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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC residents pool your resources, hire private security firms to patrol your neighborhoods, reach out to 60 minutes and other media entities to highlight the drastic measures needed to safely walk your streets at night.  Embarrass the politicians into doing something.  Won’t solve all the problems but it is a start. [/quote]

I am thinking about this. Is there a mechanism to declare neighborhoods private with a guard house at the entry? I'm being serious. if there isn't there isn't, and default to neighborhood watch and the reach out you mention? [/quote]

Entry to neighborhoods? Tell us you don't live here without telling us you don't live here.[/quote]

NP, but I remember when crime in Trinidad was so bad that there were police checking IDs at the few entrance points in the neighborhood. [/quote]

Streets are in a grid. What are "entrance points" that would stop everyone from getting there? These aren't planned neighborhoods with one road in and out.[/quote]

The police completely set up checkpoints. Trinidad was having a wave. It affected the community, and there was a big shooting at one of their street fests as I recall. The neighborhood was happy to have this. Well, except the criminals trying to come in and out to beef etc.[/quote]

That would work for a few neighborhoods like Trinidad, sort of.  But most neighborhoods have hundreds of streets going in and out.  You're definitely not in DC.[/quote]

And yet I remember all this... hmmm... :wink:

I am leaning toward random checkpoints throughout the city. The crime is everywhere, the cars are ALWAYS boosted, and it would be a way to stop criminals on their way to or from a crime spree. Rather than worry about where I'm from because I literally have no way to prove to you I'm from DC , what do you think about checkpoints?[/quote]

The ones in Trinidad were ruled to be unconstitutional.  So no, I don't support unconditional searches.[/quote]
It was unconstitutional because they would only allow residents who could verify that they lived in the neighborhood enter.

It would not be illegal to have systematic road block and Terry Stops around a neighborhood to promote safety, subject to limited constitutional restrictions, ie road blocks need to allow people opportunity to turn around. [/quote]
What was unconstitutional then is probably fine now. Different court, different interpretation of the constitution.[/quote]

I think it is the only way to slow the roll of the jackers, since police won't / aren't allowed to pursue. I mean, we are kind of out of options.[/quote]

There are areas in DC that employ their own armed security forces.  [/quote]

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