WOW, Being involved with the neighborhood watch and speaking with the Cottonwood Heights Police as they explained to us what proactive policing is. We figure that along with the Cottonwood Heights Neighborhood Watch we can all but get rid of what is called crimes of opportunity.
Crimes of opportunity is when a crime takes place that if the opportunity were not there, it more than likely would not have happened.
There seems to be mixed feelings about the police knocking a door and letting the folks know there door is open. From what I can see those that have had this service provided to them are not the ones complaining.
I read on one blog I won’t give the guy any traffic so I am not posting his address. He quotes Channel 5 and then calls it “Big Brother” and “Offensive Policing”. He goes on to quote the police department as saying “tell them to close their garage” Here is the link from channel five’s web site, “Hi! I’m just letting you know that your garage door is open,” Garcia told a homeowner…
That is a far cry different then telling someone to close their door. Then this writer talks about the 4th amendment, Oh puleeze. The 4th amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” this is a neighborly thing.
I have told Assistant Cheif of Police Paul Brenneman he can have a clicker for my garage to feel free and shut it.
This write goes on to say “Nonetheless, it is unreasonable for an officer to interrupt my reading, watching TV, making love, or my night sleep-don’t want it.”
