Comments on: Burglary Reported on Park Drive Yesterday Afternoon

By: tom

tom — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 18:52:40 +0000

Since we have a community that is willing to pay for the infrastructure and institutions that are required to have an excellent quality of life, why don’t we hire more police? It doesn’t seem like doing double shifts is going to address the long term problem here. The growing affluence of Decatur is pretty difficult to hide and maybe it’s time we look at increasing police presence in the long term. As the population of the city grows, is the police department growing as well? I’m asking because i really don’t know. Those informed, please speak up.

By: Rival

Rival — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 23:46:29 +0000

A lot of these have been brazen. Some even moreso. A Benz with drive-out tags would suggest a stolen vehicle, right?

I hope the judges that end up getting these cases are looking at maximum sentences for these lowlifes.

By: Occi

Occi — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 23:45:19 +0000

Glad so many neighbors are getting involved. I’ve called the non-emergency police number and they were very friendly with me reporting a car that did not belong on my street with the driver acting strangely.

By: Klaus

Klaus — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 23:42:46 +0000

Brave neighbor intervening. It is safe to say many citizens are pissed and will act when we see something. nice job

By: Oakhurst3

Oakhurst3 — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 22:03:06 +0000

6 pm, people coming home from work, crooks parked in a driveway in plain view loading a tv into a Mercedes SUV with no tag… On a dead end street. MY dead end street. And my child, home alone, saw it out the window. A-holes, indeed.
Thank goodness for our watchful neighbors- one who called 911 and the other making sure they know damn well that we are paying attention. We are all so lucky no guns were involved. Wish Decatur police would regularly patrol the arteries into the south part of Decatur so these “visitors” would know they are being watched.