West Bradley Citizens' Association

SECURITY CONCERN:

Neighbors have reported another security concern – namely, the sighting of a slow-moving white sedan with New Jersey license tags and occupied by two Caucasian males. The neighbor encountered the car repeatedly west of Seven Locks Road – particularly on Laurel Oak, Charred Oak, and Honeybee. The car occupants did not place material in mail boxes. Although they might have been driving slowly in order to identify homes that might require some specific service, their behavior was sufficiently out of the ordinary to raise questions. If anyone could provide more information on this car, let us know. For future cases, the Montgomery County police advise, when possible, getting the license number and reporting the incident promptly to local authorities.

Kudos to thoughtful neighbors for sounding the alert on this incident and with regard to the rude young man who came to so many homes this last week! We now learn from the many replies to yesterday’s message that the young man came to homes on both sides of Seven Locks Road! If he shows up again, do call 911! Thanks especially to neighbors using the burningrose listserv who sounded the alert! For those who have not signed up for our discussion listservs, we have attached the West Bradley flier which tells you how to access, not only our general West Bradley announcement listserv, but also our two more informal discussion listservs – one for each side of Seven Locks Road.

HELP ON SIGNING UP NEW NEIGHBORS:

By the way, the attached flier can be useful for all of you helping us update our community listserv with contact information on new neighbors! Just have them fill out the form and send to Sandy Vogelgesang (email or snail mail). To the extent we have an up-to-date listserv we are much better prepared to deal with the kinds of security alerts received this weekend! Thanks to ALL of you for your help!

Security Concern

Several neighbors in our West Bradley community east of Seven Locks Road have reported concern about a young man who has been coming to their door this week and either asking for contributions to unspecified organizations or saying that he is taking a poll on literacy. Neighbors report that he has shown no identification of the organization that he represents and that he has been rude and threatening. The description posted by neighbors: Appears to be in his late teens, African-American, wearing a white shirt, glasses and khaki pants.

We are posting this notice on our general listserv because notice of this concern was posted only on the burningrose discussion listserv and not for the westofsevenlocks discussion listserv.

In this kind of situation, Montgomery County police recommend that, when in doubt, do not hesitate to call 911. That is the number to call – not 311, which is for non-security issues. Even if the police arrive too late to talk to the person who has come to your door, police presence in the neighborhood can help. Further, the standard precaution applies: always check before opening your door to a stranger.

Update on New Neighbors

Summer is the time for greater turnover in our community, with new neighbors moving in. We would appreciate an update from street captains on any new neighbors who have moved in this last year and, as the summer progresses, new ones that arrive. In fact, just to help assure that our lists are as up-to-date as possible, anyone in our community who can provide us with the contact information (name, address, phone number and email) for a new neighbor or someone you think may not be on our listserv and would like to be, send that information to Sandy Vogelgesang, WBCA president, everest.associates@erols.com. For example, any one of you who thinks that your next door neighbor may not be on our listserv, do err on the side of checking! We never know when we will need this list in case of emergency. We are particularly concerned in behalf of those with health issues or seniors who may need some special help. Thanks in advance for your help!