The first meeting of the Cabernet Neighborhood Watch Committee was held on November 8, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Raleys meeting room. Altogether, there were 15 people in attendance from our community in Cabernet Highlands.
Officer Andelin from Reno Police Department was on hand to offer assistance and advice on how best to proceed with forming and maintaining a neighborhood watch committee. He spoke with the attendees, querying their concerns. Many of the issues centered around car burglary and speeders.
Also present was Reno City Councilperson Bonnie Weber. Ms. Weber Hosted a meeting at Alice Smith School several weeks ago to promote Neighborhood Watch groups throughout Ward 4. She is committed to community outreach programs and has been instrumental in several improvements in the North Valleys.
Overall, the crime rate in our neighborhood has been typically very low. However, as the North Valleys continue to grow, the goal of the Neighborhood Watch group is to ensure the security of all our neighbors. Neighborhood Watch programs through, “Neighbors helping Neighbors” ensures the peaceful enjoyment of our homes and families.
The outcome of the first meeting was to establish a series of ongoing meetings to assist with teaching our neighbors better ways to ensure safety for their families and property; to encourage greater participation from more people; to provide communication resources through web page, email, and phone trees that inform people in our community; and to request from local agencies solutions to reduce traffic problems and crime going far into the future.
Officer Andelin spoke on the importance of reporting issues to our community leaders through local agencies.
For Emergencies call 911
For Non Emergencies call 775 334-2121
All others call Reno Direct 775 334-4636
Other sources of neighborhood information were discussed. Some suggestions were to attend the Neighborhood Advisory Board meetings held on the third Thursday of each month. Information is available via Reno City Neighborhood Advisory Board page at: https://www.reno.gov/community/your-neighborhood/ward-4
The next meeting of the Cabernet Neighborhood Watch group is tentatively scheduled for December 5, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Raleys community room.
For information or to get involved, please contact Pat Shea or sign up on the website providing contact information.
Pat Shea 775 721 6742 pat100shea@gmail.com
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Crime Watch
Officer Wen Wei attended our February 17 meeting representing Reno PD. He presented a crime statistics of crimes in Cabernet Highlands and the surrounding area.
Cabernet Highlands is a very small area to garner much in the way of statistic. Only one or two calls to 911 in the past 28 days.
Officer Wei expanded the search to include Lemmon Valley, Golden Valley, Raleigh Heights, and West side of North Virginia St.
Cabernet Neighborhood crime watch (screenshot)
The image shows graphic representation the resulting statistics in and about our area for the last 28 days.
3 Grand Theft Auto
2 Simple Assault
1 Residential Burglary
2 Aggravated Assault
The graphs on the left and center provide a pattern of the time frame when crimes occur. I was surprised to find the majority occur during daylight hours in our area. This is a very small sample of statistics, and thus, very hard to draw any workable conclusions.
Traffic Speeding
The image indicates that a request for the Reno PD Radar Trailer was posted with Reno Direct…
During our first meeting, calming traffic speed on Rutherford Dr. and Souverain Ln. was identified as a priority for our fledgling Neighborhood Watch.
The image indicates that a request for the Reno PD Radar Trailer was posted with Reno direct on November 11 to address Speeding.
Lt. Conley coordinated the placement of the trailer in Mid December. The trailer was in place for about a month until January 15.
The top box in the image shows the resulting deployment of Officer Coombe of the traffic division on February 10 . On that day, in just 2 hours, officer Coombe conducted 6 traffic stops and issued citations on Rutherford Dr. A follow-up on February 16 for a similar time period resulted in no traffic stops, and no citations issued.
Casual observation indicates that our focus on speeding is beginning to take effect. The trailer was an obvious signal to drivers that some one was beginning to take speeding seriously. The Reno PD Traffic Div. Enforcement drove the point home. Traffic speed has been mildly reduced. Our neighbors are paying better attention to the speed limit in the community.
I don’t believe for one minute that this is the end of the problem. Reno PD Traffic Sgt Bradford told me that Rutherford and Souverain will be on the watch list, but not their highest priority.
We, as a community, need to continue our project to find ways of reminding drivers that we are serious about reducing the speed on our streets.
February 17 Meeting Minutes
Cabernet Highlands Neighborhood Watch Group
Meeting February 17, 2023
Raley’s meeting room at 6:00 pm
Greetings,
Pat Shea opened the meeting with discussion ideas presented to those present as to the progress of our group in developing a Website https://www.cabernetwatch.org/ and a Facebook page (still in development).
Topics included regular meetings asking how often and what dates and times were best. Some recommendations included a bi-monthly meeting and perhaps holding events that would encourage neighbors to get involved and to meet others in the community.
Our guest speaker was Teresa Aquila, Washoe County Sheriff Deputy who presented the second half of her program entitled "How to be a Good Witness”. The task was to see an image for 5 seconds of a crime in progress and then to recall details of what you saw. The group really had fun with the exercise. The way Teresa presents the material is always interesting and enjoyable.
Our second guest was Officer Wei, Reno Police Department, who added lots of great content to the evening. He reported on crime in our area from the last 28 days stating that there was a battery on Newport Lane and a vehicle theft. Also in Riley heights a battery, property destruction and other. A battery occurred outside Raleys on North Hills. An arrest on Buck and Lemon and Destruction of property at Walmart. No report of crime within Cabernet. He noted that if you witness crime it needs to be reported
Pat Shea reported that he had registered our group with the National Neighborhood Watch organization. Membership in this organization gives us access to training materials and resources to assist with developing good training strategies for our group. The members of our neighborhood Watch group are eligible to receive all of the information by joining and paying annual dues of $22. The National Neighborhood Watch application is on page 2. Also you may research further information on joining by going online to https://nnw.org/membership
NOTE: Please make checks payable to Pat Shea and return with your completed application to:
Pat Shea
7115 Souverain Lane,
Reno, NV 89506
(The group applications need to be sent with one single payment to the National Neighborhood Watch Organization which Pat will complete when we reach the minimum number of applicants. If more than 11 people apply we will get a better rate and will refund the difference to our group.
CABERNET HIGHLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH APPLICATION
2023 -2024 APPLICATION
To become a member of the Cabernet Highlands Watch Group registered with the National Neighborhood Watch Organization, please complete the following and return to Pat Shea with your membership fee of $22 in cash or check payable to Pat Shea. (note) These applications must be mailed as a group with only one form of payment to get the discount price.
First Name: ____________________Last Name: _________________________
Street Address: _____________________________________________________________
City: ______________________ St: ________ Zip: ______________________
Phone: ___________________________________________________________________
Email: ___________________________________________________________________
With your membership you will receive access to information as well as hundreds of publications and resources such as:
• National Neighborhood Watch Institute (NNWI) Toolkit
• How to start a Neighborhood Watch group
• Suggested meeting topics
• Sample meeting agendas, planning checklists, and observation logs
• How to re-vitalize a Neighborhood Watch
• Newsletters covering various topics concerning Neighborhood Watch and Crime Prevention
• Access to the National Sheriff’s association (NSA) discount program, which provides discounts to Southwest, Regal Cinemas, Sears, Firestone and hundreds more!
• Many more resources to come!
Also, new attendees go to: https://www.cabernetwatch.org/ to find out more about joining the Cabernet Highlands Neighborhood Watch. Make our community safer by being vigilant and getting to know your neighbors through this program.
For more information go to: https://nnw.org/membership
Next Meeting:
Raley’s Event Center
April 19, 2023
Opening at 6:00pm
Since the March meeting of Cabernet Neighborhood Watch. I worked to get several issues moved forward on the To Do List.