Druid Hills Civic Association - Neighborhood Safety

SERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF DRUID HILLS

A COMMUNITY NESTLED IN THE HEART OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA

NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY

The Druid Hills Public Safety Committee is chaired by Doug Rollins. We are working on multiple approaches to addressing crime within our community. Please send any neighborhood public safety concerns to: publicsafety@druidhills.org.

Neighborhood Watch

We believe that neighbors who know each other look out for each other, and that is our most effective method of deterring crime. With Neighborhood Watch, neighbors keep an eye out for one another. To make this work we need street captains (and co-captains for the longer streets). To date, we have 45 street captains!

Street captain responsibilities:

Maintain a contact list for every house on the street and share it with everyone on the list.
Forward monthly crime reports to your list. (It will be sent to you by the Druid Hills Neighborhood Watch Leader, Ellen Meshnick.)
If a crime does occurs, the victim must call the police. Then either email your neighbors or tell the street captain, who will do so.

Note that you don’t have to belong to the Druid Hills Civic Association nor the Druid Hills Patrol. (However, we encourage you to join both. If everyone joins the Patrol, it can extend its hours and its patrol area.)

Join the team!

Public Safety Committee, Doug Rollins, publicsafety@druidhills.org

Neighborhood Watch Leader, Ellen Meshnick, neighborhoodwatch@druidhills.org

The mission of the Druid Hills Patrol is to make Druid Hills safer by employing off-duty police officers to patrol our community and supplement services provided by the police. It is a separate organization from the DHCA. It is a non-profit organization, funded by members and managed by volunteers. The DHCA encourages all neighbors to join. The more members, the more hours can be spent patrolling the neighborhood! Join the patrol today!

PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY

Don't leave anything in your car. Even things that might seem like they aren't of value, may be desirable to someone else! Believe it or not, loose change can be the reason for a broken window.

Please remember to retrieve packages from your doorstep as soon as they are delivered.

Coordinate package security with neighbors by exchanging contact information and agreeing to either move packages to a secure location or take them inside for each other.

Remove mail from your mailbox as soon as possible after delivery.

Report ALL thefts.

Be a good neighbor and keep an eye out for anything unusual.

SEEN DOWNED SIGNS/STREET LIGHTS OUT?

Report street light outages here.

Report downed signs in DeKalb County by emailing Sharon Neal.

