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August 1, 2017 Is This Year’s National Night Out

July 24, 2017 by MontlakeFlyer Leave a Comment

If you are a Block Watch Captain you are probably already planning your event.  If your street/immediate neighborhood doesn’t have a Block Watch Captain – please volunteer to take on this role.  Then invite your neighbors to join you for a night out on Tuesday, August 1.

To Organize Your Night Out Event:

  • Register to have your street closed from 6-10 PM on August 1 go to:

http://www.seattle.gov/police/community-policing/night-out

You can also use this same link to put your event on the map and download materials about National Night Out (NNO) to share with your neighbors.

  • And for current captains and new captains, if you haven’t already, please register as a Block Watch Captain via this link:

 http://seattleemergencyhubs.org/contact-us/block-watch-group-entry-form/

(Sorry about all these links.)

National Night Out is a great time to socialize with your long time neighbors and meet your new neighbors.  If you want to apply for financial support for your neighborhood picnic, please email your request to Carol Cordy at carolcordymd@gmail.com and the Montlake Community Club can reimburse you up to $75.00.

Knowing your neighbors makes your neighborhood safer.  The first National Night Out in 1984 involved 2.5 million neighbors in 400 communities.  Last year NNO involved 38 million in 1600 communities. If you want to learn more about the history of NNO go to https://natw.org/

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Montlake Block Watch Meeting March 7th

February 25, 2016 by BryanHaworth 3 Comments

BlockWatchPlease join us Monday, March 7th from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Montlake Public Library Branch meeting room for a Block Watch presentation by Seattle PD Crime Prevention Coordinator, Terrie Johnston.

Sponsored by the Montlake Community Club, this discussion will focus on crime prevention including home and neighborhood security, how to set up a Block Watch, how and when to report criminal activity, and several other safety related topics. If you are concerned about crime in your area, this is your opportunity to ask questions and be prepared.

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Montlake Challenged by Rash of Car Prowls: Now What?

January 17, 2015 by gehrkenathalie 4 Comments

image1Distressing reports on car prowls and vandalism make us all uneasy. It’s hard not to be “creeped out” when we are victims, or just read reports of windshields and windows smashed, of electronics and other belongings stolen—all on our block, down our streets, and now in the Community Center parking lot. We in Montlake are not the only ones. This kind of crime is the most common one reported in Seattle, and reports are up all over. It’s no wonder– most car prowls last less than two minutes and score saleable goods. So this is just the time we need to all work together. Now What?

A Few Reminders For You On What To Do

Leave NO Valuables: electronics, cash, packages in your cars.

Lock car doors & Close windows; use anti-theft device.

Park in your garage & lock the garage doors

No garage? Then…

Park in best-lit location; consider adding lights, especially a motion detector light system (but be especially considerate to shield neighbors from light invasion).

Monitor your car, others’ cars and the whole street.

Speak to your neighbors AND say hello to strangers in your neighborhood, including the Community Center parking lot. (Let people know they are seen.)

CALL 9-1-1 for EVERY Prowl & EVERY Suspicious Activity (To the Police, an unreported crime “didn’t happen.”) Also report to your Block Watch Captain, your immediate neighbors, and to the Montlake community through the Forum.

For more guidance on car prowl prevention: http://www.seattle.gov/police/prevention/auto/carprowl.htm

unnamedMCC Launching 2015 Safety Initiative

Your Montlake Community Club Board is launching the 2015 Safety Initiative through three interconnected efforts (see the December 19, 2014 Montlake Flyer article):

1) Traffic Issues will continue to be addressed by neighbor volunteers led by Montlake Community Club Board member, Lionel Job.

2) Block Watch organizing and revitalization will be led by Bryan Haworth, another MCC Board member. This team will initiate activities to recruit, organize and update training for Block Watch captains.

3) Crime Incidence, Police Staffing & Service Priorities will be addressed by volunteers led by MCC Board members, Bob DeLay and Nathalie Gehrke.

As work proceeds, expect to get progress reports through the Montlake Flyer and Forum. And if you want to help, send a message to Safety@Montlake.net

Let’s Work on This! Let’s keep Montlake welcoming, neighborly, and safe—together.

