[PromisesKept]

I am trying to post information about security at our sport pools.
Is this the correct way?

[K9-Lovers]

So far, so good. Congrats on your post!

[PromisesKept]

Was told this afternoon that a women was attacked while showering in the Lake Miona sport pool showers, sometime last week. The lights were turned off and a man grab her and tried to remove her. Her screams brought in 2 swimmers from the pool area...Man ran away...I have made several calls to try and confirm this...but cannot confirm....Can anyone out there confirm this?

[graciegirl]

Hi There PromisesKept.

How upsetting to hear this. From whom did you hear it? Was it from someone who knew someone who was there? I am curious about who you called to find out about this. There are so many people present at the pools that I wouldn't think there is a security problem, generally. Please tell us more about this. What time of day etc.

AND more importantly, Welcome to you. I hope you enjoy TOTV and I hope you find answers to your questions. I am sorry that your first post had to be about something troubling.

Kind wishes,

Gracie

[PromisesKept]

hi

I found out from one of the swimmers at the pool today..I swim at colony,seabreeze and laurel manor.....There is no security inside the bathrooms , shower room or locker room....Once you enter one of these rooms there is no way out but the door you entered through! ........I was always a little leary about showering ....and when I do I am usually the only one using the showers....people are using the pool however.............
Its just unbelievable but anyone can enter the bathroom,shower,or locker room and then just wait... A women in my water class, her clothes were taken from the locker room last week...she reported it to the Rec center and was told in the future not to leave anything in the locker room...she wanted the police contacted but was told they dont do that!

The woman at Lake Miona; I was told it happened during the day.....
Pass on to any women's swim group/club/blog/activity to be aware... hopefully we can have security at these sport pools...

[islandgal]

I'm suspicious - this post has a familiar ring like several weeks ago considering it is a first post.

[PromisesKept]

whats that mean?

[graciegirl]

I think that she means that it is unusual for someone to have a first post with a rumor about something going wrong here.

Sometimes there are those posters that like to color this place with a dark pencil. I am certainly not saying that it true of you at all.

The Villages is a very successful development and I am sure that the competition, some of the developments close by find it hard to keep up with all of the things that The Villages has to offer. I sometimes suspect that some posters come on here and make things up to make people who are considering this beautiful and safe place, have second thoughts.

I am quite sure that you are genuinely concerned about this rumor that you heard and wanted everyone to be warned. The person who had this happen should have contacted the authorities herself. Once called the police would come and take a report from the victim. The manager of our Odell center is usually quite responsive to anything told her.

I think I would go home to shower if I were you.

I have never used the sports pools but many do who read this forum and I am sure they will be grateful for the warning.

[The Great Fumar]

It means were not buying it . If an incident of that magnitude happened in this place the rumors would be all over the place in a matter of hours.....I called a friend of mine who is in a position to know and he said this is the first he had heard of it .........In my opinion your getting bad information.........

[snowbird1898]

Good Point Gracie. I shoulda noticed that!!

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I think that she means that it is unusual for someone to have a first post with a rumor about something going wrong here.

Sometimes there are those posters that like to color this place with a dark pencil. I am certainly not saying that it true of you at all.

The Villages is a very successful development and I am sure that the competition, some of the developments close by find it hard to keep up with all of the things that The Villages has to offer. I sometimes suspect that some posters come on here and make things up to make people who are considering this beautiful and safe place, have second thoughts.

I am quite sure that you are genuinely concerned about this rumor that you heard and wanted everyone to be warned. The person who had this happen should have contacted the authorities herself. Once called the police would come and take a report from the victim. The manager of our Odell center is usually quite responsive to anything told her.

I think I would go home to shower if I were you.

I have never used the sports pools but many do who read this forum and I am sure they will be grateful for the warning.

[784caroline]

GRACIE

I agree..there would have been a police report or something other than a rumor to support this claim. Even the Villages would not have contained an attack as described here. I use the sports pool alot and just exactly what kind of security does one expect at this pool or any pool or any facility for that matter. It is a public facility for Villagers...but anyone can walk in. Rather than spreading rumnors I would have hoped the OP contacted the REC center where the "Alleged" incident occured to confirm.

The locker issue ...simple bring a lock with you.....if it was a real issue why didnt this person call the police.

I hate to say it but if something of sorts did happen maybe a guy was distracted or simply did not know the facility and simply walked through the wrong entrance door, was not paying attention, started to change or just walked upon this lady taking a shower and scared the hell out of everyone. "trying to remove her" is a bit tooo much.

[K9-Lovers]

Thank you, PromisesKept, for sharing your information/rumor with us. If any of the members of TOTV hear anything similar, we will certainly be talking about it. If it is true that a woman was attacked, she most likely would have reported it by now. You can call the Villages Recreation Dept. if you have any questions about the operations of the sports pools.

Welcome to Talk of the Villages!

[Jane52]

Whether or not the above report is true, it is possible that such a dreadful thing could happen in the sport pool locker rooms.

Perhaps the doors could be kept locked and opened with a card key reader (swipe our resident ID card to open the door)? That would also monitor usage by people not allowed to use these pools.

[billethkid]

All public rest rooms any where in the world have no more security than commented in the original post. One way in and only one way out.

Without checking with the involved authorities it is nothing more than a rumor.

And an interesting subject of choice to debut on TOTV.

btk

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by The Great Fumar

It means were not buying it . If an incident of that magnitude happened in this place the rumors would be all over the place in a matter of hours.....I called a friend of mine who is in a position to know and he said this is the first he had heard of it .........In my opinion your getting bad information.........

I agree.