No you aren’t seeing things! If you visited this page earlier, our February agenda was posted; but, we’ve just un-posted it due to some schedule complications for our guest speaker. We’ll reschedule that presentation later in the year.
Meanwhile, we’re firming up a new agenda and will post that shortly. Sorry for the confusion!
FYI, here are the basic meeting details: Tuesday, February 28, 2011, 6:30-8 PM, SW Police Precinct, 2300 SW Webster Street (at Delridge, next to Home Depot).
In chronological order, here are some important dates for you and your Blockwatch groups! We’ll post additional details about some of these as the dates draw closer.
Happy Neighbor Appreciation Day tomorrow, Saturday, February 11th!
The link above & the following comments are from Officer Jon Kiehn at the SW Precinct.
This is a link that I feel Block Watches should know about. This is definitely a day that we can use as a day to start talking about building community and getting preparations started for block watch planning and night-out planning for the year. It also falls at the end of the Holidays but in the beginning of preparations for the wonderful weather we expect in the spring. Great time to bring neighbors together.
Sometimes we need a reason to think about the good things happening around us every day. This may be a good one.
Do you know how to give a good description of a suspicious person? What should you observe and take note of? Would police be able to identify the correct vehicle, person, or group of people based on your description?
This month’s presentation: skills training from SPD that will help us provide better descriptions!
Meeting details & agenda
Tuesday, January 24, 2011, 6:30-8 PM.
SW Police Precinct, (2300 SW Webster Street – near Home Depot at Delridge/Webster).
6:00-6:30
Arrive early for light snacks, socializing and networking with other Captains while we get the room set up!
6:30-7:00
Introductions, updates, announcements, neighborhood concerns, issues.
7:00-8:00
Presentation: Skills training, information and tips to help you provide a more accurate, relevant description of people or objects to police.
8:00-8:30
Feel free to stay after the meeting to continue your discussions.
Everyone is welcome (even if you aren’t a Blockwatch Captain)! RSVP is appreciated, but not necessary to attend.
Hope to see you there!
Deborah Greer
On behalf of the West Seattle Blockwatch Captains’ Network (WSBWCN)
Email: wsblockwatchnet@gmail.com
Phone: 206-424-0040
Website: http://wsblockwatchnet.wordpress.com|
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=337488370959
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wsblockwatchnet
Monthly Meeting: 4th Tuesdays, 6:30-8 PM, SW Police Precinct meeting room, 2300 SW Webster Street (no meetings in July, August, November & December).
Update, 1/27/12: Here’s the coverage of our January 24th meeting from the West Seattle Herald. Note that our February meeting will be on Tuesday, February 28th, 6:30 PM.
We had a question posted to our Facebook group page today about how to best report graffiti and tagging. We’ve found some helpful information and resources; thought we’d share them here too. The first link is the most specific, but the other pages are useful for addressing other similar neighborhoood issues.
Graffiti and Vandalism – Reporting, Removal and Prevention: http://www.seattle.gov/police/prevention/graffiti.htm
Addressing Neighborhood Issues: http://www.seattle.gov/police/blockwatch/neighborhood.htm
Block Watch Toolkit: http://www.seattle.gov/police/blockwatch/toolkit.htm
WSCPC meeting, tonight, 1/17: Just saw a reminder on the West Seattle Blog: this evening’s West Seattle Crime Prevention Council’s meeting is still on – despite threat of snow. It’s at 7 PM at the SW Precinct (next to Home Depot). Looks like an interesting agenda!
WSBWCN meeting, next Tuesday, 1/24: Our first meeting of the new year is just one week away! Deborah is firming up the agenda and will post it shortly; if you have anything you’d like included, please get in touch – you can email wsblockwatchnet@gmail.com.
Here are a couple of reminders for this first week of January…
Our West Seattle Blockwatch Captains’ Network meeting: mark your new calendars for our first meeting of the year; it will be the 4th Tuesday, January 24th starting at 6:30 PM. More details to come as the date approaches.
The West Seattle Crime Prevention Council: their first Community Safety meeting will be on the 3rd Tuesday, January 17th, starting at 7 PM.
Lastly, for those of you new to our group or just visiting our site for the first time – don’t miss the great Blockwatch resources linked from our sidebar! We’ve added some new ones recently; if you know of others we should include, let us know.