 

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Making Montlake Safe AND Neighborly

December 19, 2014 by gehrkenathalie 2 Comments

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Seattle Police Department

Community Safety has been a hot topic on the Montlake Forum lately –lots of ideas and strong opinions. Your Montlake Community Club Board is working to do something about safety while keeping Montlake welcoming too. November 12, Montlakers were invited to a meeting with East Precinct Police & the Crime Prevention Specialist. Read further to find out what we learned, and what we are doing to make Montlake a safe, welcoming, neighborly place to live……

Crime Prevention Best Practices

Crime Prevention Specialist,Terrie Johnston, of the East/West Precinct, offered advice at the meeting about protecting basic home & property, that is, on burglary, auto & other property theft prevention. Maybe surprisingly, she didn’t start by focusing on more alarms with bells and whistles, or more defensive weapons. She started by reminding us to get to know our neighbors. But of course! More pairs of eyes observing; more working together to take care of each other; more block watch participation efforts. Those are proven protections.

She talked about securing the locks on our windows and doors. But, of course! Developing the habit of locking the car, and buttoning up our houses makes sense. We need to do it. She reminded us too about documenting our belongings. Sure, we all hope we can prevent burglary, but if it happens, we need to know what’s missing, so our items might be identified and returned, if the burglars are caught.

Specialist Johnston reminded us to honor our intuition”—if someone on the street, down the sidewalk, or at the door gives you concern, call 911 to report it. Don’t ignore your gut reaction. She advised “Answer the door (talk through the door). Don’t open it until you know who is there.” Do let potential burglars know someone is in the house, rather than giving the impression no one is around.

Burglers and thieves work 24/7, so don’t live in fear, but be cautious around the clock. And, finally, if you are still feeling insecure, make an appointment through the East precinct non- emergency number ((206-684-4300) to ask for an officer to visit your home for a walk-about and specific advice on helpful safety measures you can take, including possible additional (but not neighbor-abusive ) lighting, shrub pruning, and lock upgrades.

SPD offers various crime prevention resources, bulletins, and check sheets at the SPD website (www.seattle.gov/police/). For those unable to attend the safety meeting, this website is well worth visiting for crime prevention advice.

SPD Officer Jay Shin, the Unit Supervisor of the Community Police Team for the East Precinct joined Johnston to respond to neighbors’ questions and concerns. Those concerns included (from most frequently mentioned to least) high speed & reckless driving, car break-ins & general property theft, burglary, personal safety in parks, homeless people & crime potential, commercial area safety, and lighting trespass.

Officer Shin spoke first to concerns about speeding traffic and reckless driving. He agreed to ask precinct traffic officers for increased patrols and ticketing on main arterials, and encouraged us to continue to work with SDOT on traffic calming approaches–as we are. Shin also addressed concerns about homeless people in the neighborhood, saying they are victims more frequently than the perpetrators of crimes, so are not often the likely suspects in thefts, car prowls, or burglaries.

For other concerns, Shin, like Johnston, encouraged the enhancement of community building and block watch organizing. He observed that our neighborhood has a history of far lower crime incidents than others within the precinct, so we will usually have a lower police presence. Current crime statistics show we continue to have lower crime rates—and that is a good thing. So how we can gain quick response for the times we really do need the police remains an on-going issue. That, we must continue to advocate for as a community.

Generating Our Own Safety Plans

After the Precinct guests presented, the Montlake neighbors attending the meeting spent time in table discussions identifying the most important ways we could improve community safety. Three primary ideas emerged: a) more traffic control measures, b) advocacy for more police staffing and c) an enhanced Block Watch program. Eight (8) meeting participants offered to help in various ways on future safety efforts, including five (5) who were willing to serve as Block Watch captains or co-captain, and others willing to be worker bees on an action group (4) and/or participate in a community-wide safety committee (3). Since the Safety Meeting, four (4) other individuals participating in Forum discussions have also offered to be involved.

What’s Next?

So here’s what’s planned for 2015, as follow up to that November safety meeting. We’ll work on three inter-connected efforts, as follows:

Traffic issues will continue to be addressed by neighbor volunteers led by Montlake Community Club Board member, Lionel Job. Lionel has worked tirelessly to attain safe streets for all in collaboration with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) through the Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Safe Routes to School programs.

Block Watch organizing and revitalization will be led by Bryan Haworth, another MCC Board member. He’ll be initiating activities to organize Block Watch captains beginning in winter, 2015.

Crime Incidence, Police Staffing & Service Priorities will be addressed by volunteers invited to work with MCC Board members, Nathalie Gehrke & Bob DeLay, who also will kick off efforts early in 2015.

As work proceeds, expect to get progress reports through the Montlake Flyer and Forum, so keep an eye out for briefs from time to time. And if you want to help, write to  Safety@Montlake.net .

Let’s keep Montlake welcoming, neighborly, and safe—working together.

