Comments on: Decatur Police Sends Along Halloween Safety Tips

By: Chris 2.0

Chris 2.0 — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:55:07 +0000

I wonder if DPD will take a night off from ticketing bike riders to nab 8 year-olds for jaywalking?

By: dsw

dsw — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:39:28 +0000

Good grief, what’s wrong with the police putting out a safety guide? It’s mayhem on Halloween in my neighborhood and a child could easily get lost or separated from his parents. The police are just trying to be helpful.

By: Nancy Wilkinson

Nancy Wilkinson — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:40:21 +0000

I don’t have kids so i will refrain from commenting about safety tips for parents (seriously biting down on tongue to not mention those happy unsafe Halloweens of years gone by).
As a homeowner who celebrates the holiday though, thought I’d suggest if you plan to give out candy that you take a look at the approach to your door this weekend from an excited costumed kid’s point of view. Jack-o-lanterns on the front steps, low spooky lighting, that decorative boulder right at shin level, the hole in the driveway that you keep meaning to patch, your prize rosebushes that happen to be on the shortest route between your neighbor’s candy station and yours – stumbling and tears just waiting to happen. Put out a few extra lights, move stuff, rope areas off. We usually give out candy at the bottom of the stairs since we get so much traffic and I put rope lights or Christmas lights along the path I want the kids to take.
If you don’t want the trick-or-treaters bothering you, turning off the lights doesn’t necessarily discourage them from tromping up to your front door and disturbing your dinner or driving your dogs nuts. Block the access at the bottom of the stairs, close the gate, put up some sawhorses if you really want to be left alone.

By: po-po

po-po — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:12:48 +0000

And if the Police did not put something out, you would be posting about that also. GET OVER IT….

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:01:58 +0000

Knew that was coming.