[RBS] Final email on neighborhood watch suggestion

[Phil'n'Chanie Rosenfelder]

Not all mishmar ezrahi volunteers carry weapons
NO sayeret horim volunteers carry weapons
 On 06/10/2012 21:15, "aviva adler" <aviva7272 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Neighbors,
>
> The responses I have receive to my naive and uninformed olah chadasha /
> new resident's suggestion to implement a neighborhood watch program have
> been astonishing.
>
> I would like to end my participation in this list with one clarification,
> based on the information I now have available:
>
> The Civil Defense / Mishmar Ezrachi is open to volunteers aged 17-55 and
> its members receive weapons training and carry guns and function as
> adjuncts to the armed police force.
>
> In contrast, I suggested a neighborhood watch group modeled after Shomrim
> in Baltimore.
>
> Shomrim has no age restrictions for volunteers.
> Shomrim members do not carry weapons.
> Shomrim volunteers are assigned a three- or four-hour shift once every
> several weeks (depending on the number of participants).
> Shomrim volunteers drive slowly through assigned streets in the
> neighborhood in cars with lighted Shomrim signs attached, or walk through
> neighborhoods wearing fluorescent Shomrim vests, and the only tools they
> use are walkie-talkies and cellphones. They don't get out of their cars;
> they don't interact with anyone; they simply report to the police
> suspicious activity and they act as a visible deterrent to anyone
> considering criminal activity in the neighborhood.
>
> Shavua Tov & Chag Sameach
>    Aviva Adler
>
>
>
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