i am long time resident of ormewood park(1977), spikes in crime are part of intown living. there are those of us that have had break-ins, been robbed, or been involved in other crimes as victims. a significant number of posts to OPCA often comment on incidents that may have already happened. some posts are looking for recommendations for items or services. we as OPCA members are very concerned about our safety, for ourselves, our significant others, our children, and the physical integrity of our homes often only re-act, and are not proactive. do we know who lives on our block? behind us? or across the street? do we watch unusual things happening and rationalize? or do we just complain about the state of affairs? The people that may be passing thru, cruising, may be profiled, and in some situations authorities are called to make them aware of these people. do we isolate ourselves because we don't like the way people may present themselves to us? even worse, are we over trusting? or lax in our daily routines? there many answers to these questions. in my opinion the most important is to pay attention to our surroundings. it makes no difference to the law breaker who you are, where you are, what time it is, if they see a crime opportunity they take it. crooks use opportunity to take from us what we have worked to acquire. why should we let them? The POLICE and the TROLLEY PATROL help. for those that are away from home during the day . The TROLLEY PATROL is a viable option, it helps to reduce some of the crimes of opportunity. services are as good as we make them, the more we participate the better they become. quite often our plans do not always denote the outcome. If we we use our A.K(acquired knowledge), common sense, and make PAYING ATTENTION part of daily life style perhaps we as a community can limit the number of incidents that are on the increase. i sent this to OPCA after re-reading it and correcting most of my spelling and puctuation errors civic responsiblly and of couse my ego gave me the inspirtion to possibly make others aware of some of my A.K. (acquire knowledge) southeast atlanta emcompasses a number neighborhoods , centalized daily information at this point is the daily patch and various neighborhood associations. networking is paramount to letting those that are not aware what's happening know that there are resources. i hope those that read this will network with friends or neighbors. copy,email, discuss, or for those that "pray to the screen"(smartphones) use the apps. i hope that this motivates.
larry
