@trucker That's about right today is 8/28/2015 & nothing for July has been put up on our site .

@BusyMommy FYI. From Pct 4 stats as reported to ACIA under their contract below is the total burglary of habitations and burglary of autos by year for the ACIA area.
burglary of habitation - 2010-13, 2011-17, 2012-15, 2013-16, 2014-13
burglary if auto - 2010-47, 2011-42, 2012-22, 2013-21, 2014-10Out of approximately 2500 homes.
What you are saying sounds like we might have a rash of break-ins probably from the same people.

its the same crew of goons doing this. All of the streets mentioned along with my house is within a 5 mile radius of each other. I have a feeling we will see these characters in the neighborhood again. My house wasn't the first and its definitely not the last that's going to be robbed by these criminals. We all need to keep a collective eye open in order to bring these people to justice, or unfortunately its going to keep happening.

@Johnc874 which is exactly why the community at large needs to hear about this. Only a small percentage is on ADC.
Back in the day we had a crimewatch. Block captians were notified of these sort of things and delivered the mwssafe to their block. This was 30 years ago. One would think with our technology we would have near instant communication.

Things like this may still happen, but consider getting a medium or large dog. Those that commit crime will generally walk away from homes with barkety items in the yard. Also, glass sensors are a plus to help with alarms.

my dogs were not in the home. I am scared honestly of my dogs being around a home invasion. I have had 3 friends who had gotten their homes/apartments broken into. All 3 friends had dogs and unfortunately all dogs were killed during the robberies. People are cruel. just downright cruel.

@Johnc874 Those thugs deserve the death penalty!

Has the person(s) that killed that elderly couple earlier this year been found? In the kings river area off the west end of The Shores? The last time I inquired of one of our constables, it was still under investigation. I hope so.

@Johnc874 Can you maybe say what type of vehicle it was that pulled in your drive at 12:30am if it is the same group doing all this so we all can look out?! I have 4 XL dogs that rotate 2 in/2out all the time. My home backs up to a bayou that a lot walk along and I feel having the dogs out there might make someone think twice before jumping over and the 2 inside at the very least alert me if anyone is on my front porch. I get alarmed even when I hear them have their "attack" type bark that they mean business in the middle of the night. I always check what's going on. I was going to mention 1 more thing that I figured out - besides the regular home security cameras throughout the house.. I use in addition to those -- 3 older I phones as added viewing - there's different apps to use - but the one I have ( all free I might add) u can hear real time voice, recorded motion, watch live etc. - I first did this to "spy" on my teens & dogs while I was working making sure friends weren't in and out. But could also be helpful in identifying people if the living room alarm cam is avoided. The pics are fairly great!

There should be an ACIA trustee in charge of our security contract. The head constable in our area should let that trustee know what crime is taking place in our HOA so the board can put it on our website and send out an email blast. So I decided to go look on our website to see who that trustee might be and found out we have a Safety Advisory Committee. That committe is made up of Bob Garlington, Chairman, Ric Halbrook, Board Represenative and Jimmy Wells, member.There is a fairly long write-up you can read. Below is just a portion of what is on the website."GOALS OF SAC: Enhance safety awareness through increased citizen awareness of crime problems and their impact on the community.
We want to learn of citizen concerns about conditions or situations they observe where timely warnings to our neighbors may be appropriate.These warnings or notices will be posted from time to time under the Security section of the association website. Some situations, such as recurring incidents of similar crimes in the neighborhood may warrant email blasts to residents."Now, if this committee is doing what it was created to do (they have goals) and that goal is to increase awareness of crime, wouldn't you think we should have had a constable tell one of the SAC so one of them could put out an e-blast?They say "some situations may warrant email blasts" but I think all robberies, burglaries, stolen vehicles, vandalizing of anything, well pretty much any crime that might affect any of us members we should be made aware.So why does the constable not know he suppose to keep the SAC Chairman or the Board Represenative updated to crime in our HOA so they in turn can keep the members informed?

Exactly!

SAC is no different than all the other committees that do NOTHING except the one formed in secret that Ric hand picked the people for that & I asked when in a meeting was this discussed or advertised on our website for people to see & join if they wish ..? He said it wasn't he hand picked each person . I said I wanted to be on the committee & I was told NO he said he wants to keep it small . Remember the Tx Real Estate Listing for the wetland lots . The one that said quote --Broker will not file this listing with a Multiple Service ( MLS ) or any other listing service . Seller does not want this listing to be displayed on the internet . So I'm listing this with you but I do not want you to advertise it !!! Now isn't that interesting ??? Then number 15 Special Provisions ; PRICE TO BE DETERMINED EITHER BY COMMITTEE OR HOA BOARD !!!! Wow , we vote into office the people we want on the board & these folks invent a new committee & say in this realtor listing either the committee or the HOA BOARD will determine the price . Why do we have a Board ??? We don't even have to know about the committee being formed & having the powers that the Board has . I only say that because that is what was done behind closed doors behind our backs . We have a Committee given the powers to determine the price .

This Real Estate Listing was active dated Nov 18,2013 & expires May 18 ,2014 So this agreement was done during JW time as president on the Board .

My guess would be they don't inform the Chair of the SAC committee because it changes so much . Without finding records what I remember was Bob G was chair & Rick was something . They had ( 1 ) meeting the Chair Bob G for the 1st & only meeting didn't even show up . Rick was there 2 police officers & the ONLY people that showed up were Me & 1 couple . Total 3 people . Then they changed & Rick H was Chairman & ??? Anthony I think may have been board rep & now Ahhhh Edwin is Chairperson & Ric H is Board Rep . And why don't they dissolve this Committee ??? I guess they think it looks good on our website as if we are a very active group . SAC was Ric H creation & you can see for your self nothing has been done with this Committee .

I am a business owner. I had an idea. Cameras through most services for home security mainly focus on live feeds. This defeats the purpose of a security camera IMO. I was curious what others thought about going to the homeowners associations and ask to have private cameras in the entrance of neighborhoods. I swear if there was a camera at the entrance to the point. My particular situation could have been resolved and the crooks could have been caught. HPD as well as surrounding suburban constables solve 20% of home
Invasions and murders. What is wrong with that picture?