NSL to get stimulus funds to combat gangs

NORTH SALT LAKE — Thanks to a recently awarded Justice Assistance Grant, Davis County's southernmost city will hire a police officer to deal strictly with gang enforcement and education.

The $175,750 grant, one of just a few full grants funded with federal stimulus money, will cover the salary and benefits for the officer for two years, a vehicle and his associated equipment, said North Salt Lake Mayor Shanna Schaefermeyer.

The officer, expected to be hired by early 2010, will work with Davis County's metro gang unit, serve as a resource officer at Foxboro and Orchard elementary schools and will train other officers in gang prevention.

Over the past few years, North Salt Lake police have begun identifying gang-related graffiti, or tagging, associated with eight different gangs, which have apparently begun fleeing Salt Lake County and infiltrating North Salt Lake on the border.

"It's disconcerting," Schaefermeyer said. "We can't let it perpetuate. We can't turn a blind eye to it."

The city's current police force of 16 officers doesn't have the resources or the training to follow up on tagging and do adequate patrols in one of the city's areas of highest growth — the Foxboro neighborhood.

Foxboro neighbors have begun taking steps on their own to form a Neighborhood Watch group and patrol the neighborhood's streets.

"We don't want it to be anything other than a nice, safe neighborhood," Schaefermeyer said.

Shooting in Foxboro

At 4:30 a.m. on October 26, 2009 (Monday morning) we had a shooting in the Foxboro Apartments. While no one was injured, there was some damage to the exterior of one of the buildings. The NSL Police are currently investigating this matter. They have received a few tips they are following. They are looking for two vehicles of interest, one a dark colored small sedan, similar to a Honda Civic and the other a light (white) colored sedan, again, similar to a Honda Civic.

If you have any information, please do not hesitate to contact NSL police at 801-298-6000 or 911 for emergencies.

Situational Awareness Meeting Notes

Situational Awareness
For those who were not able to attend last weeks training with John West from Ops Gear, I have posted some of my notes below. Lets all live in Yellow!!

Color Code levels of Awareness

• White. Living in your own world – completely relaxed and naïve. Oblivious to surroundings.
• Yellow. A little cautious. Being aware and knowing what is going on. You look around and notice your environment and situation. Aware of surroundings.
• Orange. You are aware that something is not quite right. Something is out of place and it is time to take action.
• Red. You have identified a threat. It is time to make others aware.
• Black. Confrontation. You may not know what you are doing. Often times people black out unless they are use to that kind of stress. People often experience tunnel visions and can lose their hearing. You must depend on your muscle and mental memory to get you through.
  Fight, Flight or Freeze – When faced with a confrontation, most people have one of three reactions.

Three types of people in the world

• Sheep, wolves and sheep dog
  Sheep – live in white
  Wolves – predators, feed off of others.
  Sheep Dogs – protectors. Have a combat mind set. Living life in yellow.

Know your environment

• As a sheep dog, you can think like the bad guy. Know what is normal in your neighborhood. Do your homework, learn about the gangs in your neighborhood (colors, signs, etc).

Urban Areas and Threat Analysis

• Pay attention to physical demeanor and approach of others
• One who has aggressive movement
• Avoids notice
• Avoids eye contact

Transition Areas

• Pay extra attention in transition areas and these are where you are most vulnerable
• Getting in the car, walking from house or building to car, stairwells, hallways, etc.
• Create distance when you are faced with a threat. Confrontation is not always the first or best step.

Challenge – Live in yellow for a month!!

Are You a Voter?

Those intricately involved with our city, North Salt Lake, are vital to our Foxboro community as we work on keeping it safe, unified, and needs met.

GET INVOLVED,

If you aren't registered, get registered! Then VOTE on November 3rd at the General Elections, or vote provisionally on any of the early voting days. Visit http://www.nslcity.org/ for more voting information.

Meeting for ALL on Oct. 15th!

Calling ALL Foxboro neighbors!....

Join us for a Foxboro Community Neighborhood Watch meeting on
October 15th, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
at the NEW Foxboro Elementary School
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We have a special guest speaker, John West from Ops Gear, who will be training us on how to be more aware of our surroundings and circumstances.
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This training will help us to better protect ourselves, our families, and our neighborhood.
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Don't miss this awesome training! Forward this to all of your friends and neighbors of Foxboro.


**BLOCK CAPTAINS: contact your area coordinator to receive fliers to help pass out.

Keep Garage Doors Closed

Yet another reminder that our garage doors should not be left open, unless we are outside. Last Thursday, the 17th of September, one of the Area 2/3 residents on Foxhollow (in the villages just north of the park) left their garage door open around 5 pm. While they were inside the home, someone walked into their garage, got in their car and stole a purse. The purse contained a credit card which had been charged on within minutes.

We need to remain vigilant in keeping our own homes secure, as well as warning our neighbors when they have left their garage doors open - day or night.

We're on FACEBOOK!

The lovely Roxey (Area 4 Coordinator) has set us up with our very own facebook account. If you're a facebooker visit us there and join our group!

Foxboro Neighborhood Watch on facebook.

Windows shot at with BB gun

Read the following email from a fellow neighborhood watch citizen:

"A quick FYI about your neighborhood area that one of my neighbors ask me to pass along to you. Her brother lives on Somersby, while he and his family were out of own this past week someone shot at some of the windows in their home with a BB gun. They then went in the backyard and shot at their backyard (to the south of them) neighbors home or fence (I don't remember all the specific details). This was done during the daytime, yesterday. Just a reminder that we need to keep our eye open during daylight hours too."

Patrols (for Area 1 & 4)

Area 1 & 4:

New patrol sign-up sheets have been made in GoogleDocs. If you're interested in helping patrol our neighborhood, please sign-up. If you need an invite to GoogleDocs, please email Gina Catenzaro. {gina (dot) catenzaro (at) hotmail (dot) com}

Thanks guys!

Welcome New Area Coordinator!

We are excited to announce our new Area Coordinator for the apartments in Area Two.

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Jordan Baldwin

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Welcome aboard! We look forward to working with you.