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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS -SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1987
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Houses
damaged
Firemen were
called to the scene of
two major house
fires Thursday. This
house off Pilgrim
Mill Road was two
thirds damaged by
a blaze Thursday af
ternoon. Its cause
is still being investi
gated. The sec
ond fire took place
later that day at a
house on Chestnut
Hill Road. Gas left
on in the fire place
caused the blaze,
according to firemen.
Staff Photo Laura McCullough
Neighborhood watch has eye for burglars
By Tom McLaughlin
Staff writer
An increase in burglary- and theft-related crime
arrests in the county has not stemmed the rising
tide of such crimes, and Sheriff Wesley Walraven
is appealing to county residents to help his depart
ment battle the bad guys.
“We’ve been very fruitful in making arrests, but
they have not been a deterrent,” Walraven said.
“We need to enlist the help of everyone out there.”
The number of burglaries has gone up steadily
since September, and the December Christmas
season is typically one of the department’s busiest
months. In September, 34 burglary- and theft-re
lated crimes were reported including shoplift
ing, theft by taking and theft by receiving. By Octo
ber, the number had risen to 37, and in November
the department recorded 47.
“And from all indications December will be
worse,” Walraven said. "We’ve already had six so
far. Dec. 1 was a real terrible day.”
The department has also had a high success rate
in arresting theives. In the same four-month period
in which the 124 burglaries have taken place, there
have been 48 arrests, 32 for theft-related crimes
and seven for burglary. These arrests, several of
which have been keys to breaking burglary rings,
have resulted in the solving of at least 75 cases. But
the success is taking deputies off of the streets,
Walraven said.
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“The officers are making arrests and typing re
ports, and all of that is taking time away from their
being on preventive patrol,” he said.
Walraven called on residents to keep their eyes
open, to report suspicious vehicles in their neigh
borhoods and to get their neighbors to watch the
houses of those who are away.
Roger Bottoms, the public relations officer for
the Police Department in Suwanee, which has a
citywide watch program, said that the program
was an effective way for the police and residents to
work together to battle crime.
“We can help the people help themselves,” he
said.
According to Bottoms, a neighborhood watch
program can be set up by any neighborhood. It only
reqires that interested persons meet with a police
official trained in instructing them on what to look
for, and picking a block captain.
“The block captain is in charge of taking down
the names and phone numbers of everyone on the
block and keeping records. The records are notes,
such as in the case of a burglary, what was taken,
what occurred, were the suspects apprehended
and could the event have been prevented,” he said.
Bottoms said that it is also common practice for
the block captain to take up a collection to buy
signs informing would-be-burglars that the neigh
borhood is protected by a neighborhood watch
program.
“The signs are a good deterrent in themselves,”
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Cumming, Ga.
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he said. “A criminal knows that people will be
watching him in this neighborhood.”
Bottoms said the citywide program could easily
be implemented in Cumming.
“Right now would be the best time. Then when
more serious crime problems come in as the com
munity grows, it’s already in place and you’re
ready.”
The Suwanee program was paid for in its first
year by donations from businesses and in its sec
ond year by the city.
Cumming Police Chief A.W. Lindsey said that he
has not been successful in getting e . agh coopera
tion from the residents of a neighborhood to begin a
neigborhood watch program.
Lindsey said that he too is preparing for the high
er rate of crime during the Christmas season.
“At this time of year we do expect more crime,
and we’re beefing up our patrols,” he said.
The eight-man Cumming Police Department has
helped hold down the number of burglaries within
the city limits. There were 33 reported burglaries
in all of 1986 and 27 reported thus far in 1987.
“One thing I’d like all the merchants to know is
that anytime they have an abundance of cash to
take to the bank we’d love for them to call us. We’d
be more than glad to provide an escort,” Lindsey
said. “Anything we can do to help the public. If
residents are going out of town, they should call us.
That way we can provide a little extra security.”
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