MONTHLY CRIME REPORT

Druid Hills Crime Report: November 2020: 43 total crimes
In DeKalb County: 37 crimes
Case #	Type of crime	Address	Date	Day	Likely comm’l or resident’l complex
20- 094047	Theft from motor vehicle	1200 block Stillwood Dr	11/30/2020 @ 9:30 pm	Mon
20- 094061	Theft from motor vehicle	1300 block Stillwood Dr	11/30/2020 @ 8:30 pm	Mon
20- 094228	Theft from motor vehicle	700 block Clifton Rd	11/30/2020 @ 3:30 pm	Mon	√
20- 093992	Theft from motor vehicle	700 block Clifton Rd	11/30/2020 @ 3:30 pm	Mon	√
20- 093502	Theft from motor vehicle	1400 block Emory Rd	11/28/2020 @ 11:00 pm	Sat
20- 093549	Theft from motor vehicle	900 block Oakdale Rd	11/28/2020 @ 5:00 pm	Sat
20- 093422	Theft from motor vehicle	400 block Emory Dr	11/28/2020 @ 4:00 pm	Sat
20- 093314	Theft from motor vehicle	1600 block E Clifton Rd	11/27/2020 @ 9:00 pm	Fri
20- 092870	Theft from motor vehicle	1100 block Oakdale Rd	11/26/2020 @ 12:00 am	Thurs
20- 092871	Theft from motor vehicle	800 block Barton Woods Rd	11/25/2020 @ 8:00 pm	Wed
20- 092498	Theft from motor vehicle	1200 block Stillwood Dr	11/24/2020 @ 5:31 pm	Tues
20- 091995	Scooter seat taken.	1700 block N Decatur Rd	11/23/2020 @ 1:15 pm	Mon	√
20- 091988	Theft from motor vehicle	1300 block Normandy Dr	11/22/2020 @ 11:00 pm	Sun
20- 092085	Theft from motor vehicle	1500 block University Dr	11/22/2020 @ 11:00 pm	Sun	√
20- 091925	Car broken into and items taken	1700 block Ridgewood Dr	11/22/2020 @ 6:00 pm	Sun
20- 091504	Victim laid leaf blower down in front yard while working in back yard and it was stolen.	200 block Woodview Dr	11/21/2020 @ 12:00 pm	Sat
20- 091382	Theft from motor vehicle	900 block Springdale Rd	11/20/2020 @ 5:30 pm	Fro
20- 090925	Stolen car	1300 block Briarcliff Rd	11/18/2020 @ 11:50 pm	Wed	√
20- 090522	Car broken into and items taken.	1500 block N Decatur Rd	11/17/2020 @ 6:15 pm	Tues	√
20- 089869	Theft from motor vehicle	1500 block N Decatur Rd	11/15/2020 @ 10:03 am	Sun	√
20- 089745	Theft from motor vehicle	1300 block Chalmette Dr	11/15/2020 @ 1:20 am	Sun
20- 089718	Theft from motor vehicle	1200 block Oakdale Rd	11/14/2020 @ 7:00 pm	Sat
20- 088651	Theft from motor vehicle	1300 block Emory Rd	11/10/2020 @ 6:22 pm	Tues
20- 087959	Motor vehicle theft	800 block Clifton RdSat	11/8/2020 @ 9:30 pm	Sun
20- 092404	All other larceny Car broken into at Fernbank.	700 block Clifton Rd	11/7/2020 @ 7:00 pm		√
20- 087712	Burglary/breaking and entering: Apartment broken into through rear patio door	700 block Rock Springs Ct	11/7/2020 @ 4:15 pm	Sat	√
20- 087548	Destructive/damage/vandalism of property Vehicle broken into overnight.	1500 block Emory Rd	11/7/2020 @ 6:00 am	Sat
20- 087504	Driving under the influence: driver sitting in illegally parked vehicle was intoxicated	Scott Blvd & N Parkwood Rd	11/7/2020 @ 4:15 am	Sat
20- 087448	Theft from motor vehicle	1200 block Springdale Rd	11/6/2020 @ 6:30 pm	Fri
20- 087492	Theft from motor vehicle	1200 block N Decatur Rd	11/6/2020 @ 6:00 pm	Fri	√
20- 087441	Theft from motor vehicle	900 block Lullwater Rd	11/6/2020 @ 5:00 pm	Fri
20- 087260	Stolen auto	1600 block E Clifton Rd	11/6/2020 @ 9:10 am	Fri
20- 087418	All other larceny	1300 block Oxford Rd	11/6/2020 @ 4:30 am	Fri	√
20- 088395	Stolen bicycle	1300 block Chalmette Dr	11/5/2020 @ 10:00 am	Thurs
20- 086777	Robbery at Jimmy John’s: cash taken from cash register drawer	1500 block N Decatur Rd	11/4/2020 @ 4:10 pm	Wed	√
20- 086328	All other larceny Signs taken from yard.	1100 block Oxford Rd	11/1/2020 @ 3:35 pm	Sun
20- 085702	Drunkenness Public Intoxication	1200 block Oxford Rd	11/1/2020 @ 2:44 am	Sun
In City of Atlanta: 6 crimes
20 3351143	Larceny-from vehicle	758 S Ponce de Leon Ave	11/30/2020	Mon
20 3301353	Larceny-from vehicle	1638 Clifton Terrace	11/25/2020	Wed
20 3221239	Larceny-non vehicle	650 S Ponce de Leon Ave	11/17/2020	Tues
20 3210755	Larceny-non vehicle	777 Briarcliff Rd	11/16/2020	Mon
20 3151663	Larceny-from vehicle	1305 Fairview Rd	11/10/2020	Tues
20 3081476	Larceny-from vehicle	777 S Ponce de Leon Ave	11/3/2020	Tues
Compiled by E. Meshnick from crimemapping.com and opendata.atlantapd.org

PONCE CORRIDOR SAFETY

Ponce de Leon was designed as a part of the original Druid Hills plan by Frederick Law Olmsted to be a meandering, picturesque road showcasing the neighborhood. As Atlanta has grown (and so has the traffic!), it is a very dangerous corridor with frequent traffic accidents and incidents. It also has problems with flooding.

The GDOT has had several stakeholder input meetings as they try to address these issues while working within our neighborhood's historical landmark regulations. We maintain a special web page where we host updates about the "Ponce Corridor" here.

FLOCK Security Camera PILOT PROGRAM

FLOCK cameras were installed in Division 1 as part of a City of Atlanta grant beginning August 20, 2018.
Read about the DHCA Pilot Program

Important update on FLOCK contract (November 2020):

The DHCA wants to ensure all residents are aware of the expiration of the grant used to cover the first two years of our FLOCK camera system. Beginning in February of 2021, those living on Fairview, Lullwater, Oakdale and Springdale will need to pick up the contracting and payment process directly with FLOCK in order to maintain coverage. The current rate is $2,000 per camera/year or $4,000 to cover both ends of a street segment. The organizers of private FLOCK contracts on Cornell and Oxford tell us that the annual cost per resident varies from $88-$120 per year depending on the number of homes.

Read our analysis of FLOCK camera effectiveness.

DHCA SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM

Sick and tired of our sidewalks?

Your DHCA is too!

And we want to do something about them! The first step towards any remediation of our abysmal sidewalks is to understand the size and scope of the problem.We can do this and we desperately need your help. Thanks to COVID 19, we’re all spending a lot more time walking, running, skating and riding up and down our streets.

Send me a quick email with a photo of the worst of the worst. Take a picture, note the specific address of the sidewalk and the side of the street if possible. We believe that neighbors who know each other look out for each other, and that is our most effective method of deterring crime. To that end, we’re going to create an inventory of our sidewalks that we can use to inform fact-based discussions with stakeholders including DeKalb County.

Send your sidewalk pics (with address) to publicsafety@druidhills.org. Spread the word to your friends and neighbors. #safewalk

CONTACT US

DRUID HILLS CIVIC ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 363, Decatur, GA 30031

mail@druidhills.org
druidhills.org