CPCA Fall 2008 Newsletter

Vacation Check List


You Are Going On Vacation - Help Burglars Take One Too!

An empty house is a tempting target for a burglar. Use this checklist of tips to help safegua


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Cactus Park Community Alliance Newsletter - Spring 2008

Cactus Park Community Alliance Newsletter - Summer 2008

Three New Phoenix Points of Pride Selected
ASU at the West Campus, Burton Barr Central Library and Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center are the winners in the recent public voting of the Phoenix


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James R. Healey Aug.16, 2005 USA Today
(This article is from 2005 but more relevant for 2007 as our gas prices continue to climb.)

Gasoline costs are crimping everybody's budget. Here


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CRIME FYI

Some malicious door flyers have been posted in some parts of the Valley. Glendale is the only city affected at this time that I am aware of. The flyers which were left on doors an


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Did you know that you can check the status of an open blight case online?
Just visit www.phoenix.gov/NSD and click on “Check on the Status of a Case.” You can check by specific address or by stre


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Cactus Park Community Alliance Voice Summer 2007

Cactus Park Community Alliance Voice - Spring 2007

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund

Below are 10 easy steps you can take to help decrease officer fatalities on the road. Please remember these every time you are on the road. <


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Banner Poison Control Center
901 East Willetta Street
Room 2701
Phoenix, AZ 85006

Emergency Phone
1-800-222-1222

Parents and caregivers should follow these


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Through a Rapist's eyes
From e-mail

A group of rapists and date rapists in prison were interviewed on what they look for in a potential victim and here are some interesting facts:

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By Ben Kugler
President,
Manzanita Block Watch

Put simply, Block Watch is neighbors working together and looking out for one another.

Block Watch begins with meeting


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The police department implemented a Red Light Running Public Awareness/Enforcement Campaign with the common theme, “Brake on Yellow…Stop on Red.” The objective of this campaign is to change driving b


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Information Provided by the Police Department

Under Phoenix City Code, Section 36-1, a motorized skateboard is defined as a self-propelled device that has a motor a deck on which a person m


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Maybe Yes, Maybe No

I first started paying attention to liquor (bars and restaurants) in or around my neighborhood about 2 years ago. I wasn’t at all sure what I was getting into. I wanted


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Councilman Dave Siebert’s office has received many calls about speeding in residential neighborhoods and major roadways in Phoenix. Speeding is a public safety concern and the city dedicates many reso


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Metro Neighborhood Block Watch Association has been officially in existence since October 2005. Due to our residence being burglarized by a group of local teens, high on meth, we made a request to Co


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Leadership is not magnetic personality-that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not ‘making friends and influencing people’-that is flattery.
Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high


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Having worked in Cactus Park Precinct for over 12 years I have seen many changes, the most prominent being the obsession with speed. Three weeks ago the Phoenix Police department implemented an actio


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Cactus Park Community Alliance (CPCA) has formed a partnership with the Washington Elementary School District. This school district is the largest in the county and reaches into three City of Phoenix


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With so much recent local and national attention focused on serial crimes in Phoenix, it’s understandable that residents are asking about the state of public safety in their city. So I want to share s


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Beginning in the early months of 2006 the Cactus Wren Neighborhood, which was organized at the close of its one year fight back term, experienced a glut of for sale vehicles placed on two of the neigh


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Urban Villages
The urban villages are based on the Phoenix General Plan which was adopted to guide the urban form of the city while meeting the community's desires for a well-planned city with a


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Graffiti is costly and destructive, and sends a message that the community is not concerned about the appearance of its neighborhoods. Graffiti is against the law.
The Phoenix Neighborhood Preser


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Mission
To establish, maintain and advise Block Watches by providing a forum to nurture and exchange ideas to educate on crime prevention, quality of life and safety concerns, while providing a l


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Graffiti is costly and destructive, and sends a message that the community is not concerned about the appearance of its neighborhoods. Graffiti is against the law.
The Phoenix Neighborhood Preser


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Sixteen free shuttle buses ready to make getting to and from the festival an air-conditioned breeze

National recording artist Darryl Worley will headline the 2006 Fabulous Phoenix 4th celeb


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The Phoenix Fire Department has just opened the state’s first fixed fitting station for car seat safety at Fire Station 56, 3210 W. Canotia Place. You can now come to a fixed facility between 9 a.m an


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Basic rules to follow if you want to donate safely and avoid fraudulent charity solicitations
1. Never give on impulse
2. Never give cash
3. Never give out personal information such as


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Governing Magazine/May 2006
STRONG ENOUGH

In a city that doesn’t hand its mayors much power, Phil Gordon knows how to go out and get it.

Some mayors have it easy. They can


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Tired of Credit Card Offers?
Want to protect your credit?
Help get rid of JUNK mail
Call: 1-888-567-8688

It is a fact that criminals use others identity to purchase items on


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If you’re looking for a way to give back to the community, consider volunteering for the Senior Companion Program sponsored by the city of Phoenix.
Volunteers serve at community and senior center


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“We all share the same problems” a group of neighborhood leaders discovered during a community meeting at Grand Canyon University in the spring 2002. Realizing that one neighborhood is not as powerfu


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What does a loud party include? Any large party, gathering or event with five or more persons who have assembled for a special occasion, social activity or other event on private property.




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A long standing partnership between the city and citizens. This is a program of neighbors looking out for each other. It is designed to enlist the active participation of citizens to reduce crime by


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The Phoenix Police Department Judicial Process Detail is responsible for initial and follow-up investigations for the crime of "Taking the Identity of Another" involving the issuing of civil or crimin


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All home or property owners who have been the victim of graffiti should make police reports by calling Crime Stop 602-262-6151 or if the graffiti is in progress by calling 911 each and every time you


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