At this meeting we had a guest speaker from the Fire Department, Neighborhood Services Department, and had information on Landlord / Tenant Rights, Improving Communication with Fire and Police, Crisis Financial Management, the most common Blight found in neighborhoods.  

Thank you for coming to the August 2010 Maricopa County Home & Garden Show! What a great Show!  Enjoy the photos! It shows some of the programs of the Police Department and a table was set up for Phoenix Block Watch Advisory Board to help revitalize Block Watches throughout Phoenix. We enjoyed visiting with everyone.

"What did one cat say to another, while talking on a cell phone?"

The 2010 Census is on schedule and significantly under budget. The Census Bureau will return at least $1.6 billion of our budgeted funds for the 2010 Census. This figure represents about 22% of the total amount allocated by Congress for the census in 2010.

Congratulations to our Caring Community Award Winners for South Mountain Precinct:

Fay Gray, Grant Park Neighborhood Fight Back, David, & Lillian Plew, Vivian Gallo, Joan Laurie, Juel Mercer, Alice Wells, Stephanie Scovell, Ron and Myrna Tweedy

Operation Identification (Operation ID) is a citizen’s burglary prevention program for use in homes and businesses. The Operation ID program involves marking property with an identifying number as a means of discouraging burglary and theft. It also provides police with a way to identify property should it be stolen and recovered.

Officer Tammy Hort was awarded a Community Caring Award for her years of being a Community Programs Coordinator and for her involvement in the community.  Commander Rob Handy commended Officer Hort on her service since 1999 as a Police Officer who truly cares for her community. 

Commander Handy also discussed the addition of two new Precincts and how the boundaries and overall goals would balance out the workload across all the Precincts to best utilize patrol resources.

Homeland Security and Borders

Retired Detective Bob Wamsley gave a presentation on Homeland Security.  A video was shown regarding the 8 signs of Terrorism.  Bob also discussed the Border and how that impacts our State.  He encouraged everyone to call the ACTIC Center, phone 877-272-8329 should they see suspicious activity and also 911.

Fax Net 1

Antonia Bennett gave an overview of how Fax Net 1 receives crime alert information from law enforcement regarding crime in the area and how they fax it out to all businesses in that area who are signed up in their database.  She also explained that Fax Net 1 works with Silent Witness and also with the Chamber of Commerce.  Antonia discussed how Fax Net 1 is expanding their database and encourages Blockwatch groups and companies to sign up to receive crime alerts from Fax Net 1.

Drawings were held throughout the evening. The following sponsors were thanked for contributing to the door prizes:  Lowes Home Improvement and Ace Hardware on Tatum.  Thank you again.

Here is a summary of the March 23rd Phoenix Block Watch Advisory Board General Meeting hosted by Desert Horizon Precinct at the Moon Valley Country Club.  Desert Horizon Precinct Commander, Sandra Renteria, thanked the people in attendance and also the community for their support and being the “eyes and ears” for the police department.  She informed everyone in attendance that Desert Horizon Precinct had 325 active Block Watch groups and 100 active PNP members.  She also stated that the crime stats for 2009 decreased 16.6% for violent crimes,20.6% for property crimes and encouraged people to continue to call police regarding suspicious activity. The Commander discussed the two new Precincts that will be added to Desert Horizon and how they will benefit the community.