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 IMPORTANT: If you read only one thing in this
newsletter, please read this:
If you see or hear anything suspicious in our neighborhood, please call
911. Oh, you may say you don't want to call if the situation is not an
emergency with immediate danger to persons or property. BUT, you pay for
911 on your phone bill, home and cell. The police want you to call. Many
times citizens have called before something has happened and prevented a
possible major tragedy. And there are instances where if citizens had
called, a situation may have turned out a lot different. An example of
this is the murder/suicide that occurred just a
couple of weeks ago in the Summerfield neighborhood near Basswood and
Beach. Many neighbors heard a couple arguing for quite some time, but no
one called 911. Later the man shot his 16 year old daughter, then his
wife, then himself.
Certainly, don't call 911 to report your neighbor's child left their
bicycle in the road. And don't call if you see graffiti (there's a
separate number for that) spray painted on a wall. BUT do call if you see
anyone sitting in a car for more than a few minutes, anyone walking the
neighborhood looking into windows or cars, or vehicles (especially trucks
or vans) driving very slowly. You will see our Code Blue patrollers
driving slowly, but we have signs on our cars that clearly identify us,
so there is no need to call 911 about us. However, if you did, you'd be
told there is a Tehama Ridge patroller out at that time.
Now, just because we now have Code Blue in our neighborhood, don't think
you don't need to watch as closely and/or call 911 if you see or hear
suspicious activity. We don't have patrollers 24/7 driving in the area.
Again, we also count on you to call 911 if you see or hear anything
suspicious. And "suspicious" means when there is a time you
find yourself thinking, "That just doesn't seem right." Trust
your instinct and call 911. If it turns out to be nothing, that's OK. No
one will send you a bill if you called 911. After all, you already pay for it. Also, the more calls
to 911 from our area, the more patrol officers we will get assigned to
our area.
If you ever have a question about when you should call 911 or any safety
concerns whatsoever, please feel free to call your Safety Committee
chairperson and Citizens on Patrol Captain at 214-293-2258 or email Safety@tehamaridge.com.
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