In the event of daily emergencies which we all may be involved in, the West Valley City Fire Department is asking for your assistance. In an emergency, fire and police personnel who respond want to treat you quickly and also notify your family and friends about the incident and needs which you may have.
With ICE, first responders and hospital staff will turn to a victim's mobile phone address book and know immediately who to contact. When seconds matter, this information may be vital. For example, the emergency contact may be able to provide critical information about the victim's medical history.
The idea is to store the word ICE in the address book of mobile phones with the name and phone number of the person that should be contacted in the event that the cell phone owner is injured and unable to communicate this information. For more than one contact name and priority, use ICE1, ICE2, ICE3, etc. It's that simple!
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
I was so sad to get a phone call from a resident, also my friend, to hear about some vandalism to their property. It is devastating to wake up to this on your fence. It just makes me sick to know that someone did this, in probably 30 seconds or less...on such a busy street. This fence faces Laurel Canyon Dr. If you are on your way to work, school, errands...please keep your eyes open for any suspicious behavior. When I dropped by to document this by taking pictures, I was impressed to see neighbors helping neighbors. One resident, Matt B. brought over some stuff called Automotive Paint Reducer, it wiped it clean... Good to know in case it happens again.
I urge, beg, plead for your assistance in keeping your eyes open. There is TOO MUCH vandalism in our neighborhoods, especially graffiti. I just want to get a handle on it.
If you have a porch light - turn it on!
If you have side lights - turn them on!
If you have a backyard light - turn it on!
If your lights on the sides of your garage are burned out - replace
them!
Having regular lights or motion detector lights have been proven to reduce crime. If I am awakened by my children in the night, I always take the opportunity to look out my windows to see if there is anything going on...anything suspicious. It only takes a second...to look out for each other. If all of us do this...it will make such a difference!
Click HERE for more information from the Salt Lake County Metro Gang Unit on graffiti.
Community Service Officers...
The Community Services Division is a newly formed division which combines the principles of community oriented policing with those of intelligence led policing. The personnel of the division incorporate traditional policing methods with a broader problem solving approach that involves police, residents, businesses and other city and county services working together to improve the quality of life in each neighborhood. Each community service officer, or CSO, is assigned to a specific area of West Valley City. It is the officer’s responsibility to work with the residents and businesses in that area to identify problems and act as a liaison between the involved parties and the resources that they need to resolve their problems.
The division is currently comprised of six CSO’s, a DARE officer, a sergeant, an intelligence analyst and a captain. The intelligence analyst gathers information on the people involved in crimes. They look for similarities in modus operandi, suspect description and suspect vehicle description. They then use this information to develop suspects in crimes. They can also use the databases at their disposal to help locate these suspects and their associates. The intelligence analyst is another powerful resource to help the CSO’s to be more successful in resolving crime problems and disrupting criminal activity.
In addition to the intelligence analyst, the CSO’s also have access to the services of a crime analyst. The crime analyst ’s job is to gather statistics on crimes that are occurring and to inform the officers of any similarities or patterns in those crimes. The crime analyst can help pinpoint the day of the week, time of day and geographical area in which the crimes are occurring. This information helps the CSO’s to direct their efforts in solving these crimes making it more likely they will catch the perpetrators. It also helps them to educate the citizens in those areas as to what they can do to reduce their chances of becoming a victim of crime.
You, our community members, are an important piece to making this type of policing work. We need you to be active in your neighborhoods, by looking for suspicious people and activities and then reporting them through a patrol officer or to your neighborhood Community Service Officer ( Officer J. Buchanan...also notify your block captian or myself). The CSO’s will take this information use it to work with you and your neighbors to form a plan of action to resolve these issues and coordinate the efforts of the other divisions within the police department to implement these plans.
*Taken from the West Valley City Website
As the Summit Neighborhood Watch Chair, I am so excited to work with this new program! Please, keep your eyes out for any suspicious behavior. It only takes a second to look out your window & look around your home & your neighbor's.
