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Thank you both for the thoughtful responses.<br>
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I suppose I'll have to read through the list archives some time for
more historical background on this topic.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/26/2014 01:33 PM, Dean W wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Nate,
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<div>I think Francisco did a great job of answering the
question, and I share his perspective. I would also add that
more cars on the street overnight present more opportunities
for cover when walking around at night. If a potential
criminal is casing a house or pedestrian, and a police officer
or other on-looker happen by, parked cars present cover to
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<div>I am sure I'll get responses to this saying that "we live
in a city", "don't be alarmist", etc. I agree, and I am not
actually concerned that we have too much property theft or
violent crime. I am just reducing the facts to a basic level:
more cars = more cover. This is just one of the problems I
personally see with the Overnight Parking program, which
again, was NOT passed by City Council, and is - in fact - an
"indefinite pilot program" (oxymoron) enacted by mayoral
executive order.</div>
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<div>My thoughts only.</div>
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Dean</div>
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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:58:35 -0500<br>
From: Francisco <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Subject: Re: [Summit] Overnight parking (was Re: SNA
Meeting<br>
addressing area crime, Crime Watch, &
Overnight Parking)<br>
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Nate,<br>
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You are correct. The parking ban would not deter crime
during the daylight hours or through the time that
parking was allowed (up to 1 am?) What I heard directly
from a former police chief in Providence is that as a
patrol man if you see a car parked in front of someone's
house at late hours you can easily assume that the car
either does not belong to the neigborhood (best case
visitor or forgeful homeowner) and write down the
plate. If a crime in the area is committed, you have at
least one lead. With many cars on the street it becomes
more labor intensive to do a scope of all the streets
and check every single car wihtou a sticker every day.
I totally concur with you, the parking ban does not help
to deter crime during the day when most people are at
work<br>
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Also, as neighbors, I agree with you, we can tell when
there is a new car in the neigborhood. Which again,
requires eyes on the street. These may not happen when
people are not necessarily looking (at work or at
night) If it wasn't for my neighbor who feeds her baby
at 4 am, we would have no lead whatsoever on the recent
break ins.<br>
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As a recent victim of one of these crimes, I am
oversensitive to cars (especially unfamiliar ones) on my
street.<br>
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Conclusion, removing the parking ban has its pros and
cons. More effective policing at night is one of the
cons. We, as neighbors, decide the weigh in the pros
and cons and request a solution (re: parking ban) on
each block. After all, we are in a democratic society.<br>
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Francisco J. Lovera<br>
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