October Newsletter

CABERNET HIGHLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2023

Our calendar has been set for 2024. The dates and locations are as follow:

• January 10, 2024

• March 13, 2024

• May 8, 2024

• July 10, 2024

• September 11, 2024

• November 13, 2024

Meetings are held at Raley’s community room at 6:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing all of you at our bi-monthly meetings in the New Year.

The last meeting focused on Cyber crime and ways to prevent your phone or computer from being the venue for you being ripped off.

Ray Lake and Pat Shea held a discussion on ways to safeguard your devices by keeping your software up to date, using multi-factor authentication, and strong passwords using a password manager.

They talked about text messages and the dangers of opening text messages and or links attached to emails. Ray suggested that if you do see a text message that seems suspicious to forward it to 7726.

Reno Police Department has not budgeted for Neighborhood Watch support programs this year and so Cabernet Neighborhood Watch and other groups within the city limits will have to carry on without the support of our friends at RPD. We want to thank Lt Connelly, Officer Wei, and Officer Andolin for their support throughout the past year and a half. And a BIG thank you goes to Theresa Aquila at the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department for her support throughout.

Studies have shown that neighborhood watch programs reduce crime by 16%. Therefore, we are committed to continuing with our efforts to support our Cabernet Highlands Community and to reach out to our neighbors in Estancia in the near future.

Some of the projects we were hoping to achieve may be put on the back burner for now, but the website will continue to provide information and communication to our friends and neighbors, and we will continue to meet every other month to provide support and information to our members.

HALLOWEEN IS COMING!!!

Some of our neighbors will be joining us to provide Glow Sticks and candy to the little ghosties and Goblins throughout the community. We will be monitoring activity in the neighborhood and contacting local law enforcement if there are any problems. In this way, we hope to ensure the safety of our younger neighbors.

Contact Pat Shea if you too wish to participate.

Stay safe everyone.