Neighborhood Watch Meeting March 9th

Dunes Community Watch Meeting

 

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

6:00 pm

 

Dunes Golf and Beach Club

 

Ladies Locker Room Lounge

(Located in the north end of the clubhouse)

 

All residents of the Dunes, Dunes Cove, & GrandeDunes (Oceanfront)

neighborhoods are encouraged to attend.

Next neighborhood watch meeting for Dunes/Dunes Cove

The Dunes / Dunes Cove Neighborhood Watch meets at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 9, at the Dunes Club, 9000 North Ocean Boulevard.  Contact Crime Prevention Officer Sean Fay at 918-1806 for more information.

Let's Help Prevent False Alarms

Dunes Residents,

 

When reviewing the statistics reports for just the Dunes neighborhoods, we find that the majority of incidents requiring response from city services personnel are for "false alarms" and "animal control incidents".  Most of  the false alarms result from having home alarm systems that are malfunctioning - in need of service repair.  These systems are generating numerous false alarms within short time frames - so frequent that it should be apparent to the homeowners that they have a problem that needs to be addressed!

 

Currently, the City of Myrtle Beach has not been active in penalizing those who are allowing excessive system failures to become nuisance issues.  There are many cities who assess hefty fines for these violations!

 

Suggestions:

    Keep your alarm systems in good working order.

    Learn how to operate your system.

    Make sure that your service provider responds to alarms by first calling you, before contacting the police.

    Do not program the system to call the police.  It should initially communicate directly to your service provider, who should then respond appropriately.

 

False Alarm!

While at a community watch meeting last night we were discussing false alarm calls and how they impact us. I wanted to share some of the information I dug up on that.

Here are the citywide stats from 2009 on false alarms:

Alarm – Audible                =             5003       calls for service

Alarm – Hold-up               =             204         calls for service

Alarm – Panic                     =             134         calls for service

                                                =             5341       Total false alarms

=             53410    Minutes spent resolving false alarms (@ 10 minutes per call)

=             890         Hours spent resolving false alarms

That’s 890 actual hours in 2009 that we spent resolving false alarms and not directly crime fighting. That’s like having one police officer work fulltime for 22 weeks at 40 hours a week just handling false alarms!!

Hopefully by this stat you can see the importance of having an alarm system that is functioning properly and having everyone in your household knowing how to use it. Alarms are a good thing and I do recommend them, however lets be sure they are in proper working order!

If you have any questions, I’m always here to help!

Thank you,

PFC  Sean Fay

Crime Prevention / Crime Analyst

Myrtle Beach Police Department

Neighborhood Watch Meeting Nov. 10th

Hello all!

Those there at the Community Watch Meeting tonight I hope you all enjoyed it and the information that was shared. I have attached the revised stats for your area. I found that Pinecrest Dr was not included and have added it onto the updated stat sheet. It changed the overall calls by 1 with a burglary that everyone is familiar with.

PFC Yurkin spoke tonight and his information as well as his partner’s is below.  I am going to see if I can line them up for the April meeting.

PFC Paul Yurkin                 918-1953  pyurkin@cityofmyrtlebeach.com

PFC Heath Platt                 918-1950 hplatt@cityofmyrtlebeach.com

http://www.cityofmyrtlebeach.com/policegangunit.html <-- Gang Unit Info

http://www.cityofmyrtlebeach.com/policegang101.html <-- Gang 101 Info

For those who didn’t attend I think a lot of good information was put out tonight. Jimmy Brown the city Arborist was there and spoke a great deal about protected trees. It was very informative all around. I’m lining up a special guest speaker in March so hopefully that will work out.

Plan on attending in March! You never know who might show up or what great information might be put out. This is your city and your neighborhood so take ownership of it and let your voice be heard!

Thank you,

PFC  Sean Fay

Crime Prevention / Crime Analyst

Myrtle Beach Police Department

843-918-1806 - Office

sfay@cityofmyrtlebeach.com

 

Neighborhood Watch Meeting Nov. 10th

Meeting minutes to come, but here is information on Citizen's Police Academy enrollment:

The City of Myrtle Beach Police Department is now accepting applications for the 19th Session of the Citizen’s Police Academy (CPA). The CPA is for those persons 21 years of age or older who are interested in law enforcement. Applicants must reside in Horry County and undergo a criminal background check. Topics such as Crime Scene Investigation, K-9, Emergency Vehicle Operations and simulated firearms training will be covered during the course.

Classes will begin on Monday, January 25th and will meet every Monday for 10 weeks with graduation on March 29th. Classes run from 7pm-9pm are held at the Myrtle Beach Police Annex located at 3340 Mustang Street (Old Air Force Base).

Please contact Sgt. Eric Di Lorenzo by phone at 843-918-1800 or by E-mail  edilorenzo@cityofmyrtlebeach.com.

Applications are due to Sgt. Di Lorenzo at the Myrtle Beach Police Department Annex no later than December 11th at 500pm. Please take note that this Academy only offers an “inside look” at policing and offers no certification or arrest powers and is not an auxiliary unit of the Police Department.

Thank you,

PFC Sean Fay

Crime Prevention / Crime Analyst

Myrtle Beach Police Department

1101 Oak Street

Myrtle Beach, SC  29577

843-918-1806 - Office

843-918-1833 - Fax

sfay@cityofmyrtlebeach.com

Dunes neighborhood watch meeting minutes from Oct 13

Dunes Neighborhood Residents and Property Owners,

At our last Neighborhood Watch meeting held on October 13, 2009, Officer Fay introduced two guests representing the City of Myrtle Beach – Bruce Boulineau, Director of Construction Services and Steve “Doc” Rehm, Sewer Superintendent.  Bruce and Steve addressed a number of issues and problems which our neighborhood has experienced and informed us of the resources for remedy that are available through our city services departments.

We have been hearing numerous complaints regarding trash and yard debris being deposited on private lots and public common areas that are not owned by the individuals and lawn maintenance contractors who are generating the waste.  The Code of Ordinances for the City of Myrtle Beach clearly states:

            “No garbage, refuse, abandoned junk or other offensive material shall be dumped, thrown or allowed to remain on any lot or space within the city limits.”

It is illegal to dump your yard debris on property that does not belong to you and any individual who is found violating this ordinance will be subject to a fine!

Several areas in the Dunes have been especially problematic, as evidenced by numerous complaints from residents.  They include the common areas in Dogwood Circle, Pine Circle, TwinOak Court, and “The Park” triangle at Wildwood Dunes Trail and Club Drive.  The vacant lot at 301Kings Circle and vacant lots at the south end of Cove Drive are being used as disposal sites on a regular basis.

Please be considerate of your neighbors.  Your trash and yard debris should be placed on yourown property to be picked up by City sanitation on Thursdays.  Inform your lawn maintenance contractors to dispose of yard debris properly!

If anyone should witness the illegal disposal of debris, please report the abuse to:

City of Myrtle Beach

Bruce Boulineau

Director of Construction Services

(843) 918-1176

Email: bboulineau@cityofmyrtlebeach.com