone a safe and healthy 2025! We hope the Holiday Season was filled with laughter, good food and delicious drinks. CAP has a new (to us) patrol car. Have you seen it? It is a newer, updated one supplied by the Sheriff's Dept. Lake Ashton does not pay anything for the CAP services and vehicles. Remember that CAP personnel are all volunteers for the Sheriff's Dept. but all supplies, training and "atta boys" are courtesy of Sheriff Judd. What does CAP do for you? The group is the "eyes and ears" for the Sheriff's Dept. It looks for anything which may need to be reported for emergency help such as crime, fire or medical events. It is meant to be visible to you AND "bad actors" who may be here to do harm to Lake Ashton. Bad guys don't know when the patrol car will be around looking for them. Also, we love to wave when we patrol. We are all neighbors so being friendly is part of what we do but also making eye contact ensures everyone that they know they are being seen. We want YOU! This cliche is true, as we are always looking for new volunteers to come forward. You would be asked to volunteer two hours a week - that's all! You would fill out an application to the Sheriff's Dept. and take a day of class training. After your class, you would be trained what to do here at Lake Ashton by Mike Weissberg or George Fetcho. One benefit to you is that you learn where all the streets are at the expense of the Sheriff's Dept. You will also receive a monthly schedule showing who is out on patrol and when. Please come forward and fill out an application and be part of CAP. Email Mike Weissberg at lakeashtoncap@gmail.com.
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