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Old 04-15-2022, 02:25 PM
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We had our home robbed 6 years back of about $6,000 worth of machine tools while we were gone over a weekend. It would have taken about 1/2 hour to load up all of that. Since then I have had a DISGUST for the idea that the Community Watch is a VALUABLE deterrent to crime. it is PERSONAL with me! I think they are just "window dressing" and a "paper tiger". How many criminals have they helped catch in the last year? Are those statistics in the newspaper? So, how can we evaluate their performance? My evaluation is "they ****
Have you read the Community Watch annual reports at districtgov.org? In 2020, they completed 461,693 service actions. That is 1,265 actions per day. So, they are doing something that people want, but it is hard to determine how much crime they have deterred.