Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Texas > San Antonio
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 01-10-2014, 07:49 AM
 
Location: San Antonio TX
169 posts, read 391,933 times
Reputation: 253

Advertisements

Okay, so I'm new to the area and I have a question. I dropped my daughter off at school this morning, and on the way back home I noticed a charcoal grey Dodge Charger with a magnetic decal on the side that said "POLICE". He seemed to be patrolling the neighborhood. If so, that's great considering we will soon be having her walk home a couple times a week. It would definitely make me feel better about the situation to know that there is a regular patrol in the area. I assume it's NISD, since this area is patrolled by the sheriff's department and I assume the decal would say sheriff instead of police if that were the case. Can anyone shed any light on this?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 01-10-2014, 10:23 AM
 
894 posts, read 1,546,693 times
Reputation: 1190
That is typically something a HOA pays for. My HOA tried it for a while...having them drive around periodically. Had no net effect ofn reducing our crime and the practice was discontinued.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-10-2014, 02:04 PM
 
1,027 posts, read 1,499,801 times
Reputation: 1080
Yes, it is most likely something the HOA has paid for. Chances are it is an off duty officer in a personally owned vehicle that has been hired to perform security. A lot of HOA's go through the Constables Office for such things.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-10-2014, 06:12 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
2,089 posts, read 3,905,884 times
Reputation: 2695
Yep, part of the HOA dues. Most wealthy neighborhoods in Houston hire constables to do off-duty street patrols because of never ending home burglaries there...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-13-2014, 10:02 AM
 
208 posts, read 381,391 times
Reputation: 247
Not an NISD PD vehicle.....
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-13-2014, 10:38 AM
 
Location: San Antonio-Westover Hills
6,884 posts, read 20,404,222 times
Reputation: 5176
Our neighborhood is supposed to have this on a regular basis, but they rarely show up, and our HOA doesn't really enforce it anymore...yet we still pay for it...and when we ask, the board shrugs and says, "bring it up at the annual meeting".

So check your docs and your budget. Make sure you know when it's supposed to be there, how much you're paying, how many days, etc...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Texas > San Antonio
View detailed profiles of:

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top