Community Corner
Georgetown Volunteer Block Watch Captains Meet
Citizen Block Watch captains gather and are briefed on crime statistics and safety tips.
Volunteer Block Watch captains met on Wednesday night to review duties and assignments. It was also an opportunity to meet each other and exchange ideas about how to make the residential streets of Georgetown safe from crime.
Old and new block captains were welcomed by (CAG) Executive Director Betsy Cooley. Block Watch Coordinator Diane Colasanto introduced guests and guards Tesfaye Terefe and Donovan Carmichael of Securitas.
Hedgecock has over 20 years on theand has served in all eight city wards. He has been with PSA 206 for about 18 months and is delighted with Georgetown's commitment to reducing crime. He emphasized the importance of residents reporting suspicious behavior by describing a recent arrest that was a result of an alert citizen who reported seeing an individual jump in a cab on Prospect Street with a crowbar and bulging rucksack.
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Hedgecock also handed out year-to-date crime statistics for Georgetown showing a drop in violent crimes like homicide, sexual assault and robbery. Violent crime is down about 45 percent from same time 2010.
Unfortunately the area has seen a significant spike in property crime. Property crime including burglary, retail theft, theft from vehicles, etc. has risen 21 percent year-to-date. Lt Hedgecock reminded the audience to limit crimes of opportunity by keeping doors and windows locked, and not to leave keys out under mats and flower pots.
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CAG has sponsored the Block Watch program for years now and about 50 percent of the blocks in Georgetown have a volunteer Block Watch captain. Interested citizens sign up to be the link between their block, CAG and D.C. Police efforts to protect Georgetown from both violent and property crime.
Block Watch captains are asked to encourage their neighbors to provide them with contact information so that the block captain can disseminate crime alerts and other time-sensitive information. The volunteers can also pass on safety tips, crime trends and even garbage collection information.
If you are interested in becoming a block captain,contact Diane Colasanto at dcolasanto@gmail.com.
The following blocks need captains:
1500
26th
1200
27th
1300
27th (N-Dumbarton)
1300
27th (Dumbarton-O)
1400
27th
1300
28th (Dumbarton-O)
1400
28th
1500
28th
1600
28th
1000
28th
1100
29th
1300
29th (Dumbarton-O)
1600
29th
1100
30th
1300
30th (N-Dumbarton)
1600
30th
1100
31st
1200
31st
1300
31st (N-Dumbarton)
1300
31st (Dumbarton-O)
1700
32nd
1400
34th
1500
34th
1600
34th (Dent-Reservoir)
1200
35th
1300
35th
1400
35th
1600
35th (odd #s)
1200
36th
1300
36th
1400
36th
1200
37th
1300
37th
1400
37th
2700
N
2800
N
3000
N
3300
N
3400
N
3500
N
3600
N
2600
O
2900
O
3400
O
3500
O
3600
O
3400
P
2500
Q
2600
Q
2700
Q
2800
Q
2900
Q
3100
Q
3200
Q
3300
Q
2800
R
3100
R
3200
R
3300
R
3400
R
3200
S
1600
Avon Ln.
3000
Cambridge
Cherry Hill Lane
3000
Dent Pl.
3300
Dent Pl.
3400
Dent Pl.
2900
Dumbarton
3000
Dumbarton
3100
Dumbarton
1500
Dumbarton Rock Ct.
2500
East Pl.
1200
Eton Ct.
2700
Poplar St.
3200
Reservoir Rd.
3200
Scott Pl.
1600
Suters Ln.
3000
West Lane Keys
