The Chapel Hill Police Department announces the creation of a new Public Information Sergeant position as well as the launch of its presence on Facebook and Twitter.
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Dear Southern Village Residents,
I would like to share some information with you in regards to our response to an emergency situation on Highgrove Drive on July 10th 2011.
The Chapel Hill Police Department responded to a call that suggested that hostages were being held at that address and were in imminent danger. As you can imagine, this is one of the most challenging and potentially time-sensitive calls that an agency can address. Our officers followed the proven response protocols for such calls and, thankfully, we were able to determine that the call was a hoax and that there was no risk to the family at the residence or the Southern Village community.
Our subsequent investigation is ongoing, but thus far has revealed the call to be a false report and similar to other kinds of calls that have occurred across the country in recent months. In these cases, anonymous calls suggesting imminent threats have resulted in large police responses. Our continuing investigation suggests that this was such a hoax and it appears to be a random, non-targeted act.
This investigation continues to be a top priority of our department. Given the nature of the call and the manner in which we believe it was made, we fear that the complicated legal and jurisdictional issues may mean we never determine its true origin.
The department has heard from some residents that they were concerned about our response. It is our interest that anyone who has concerns has an opportunity to ask us questions to better understand the incident and why our response was as thorough and comprehensive as it was.
We value the partnership we have with your community and will continue to provide you with all the information we can share, without jeopardizing our investigation.
As more information becomes available, I will share it with your community.
Feel free to call or email me with any questions you may have about this incident.
Sincerely,
Officer Robin Clark
Chapel Hill Police Department
Community Services Division
(919) 969-2068
rclark@townofchapelhill.org
SVHOA Townhouse Committee has decided to use Pest & Termite Consultants for the annual termite inspections this year. Inspections are set for Monday, August 29th & Tuesday, August 30th.
For more information, please click on the below letter.
The July 19th Board Meeting minutes are now available.
The ARB made the following decisions this month.
Questions? Please e-mail: arb@southernvillage.org.
The July Manager’s Report is now available.
The Southern Village Homeowners Association Board of Directors has approved the resealing of the HOA owned alleys. Asphalt Enterprises has been hired for this important project. The project started on Tuesday, July 5th. Below is the very latest information on this project.
The SVHOA Manager’s Report for June is available.
Orange County has the ability to alert residents of impending emergencies by sending a recorded message to any home, business or cell phone number. The ultra high-speed system called CodeRED employs a one-of-a-kind Internet mapping capability for geographic targeting of calls, coupled with a high speed telephone calling system capable of delivering customized pre-recorded emergency messages directly to homes and businesses, live individuals and answering machines, at the rate of up to 60,000 calls per hour. The system is for emergency notification only.
Possible CodeRED uses include:
* Drinking water contamination
* Evacuation notice & route
* Missing person
* Fires or Floods
* Bomb threat
* Hostage situation
* Chemical spill or Gas leak
* Utility outage
Orange County residential phone information has already been loaded into the CodeRED database. However, you can add a cell phone or an alternate phone number to CodeRED to assure that notification is received whenever an alert is sent.
Go to this web link to sign up for this service.
https://cne.coderedweb.com/Default.aspx?groupid=x7BSdRRxMKsq7ECu%2f%2bfEVw%3d%3d
The Southern Village Homeowners Association Board of Directors has approved the resealing of the HOA owned alleys. Asphalt Enterprises has been hired for this important project. The project will start on Tuesday, July 5th. A detailed letter was mailed today to all residents that are affected. A copy of that letter is below.
Questions? Please e-mail: manager@southernvillage.org.
