Online enrollment for NUDL is up ...

Check it out, please.

https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/nudl-private-security-trial

Rockridge Data ... well ... Rocks!

Courtesy of the Rockridge & Temescal Organizers. 

Our neighbors in Rockridge implemented security patrols November 4 of last year for a 4-month trial period, and will be seeking to continue patrols after the trial period. The Rockridge patrol organizers have released a report produced by Ph.D. economist Paul Liu. Dr. Liu analyzed crime trends using data from the “official” crime data site for Oakland, CrimeMapping.com, and found that crime in Lower Rockridge is down by 46% relative to what it would have been absent the patrols, 45% after accounting for possible displacement. See the full report at http://goo.gl/P3aRXb. 

Now that I have your attention - Help! We need additional board members. Please e-mail me at jdelaney44@gmail.com.

Clarification - OPD response to security company calls

It has been brought to my attention that Capt. Orozco and a couple other police officers have said very recently that security companie do OPD does not respond to calls from patrols any faster than calls from citizens.
(corrected 12-Feb-14 - jd)

I will contact Capt. Orozco as soon as I can to see if there is any thing else we need to know here. 

This is contrary to information that I have heard unofficially at three different neighborhood meetings.

This does not dilute the fact that a patrol officer will be in the neighborhood during the hours we finally set and will respond to us. It also does not dilute the fact that, in my personal experience, OPD responds to calls based on the seriousness of the matter.

I also want to remind everyone that if you see something that you believe is an emergency, call 911 first regardless of your situation with an alarm or security company.

The FAQ has been updated below to reflect this information.

Door to Door Walk Around Saturday 08-Feb-2014 10:00 a.m.

We will be walking about Upper Dimond / Lincoln Heights this Saturday @10:00 a.m. The plan is to knock on doors, spread the word, and pass out some printed information about the patrol organizing effort. 

AND of course meet more of our neighbors. That's really the best part!

We need your help!

If you are interested, please e-mail me at 

jdelaney44@gmail.com

I will then provide you with additional details. 

Best,
John

Alternative

I received an interesting suggestion. Why not organize people who are regularly out walking around either for exercise, with their dogs, or whatever? It's possible. We could probably work out something with radios or cell phones. However there are two points I want to make about the idea and how the patrol overcomes some gaps.

First
During the week days the walking starts at about 4:30 a.m. and is pretty much a wrap by 10:00 a.m. It does not begin again until about 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Then it's over by 8:00 ish although the evening has a longer tail on it. (These are my personal observations over the last two years working at home)

The patrol as proposed at least plugs the mid day gap.

Second
This is not just about patrol. It is also about response. As designed the officer will be able to respond to a call or an alarm trip(assuming you've set that up with your alarm company) in 5 minutes or less. (I'm targeting 3 minutes, we'll see). Walkers are not going to be able to do that.

Should we fail to raise enough interest in a private patrol based on a dedicated car and a dedicate patrol officer this is definitely something to consider. 

Internet Resources

Just posting this in case anyone is not aware of these sites:

We were on KTVU!
http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/oakland-neighbors-take-crime-problems-into-their/vCPtJw/

Nextdoor.com
https://nextdoor.com/
Nextdoor is like a Facebook for just your neighborhood. You need to submit your address to join. It's nice because the postings are from and about events and issues that are local to us.

Yahoo Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo
Yahoo Groups are discussion groups set up by people who are trying to communicate about specific issues. There may be a Yahoo Group for your street. You can search Yahoo Groups using your street name or some other name like the name of your area to see if there is a group for that.

Also, check with your immediate neighbors, they may know about a group for your specific block or area.

I don't post these groups publicly as the moderators often want only their blocks or smaller neighborhoods to know about them.

22X NCPC
http://oakland22x.org/
The 22X NCPC (Neighboorhood Crime Prevention Council) is a body created as a part of City of Oakland and OPD efforts to build direct lines of communication between neighborhoods and the OPD officers assigned to them.

22X is a “beat” covering part of the Dimond area roughly to the north / northwest of Coolidge.

22Y NCPC
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BHJM_NCPC/info
22Y is essentially the same as 22X but to the south / south east of Coolidge. This is group is restricted. I've posted this one because 22Y is relatively well known.

Dimond Improvement Association (DIA) (added 03-Feb-14 - JD)

eMail List Serv -
Dimond@lists.lmi.net is an e-mail list supported by the members of the Dimond Improvement Association. Shop local!

To post just end an e-mail to dimond@lists.lmi.net   I believe this list is moderated. I don't know how fast messages get posted.

To join:
I think you can send an e-mail saying you want to join to - dimond-request@lists.lmi.net
(That's what I did anyway ...)

Manage your account (unsubscribe) at:
http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/dimond

More information about DIA at:
http://www.dimondnews.org/dia


Join & manage your account at:
http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/dimond


Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the DIA.

CrimeMapping.com
http://www.crimemapping.com/
Pretty much what it says (added 23-Feb-2014 -jd)

Spotcrime
http://spotcrime.com
Spotcrime is a site that allows you to gather and do some basic analysis of crime data.

Walk Around Results - Feb 1st.

www.blessdesigns.com.au

Thanks to everyone who helped today with the walk around. Once more we were able to speak with many neighbors who were friendly, receptive, and who engaged us in meaningful conversation. We are very fortunate to live in a great community. It is worth defending.

I have already heard from two folks who will definitely become members. If the last walk around we did is any indication that number will grow this week a good bit.



We will be doing at least two more walk arounds on:

• Feb 8th 
• Feb 15th or 16th

Please leave a comment here if you are interested in helping with the walk arounds.

See below for the FAQs, there have been a couple of additions and clarifications.

Also, check out KTVU tonight or tomorrow night. We had a super nice crew from KTVU along with us for most of the day today. I'm really glad they have taken an interest in this story.