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Crime Decreases in GP

Posted on by Don Ryan

Crime Decrease in Grand Prairie
The Grand Prairie Police Department is proud to announce the sixth consecutive year of a crime decrease in the city of Grand Prairie. UCR Part 1 Crimes (Murder, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Theft and Auto Theft) were down 9% in 2015 as compared to 2014. Overall, crime has decreased 42% since 2010 (Violent Crimes decreased 6%; Property Crimes decreased 45%). This six-year decrease translates into 3,382 fewer crime victims in 2015 as compared to 2010.
Since 2010, the individual crime decrease categories are as follows:
  •  28% Decrease in Robberies
  •  19% Decrease in Aggravated Assaults
  •  64% Decrease in Burglaries
  •  36% Decrease in Thefts
  • 45% Decrease in Auto Thefts
The Grand Prairie Police Department attributes these sustained and historic decreases to the hard work of the men and women of GPPD and continuance of the following three-part strategy:
  • Focus on intelligence-led policing and technology to anticipate crime and place resources on hot spots
  • Community Policing – volunteerism and community partnerships jointly addressing quality of life issues
  • Responsibly aggressive enforcement and identification of active, repeat offenders
While many factors affect a crime rate, the Grand Prairie Police Department believes their holistic approach to policing, community partnerships and public trust have contributed to less crime and improved quality of life in the city.

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Visitor Parking Policy, Revised

Posted on by Don Ryan

At the last Board Meeting held on December 3, 2015, there were modifications made to the initial Visitor Parking Permits  policy. As stated previously, this policy will be modified periodically as required, and in order to properly notify everyone of these recent changes, we will be sending out a letter to all homeowners within the week.

On another note, the towing company is here almost every day now, day and night patrols,  and have been towing vehicles parked in the fire lane, with expired registrations, and parking without authorization. They are authorized to do this due to our contract with them.

You can find a copy of our parking rules in the menu above, Governing Documents.

Information, Visitor Parking

Board Elections for 2016

Posted on by Don Ryan

Just a reminder for those interested in running for a position on the Board of Directors that we will begin taking applications in the form of a resume starting January 2, 2016.

We have two director positions which will be on the Ballot.

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Holiday School Vacation

Posted on by Don Ryan

As most of you have noticed, there are a lot of kids wandering around the complex this week due to Thanksgiving vacation. We had a car get hit by rocks thrown by two young boys, another boy purposely damaged Association property, and there is lots of trash tossed about.

Folks with kids need to keep an eye on them and what they are doing.  Damaging the property of others in not constructive nor will it be tolerated. If you see kids damaging property just to have something to do, please contact the Police.

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Broken Glass in Trash Bags

Posted on by Don Ryan

Despite our many efforts to curtail the practice of our residents putting broken glass panes, broken bottles, busted mirrors and glass shards into plastic trash bags, we STILL have residents who do this. This is not just careless, it is negligent. We have sent out Notices which ask our residents to put broken glass of any sort into a box and tape it securely. This includes 12 or 24 packs of beer bottles, as the bottles always fall out of the open cardboard container and end up shattering in the trailer or on the ground, and at the compactor.  Boxes must be taped closed or we will not pick them up.

We have already had one of our maintenance guys get cut on the leg from a shard of glass poking out of a trash bag and in the most recent 3 or 4 trash days, we had at least 6 plastic trash bags with broken glass in them. We are not talking a broken drinking glass; we are talking fairly large window glass or mirror pieces. We will be checking bags for broken glass each time we pick up trash and will be noting the addresses of any broken glass in trash bags or not properly contained in a securely closed box. Each time we find broken glass in a trash bag there will be fines issued to the owner(s).

This is a health and safety issue and must be taken seriously.

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