The division is currently comprised of six CSO’s, a DARE officer, a sergeant, an intelligence analyst and a captain. The intelligence analyst gathers information on the people involved in crimes. They look for similarities in modus operandi, suspect description and suspect vehicle description. They then use this information to develop suspects in crimes. They can also use the databases at their disposal to help locate these suspects and their associates. The intelligence analyst is another powerful resource to help the CSO’s to be more successful in resolving crime problems and disrupting criminal activity.
In addition to the intelligence analyst, the CSO’s also have access to the services of a crime analyst. The crime analyst ’s job is to gather statistics on crimes that are occurring and to inform the officers of any similarities or patterns in those crimes. The crime analyst can help pinpoint the day of the week, time of day and geographical area in which the crimes are occurring. This information helps the CSO’s to direct their efforts in solving these crimes making it more likely they will catch the perpetrators. It also helps them to educate the citizens in those areas as to what they can do to reduce their chances of becoming a victim of crime.
You, our community members, are an important piece to making this type of policing work. We need you to be active in your neighborhoods, by looking for suspicious people and activities and then reporting them through a patrol officer or to your neighborhood Community Service Officer ( Officer J. Buchanan...also notify your block captian or myself). The CSO’s will take this information use it to work with you and your neighbors to form a plan of action to resolve these issues and coordinate the efforts of the other divisions within the police department to implement these plans.
*Taken from the West Valley City Website
As the Summit Neighborhood Watch Chair, I am so excited to work with this new program! Please, keep your eyes out for any suspicious behavior. It only takes a second to look out your window & look around your home & your neighbor's.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
New Information
I received an email from Erik from the Public Works department with WVC. I found this to be great news... (By the way, I know that the only way to "solve this problem" is if we, as the residents, slow down! I understand we all get in a hurry...but we need to remember that the maximum speed limit is 25 mph.) This is what he wrote:
I also got this email from our Councilmember Steve Vincent. He wrote:
Hi Renee,
We've purchased six new driver feedback signs and will be installing them
on High Bluff, Wakefield and Laurel Canyon. These won't solve the problem,
but the hope is that more drivers will be aware of how fast they are going and
slow down a little. We'll continue to collect information with the signs
in place to see how effective they are and if something else will need to be
considered.
As far as street lights go, I am putting together a program so that we can
get the funding to install lights where they are needed. Thanks for bringing
6200 South to my attention.
Thanks, Erik
I also got this email from our Councilmember Steve Vincent. He wrote:
Renee,
Just to let you know we have had some more discussions about the traffic
problems. I beleive the entire council is on board to see a plan move
forward. It would include the entire subdivision. We will start with
some small things (like the electric speed indicators signs) until we approve
the budget to do the speed humps. I will let you know when we aprove the
budget for the project.
Thank you for all your work,
Steve Vincent
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Winter Parking Guidelines
Car being towed on High Bluff Drive.ON-STREET PARKING
It is dangerous and difficult to plow streets clogged with parked vehicles. Some streets,
especially cul-de-sacs may not be plowed, if plows can not safely drive down them. The
most helpful thing residents can do to facilitate snow removal is to get their cars off the
street, and encourage others to do the same.
To facilitate snow removal, City ordinance prohibits on-street parking whenever there is
snow or ice on the road. Any vehicles parked on a West Valley City street after an
accumulation of ice or snow of one inch or more will be subject to ticketing and towing.
(WVC Code 24-4-111)
22-2-115. TIME LIMITATIONS.
No vehicle shall be parked on any street:
(1) While there is an accumulation of snow or ice of one inch or more on the roadway;
(2) For a period of longer than 72 consecutive hours; or
(3) For any period longer than allowed by appropriate signs, markings, or parking meters giving notice of such parking time limitation.
22-2-119. AUTHORITY TO MOVE OR REMOVE ILLEGALLY-PARKED VEHICLES.
(1) Whenever a peace officer determines that a vehicle parked in violation of this Chapter must be moved to avoid public inconvenience, ensure public safety, or because it appears to be abandoned, the officer is authorized to move the vehicle, cause it to be removed, or to order the owner or operator of the vehicle to move or remove it.
(2) A peace officer who causes a vehicle to be removed under this Section shall have the vehicle removed by a tow truck service that meets the standards established by Title 72, Chapter 9, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, and that is authorized by the Police Department to perform towing services for the City.
