Help build a Stronger, Safer Community by attending the Annual National Night Out and Ice Cream Social

Come and Enjoy Hot Dogs and Ice Cream and get to know your Neighbors and learn about Crime Prevention

Sheriff’s Department will have activities and information.

Neighborhood Watch will provide information on the growing program in our neighborhood.

We will have a Children’s Raffle for some fabulous prizes for kids and did we say Hot Dogs and Ice Cream?

When: Tuesday, August 7^th, 2012 @ 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Where: George Otten Park (Located at the corner of Laidlaw and NW Emerald Canyon)

Thank you for all who attended the initial ARBOR RIDGE Neighborhood Watch meeting!

Professionals from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department facilitated the meeting and discussed with the community ideas to help reduce CRIME in our Neighborhood!

We discussed information on creating a Neighborhood Watch Program,
including CRIME PREVENTION techniques to secure your home, valuables, & personal safety.
Neighbors Working Together in a Partnership with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office can make one of the best crime-fighting teams around!!

Crime Prevention Specialist Darlene Schnoor was our guest speaker, and Deputy Scott shared his expertise in answering questions on CRIME PREVENTION techniques to secure your home, valuables, & personal safety.

The initial training meeting was extremely successful, and had approximately 20 community neighbors that participated in the meeting.

Here are the team’s initial initiatives established which are moving forward in process:

– 20 Street Captain’s are being established in support of 8 – 10 homes.
– The Street Captain’s are gathering neighbors of interest to create an email message tree.
– We will be securing and installing 8 Neighborhood Watch signs to be posted through out our community.
– We will be having ongoing frequent meetings with the Sheriff’s Dept. which we will be announcing.

Below is the link to the Washington County Public Alert System. This system allows the Dispatch center to notify folks via their phones/emails of incidents,situations

http://www.wccca.com/PublicAlerts/

Thank you from the Arbor Ridge Neighborhood Watch Program

We need you to be a part of the ARBOR RIDGE Neighborhood Watch Team!

Professionals working with YOU to help reduce CRIME in your Neighborhood!

When: Wednesday, May 23, 2012  6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.

Where: Somerset Church

What: We will also be discussing information on creating a Neighborhood Watch Program,
including CRIME PREVENTION techniques to secure your home, valuables, & personal safety.
Neighbors Working Together in a Partnership with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office can make one of the best crime-fighting teams around!!

Crime Prevention Specialist Darlene Schnoor will be our guest speaker

ARBOR RIDGE Neighborhood Watch INVITE

Community Alert
There have been TWO break-ins and FOUR attempted, here in Arbor Ridge in the last two months.
All have occurred along Diamondback and Gold Canyon.
ABOUT THIS CRIME:
The offenders are gaining entrance to our homes during the day time. They are targeting empty houses by watching cars leave. They have entered the homes through the backyard. One offender cut the screen out of the master bath upstairs, and then opened the window. The other home had the sliding glass door smashed in. In a couple cases of the attempted break-ins, they rung the doorbell and knocked to be sure nobody was at home. The items stolen were ones that they can easily carry including money, gold and jewelry. One of the attempts happened after midnight while others occurred during daytime.

OFFENDERS:
One offender is described as a white male, medium build, 30-40 years of age, approximately 5’10” tall he was wearing a light, bright blue jacket.
The other offender is described as a white male, bald, and shorter. Approx. 5’2”.
A suspect has a white pickup truck and was soliciting for gutter cleaning services.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
• Secure all your windows and doors
• Record information on suspicious person(s), vehicle(s) or activity in your neighborhood.
• Call 911 if you see any break-ins taking place. Do not confront the offenders.
• Be aware of this situation and alert neighbors in the area about any crime.

The Next Home Owners Meeting we will be having a Washington County Sheriff in addition we have asked a couple of home owners to attend that want to talk about this.  Please attend to discuss the safety in our neighborhood.

Washington County has posted this Alert on Stolen Packages in the Area.

Washington County Sheriff Stolen UPS Packages

The following is a message from Washington County Sheriff that effects our area

Greetings Neighborhood Watch Folks, My name is Jeff Mori. I am the Patrol Commander with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. I am sending you all this ALERT due to an increase of portable GPS units being stolen from vehicles.

If you have a portable GPS in your vehicle, please remove it from plain view when you park your vehicle. We will continue to aggressively patrol your neighborhoods for suspicious persons.

Commander Jeff Mori

Washington County Sheriff’s OfficePatrol Division

215 SW Adams AveHillsboro, OR 97123

(503) 846-2515

The HOA has purchased and placed a few Slow Children At Play signs in the neighborhood.  Signs have been placed on the West and East end of NW Emerald Canyon Drive near the Park.  Additional signs have also been placed on NW Oak Creek Drive between NW West Union Road and NW Arizona Drive.

If you are aware of another area that would benefit from placement of these signs please let the Management Office know or email the Board and we can look into adding additional signs.

We want our neighborhood to be safe for our kids and neighbors.

Recently all Home Owners received a letter from our Management Company containing a proxy form and information on the upcoming Annual Meeting on October 26th 2009.  It is really important that if you can not attend the annual meeting that you send the proxy form back in the postage paid envelope.  Last year it took three mailings and meetings to get a quorum of Home Owners in order to move forward with day to day business.  These extra mailing cost you as Home Owners $700 per a mailing.

We would really like to see the Home Owners attend the Annual Meeting so that you can have input on the members of the Board, find out what is occurring in your neighborhood and provide feedback as an Arbor Ridge Home Owner.

If you are interested in running for a Board Position please contact Nick Horn at The Management Group (see the contacts page) .  We are also looking for people to be involved with the Social Committee, Neighborhood Watch Committee, Architectural Review Committee, Newsletter Committee and Landscape Committee.  Please let us know by emailing us, contacting Nick Horn or attending the Annual Meeting.

If you have any questions about the Annual Meeting please contact Nick Horn at The Management Group.

ARE YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS PREPARED?

It is not too late to sign up for this free training for our Watch Members.
If you are interested, please let me know by phone or email.
This will be a great opportunity for our Sheriff’s Office Watch Members to meet and share ideas!
Hope to see you on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Sheriff’s Office.

Washington County Sheriff’s Office
215 SW Adams Avenue, Hillsboro, Oregon 97123

Darlene Schnoor
Crime Prevention Specialist
Services Division
Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run-Executive Council
[email protected]
Phone (503) 846-2774

Are you interested in a Neighborhood Watch Program?  Please read more about it in the Section Under Community.