Crime Report and Patch article and Speeding on our Streets

Greetings all!

I hope you are doing well during these cold mornings, but beautiful sunny days. Just wanted to send out the most recent crime report map, and share a great article from last year that covers a lot of helpful information, and shows that the problems we face in our neighborhoods today have been around for a bit. The Fair-Oaks/Carmichael Patch, a neighborhood oriented online news media site, shared their insights from a Sheriff's Meeting from January of 2011, and much of this information is what you can hear at the recent meetings.

http://fairoaks-carmichael.patch.com/articles/sacramento-county-sheriffs-department-wants-your-input

The Return of the Neighborhood Sheriff Center

Our local POP Officer, Officer Peyton, is aware of some of our hyper-local issues, such as transients in the park, and concerns over suspicious activity at certain houses, and is an excellent ally for us in working on long term issues in our neighborhood. We appreciate his, and other sheriff's department personnel's help, and have even heard that the new proposed regional neighborhood offshoot of the Sheriff's North Division will be located in the shopping center at Winding Way and Dewey. As we have reported before, they will definitely be looking for volunteers from the community to help staff the center, so please contact the North Division for volunteer opportunities.

Speeding in the Neighborhood

One of the concerns many neighbors have voiced is speeding on our local streets, particularly Jan Drive. It's important to contact CHP regarding speeding. Here is the contact info:


Contact the California Highway Patrol at:
    NORTH SACRAMENTO CHP
    5109 Tyler Street
    Sacramento 95841-2583
    916-338-6710

Another topic that comes up naturally with the discussion of speeding in the neighborhood is speed bumps or the addition of Stop signs in certain areas.This is content from the County of Sacramento Neighborhood Services website:

A petition signed by ten households on your street is required for speed bump requests. Stop signs require evaluation by a Traffic Investigator from the Traffic Engineering Division before work can be done. View more information at www.sacdot.com.



Information about speed bumps taken from the Sacdot website: http://www.sacdot.com/Pages/SpeedBumps.aspx

Transportation > Speed Bumps

What are Speed Bumps? Speed bumps are 12 foot wide by 3 inch high asphalt undulations which are usually placed across roadways between intersections.  They are requested by residents as a means to slow down traffic in residential neighborhoods.
	Benefits Speed Bumps may: Reduce traffic speeds in the immediate vicinity of the speed bumps. Decrease traffic volume.
	Drawbacks  Speed Bumps may: Present a potential hazard to bicyclists and motorcyclists. Increase response time of emergency vehicles where seconds may be critical. Increase noise level due to vehicle brakes, tires and engine. Increase vehicle emissions due to deceleration and acceleration. Conflict with school and transit bus operation. Provide an attractive nuisance. Divert traffic to other neighborhood streets.
CONTACT INFORMATION To make inquiries regarding installation of new speed bumps in Sacramento County, contact: Customer Service4100 Traffic Way, Sacramento, CA 95827 Phone: 916-875-5171 Fax: 916-875-5587