(3) The City shall not be liable for any lost, damaged, or stolen items or damage to any vehicle moved or removed pursuant to this Section.
(4) The registered owner of a vehicle removed under this Section is strictly liable for all costs of removal.
*Take from WVC Official Website, City Code
It is dangerous and difficult to plow streets clogged with parked vehicles. Some streets,
especially cul-de-sacs may not be plowed, if plows can not safely drive down them. The
most helpful thing residents can do to facilitate snow removal is to get their cars off the
street, and encourage others to do the same.
To facilitate snow removal, City ordinance prohibits on-street parking whenever there is
snow or ice on the road. Any vehicles parked on a West Valley City street after an
accumulation of ice or snow of one inch or more will be subject to ticketing and towing.
(WVC Code 24-4-111)
22-2-115. TIME LIMITATIONS.
No vehicle shall be parked on any street:
(1) While there is an accumulation of snow or ice of one inch or more on the roadway;
(2) For a period of longer than 72 consecutive hours; or
(3) For any period longer than allowed by appropriate signs, markings, or parking meters giving notice of such parking time limitation.
22-2-119. AUTHORITY TO MOVE OR REMOVE ILLEGALLY-PARKED VEHICLES.
(1) Whenever a peace officer determines that a vehicle parked in violation of this Chapter must be moved to avoid public inconvenience, ensure public safety, or because it appears to be abandoned, the officer is authorized to move the vehicle, cause it to be removed, or to order the owner or operator of the vehicle to move or remove it.
(2) A peace officer who causes a vehicle to be removed under this Section shall have the vehicle removed by a tow truck service that meets the standards established by Title 72, Chapter 9, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, and that is authorized by the Police Department to perform towing services for the City.
(3) The City shall not be liable for any lost, damaged, or stolen items or damage to any vehicle moved or removed pursuant to this Section.
(4) The registered owner of a vehicle removed under this Section is strictly liable for all costs of removal.
*Take from WVC Official Website, City Code
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Thank You...
A great big THANK YOU to all of you who donated items to our Neighborhood Watch Food Drive. We delivered it today to the Utah Food Bank & they weighed all the donations... 339 pounds of food! That's wonderful!!! I look forward to next year's food drive. Maybe we can reach 500 lbs next year!
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Neigborhood Food Drive
The Summit Neigborhood Watch is hosting a
Neighborhood Food Drive!
December 1st - 15th
ALL donations will go to the Utah Food Bank!!
Food Drop Off: Bring donations & enjoy some refreshments (come & mingle as friends & neighbors)...between 10:00 - 11:00 am on Saturday, Dec 15th (Please see your flier for address, or email me at summitneighborhoodwatch@yahoo.com)
Our goal is to have every home participate in this Neighborhood Food Drive. A goal of 10 cans per home, collecting between December 1-15.
That's less than a can a day!!
Great items to donate include: tuna, peanut butter, macaroni & cheese, canned fruit & veggies, baby formula & baby food, soup...etc.
Some of my thoughts....My husband found out at the end of September that he was going to lose his job on Dec 14th. We were devastated. We
thought that his job was secure...the news literally blew us out of our comfort level. The weeks that followed were filled with anxiety & stress. Trying to make ends meet is a bit stressful at times, but we've always felt secure...However, the unknown was getting the best of us. I worried...enough for the both of us...but I know that we have family to lean on, in the worst case scenario. (Thankfully, my husband was just offered a job this past week!) But the thought that there are families who struggle with no one to turn to just tugs at my heart. I couldn't imagine that feeling of hopelessness... I wanted to do something, even as small as a food drive, to help. I can't imagine families or children being hungry, especially during the holiday's when it seems like desserts & treats multiply in the fridge! To think of families without the bare necessities, is haunting. So, every year, neighbors spend so much time & money making holiday goodies for each other. While these acts of friendship are always appreciated, perhaps we could do something better with all of that time & money...instead of leaving gifts on each other's doorsteps, maybe we can combine our efforts to help those who are less fortunate than we are. Let's band together & help the Utah Food Bank!!Utah Food Bank Services meets immediate, basic needs of people in our community who don't know where else to turn.
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