The Block Captain committee was
formed to augment the Neighborhood Patrol and overtime police patrol
contract following an increase in vandalism in the neighborhood. The
idea is to provide a means of communication between residents of
Glenwood Hills on incidents/trends of crime and vandalism in order to
reduce these type of occurrences in the neighborhood.
This committee was formed during the February, 2008 Neighborhood Association meeting.
The purpose of the committee is
to recruit block captains in the Glenwood Hills into about 20-40
"block" areas where the block captains are the point of contact for
reporting and disseminating information on the details of
crimes/vandalism occurring in the neighborhood.
The block captain committee can
pass information from one block to another about crime in the area. The
block captain committee can schedule meetings with APD crime prevention
specialists to document trends and received updated information of
neighborhood crime over a semi-annual period. The block
captain committee cannot report individual crimes to the police - this
is the duty of the individual who was the victim. The
block captains and the committee cannot act in any official capacity
representing the Albuquerque police department and are not allowed to
apprehend any suspects; but they can report suspicious activities to
both the police and to the other block captains via the lead block
captain. The sharing of video monitoring clips, etc. would make it possible to identify criminals who regularly frequent the
neighborhood.
Currently, we are in the process
of identifying block captains and their house numbers for the
neighborhood. 132 houses (out of 800 plus) have been identified with 7
block captains covering these houses. You can see these houses by
clicking on the maps for the neighborhood: Northwest, Northeast,
Southeast or Southwest. The block captains and their blocks are
highlighted in color. If your house is not colored, that means we're
still looking for a block captain volunteer for your area. Contact
Bert Guerrero (robertoguerrero@mac.com)
to either be included in our phone/email contact list or to volunteer
as a block captain. If you sign up for just the phone contact list,
Bert will give you updates on crimes and ways to reduce report
incidents until a block captain is identified for your area.
Click on the links
below for a description of the program to include the Albuquerque
Police Dept web page and PDFs of their flyers.
Our goal is to get as close to
100% participation in the neighborhood so we can better identify the
types of crimes being committed in Glenwood hills and to reduce
their occurrences.