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Safety Meeting Nov 12: Be There

November 7, 2014 by gehrkenathalie Leave a Comment

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Photo: Seattle Police Department

Let’s work together to make Montlake safe. Join your neighbors on Wednesday, November 12 (7:00 to 8:30 p.m.) for a Community Meeting sponsored by your Montlake Community Club Board. We’ll talk with Terrie Johnston, Seattle Police Department’s East/West Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator, and with an Officer from the East Precinct Community Police Team. They will respond to our concerns about ongoing crime problems in Montlake and discuss how to resolve those problems. We’ll learn some ways of assuring our personal safety, protecting our homes and autos, and especially looking out for each other.

We’ll then invest the remaining meeting time in action strategizing toward broader community and block-level plans. This is where Montlake really needs YOU to get involved. All the learning on what we could do, can only work if we will do –with an emphasis on the WE.

You can start doing by writing a brief note to safety@montlake.net on your biggest safety concern, so we can let our SPD presenters know where to focus attention when we meet. Then you can show up at the meeting to listen, learn, and contribute to our action planning. Finally, you can offer to work with others to take action —continue to do your part.

Your MCC Board members are inviting you to join them at the Community Center (1618 E. Calhoun) for this important issue, because they, alone, can’t make Montlake safe. For that, we all have to come together. We hope you’ll make this a priority in your admittedly busy schedules. See you Wednesday night at 7:00. Let’s Do It!

 

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What’s Happening This Week

November 6, 2014 by montlake Leave a Comment


wh 1106Events in and around Montlake for the week of November 6th – 12th.

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Now thru November 21st

  • Montlake Elementary Evergreen Sale

 

10628094_901554276523879_2848037113841644742_nMonday, November 10th

  • Wine Tasting with Montlake Traveler & Montlake Elementary PTA – 6:00 pm, Montlake Traveler

 

MCC Safety MeetingWednesday, November 12th 

  • Montlake Community Safety Meeting – 7:00 pm, Montlake Community Center

 

Ongoing

  • 10 Pizzas (Dine-In) – Mondays, Cafe Lago
  • Family Nature Classes – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday, 10:00 am, Arboretum
  • Drop-In Indoor Pickle Ball – Wednesdays, 7:00 am & Fridays, 1:30 pm, Montlake Community Center
  • Family Story Time – Wednesdays, 11:00 am, Montlake Library
  • Get Moving in Montlake – Wednesdays, 6:45 pm, Montlake Community Center
  • Montlake Mediation Group – Thursdays, 9:30 am & 6:30 pm, 2145 Boyer Ave East

Around Montlake

Saturday, November 8th

  • Who’s Got Your Back? – 10:30 am, Aegis Living

Visit our neighborhood calendar to keep track of upcoming events. All registered users of Montlake.net are authorized to submit events via our Post Your Event tool.

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Attack in Interlaken Park

October 10, 2014 by mpettijohn 1 Comment

A woman was attacked on 10/9, at approximately 3:30 pm on the main Interlaken Boulevard road.

The woman said she was choked very hard until she passed out. She said she thought she was going to die. The attack happened on the main paved road and not on the trails. The only description she could give police was that he is a black man who was wearing an orange hoody.

Please pass this along to anyone else you know who walks in the Interlaken Park area. The attacker was gone before the woman regained consciousness, but he may keep prowling in the area.

Q13Fox, Capitol Hill Seattle Blog and The Seattle Times have additional details, updates and video coverage the attack.

If you have any information about this case, please call 911 and ask to speak with an officer.

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SPD details Mont’s Market robbery

December 28, 2013 by Rainer_M Leave a Comment

The Seattle Police Blotter posted details about Friday’s armed robbery at Mont’s Market. Anyone with tips or information about the incident is encouraged to call 911, as the suspect remains at large. From the blotter:

“An armed man remains at large this evening [Friday] after robbing a store in Montlake this morning.  At approximately 11:35 a.m. officers responded to the 2300 block of 24th Avenue East for the report of an armed robbery of a store.  Preliminary investigation indicates that an unknown male suspect walked into Mont’s Market and asked for change.  When the clerk opened the cash register, the suspect pulled a black handgun and demanded money.  The clerk dropped to the ground but the suspect ordered her back up and forced her to empty the register.  The suspect then fled the scene in an unknown direction. 

The clerk, a 53-year-old woman, fled to the back of the store and then went to an adjacent business to call 911. She was not injured.

Responding officers conducted an area search however, the suspect remains at large.

The suspect is described as a black male in his 30′s to 40’s with a thin build and last seen wearing a dark blue knit hat, dark blue scarf and ¾ length black coat.  He was armed with black handgun.

Anyone with information about this incident or who may know the identities or whereabouts of the suspect is asked to call 911 or Seattle Police and refer to this incident. 

Anonymous tips are welcome.

This remains an active and on-going investigation.”

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