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�alj'or '? -J - fa <br />February 3, 1992 <br />My name is Caroline Becker Long, of 4730 Timberly Drive, Block Captain <br />of Timbercrest Community Watch. Timbercrest includes Timberly drive and <br />Moriah Hill Road, a community of 19 homes. We are interested in preventing <br />episodes of Breaking and Entering. <br />In the late morning of Wednesday, January 22, 1992, two door -to -door <br />salesmen came to five homes in Timbercrest taking orders for household <br />cleaning products, walking through the woods between homes. I saw an old <br />model blue sedan pick them up in front of my next -door neighbor's mail box; <br />as the car went towards Erwin Road I noted the license number which I <br />reported to Deputy Archie Daniel. <br />In consultation with two residents of Timbercrest I called an <br />ad hoc meeting of the Timbercrest Community Watch for Friday evening at <br />5:30 PM and invited Deputy Daniel to attend. By the time our telephone <br />tree alerted the neighbors of the meeting I learned that a person walking <br />on Mimosa Drive had found new tools in the grass - an axe, a crowbar and <br />a hammer. <br />At the meeting twelve neighbors representing eight households in <br />Timbercrest reviewed the events. Deputy Daniel reminded us that door -to -door <br />salesmen are often a ruse to canvas a neighborhood. We decided by unanimous <br />vote to bring our concerns to the next meeting of the Orange County Commissioners. <br />A resident of Moriah Hill Road prepared the petition. <br />The petition reads: WHEREAS the incidence of crime in North Carolina <br />exceeds theover -all crime incidence in the United States; WHEREAS more than <br />500 burglaries were reported in Orange County in 1991, most within one mile <br />of a major highway; WHEREAS door -to -door solicitation is often used as a <br />means of targeting neighborhoods for potential break -ins; We, the members <br />of the Timbercrest Community Watch, petition the Orange County Commissioners <br />to enact an ordinance prohibiting door -to -door solicitation in Orange County <br />neighborhoods. <br />The petition is signed by 7g residents of Orange County, represent- <br />ing L households. We submit it to you for your consideration. <br />Re 7ctf4ly, <br />10-Al <br />Caroline B. Long <br />Block Captain, Timbercrest Community Watch <br />