Bob Berman's Comments to the Board of Directors on the Proposed Security Patrol Name Change, July 22, 2010
SECURITY PATROL NAME CHANGE -. ITEM XVI - A
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS CONSIDERING CHANGING THE NAME OF THE SECURITY PATROL AND I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS:
1. NO ONE ON THIS BOARD WAS HERE OR INVOLVED WHEN I STARTED THE SECURITY PATROL OVER TEN YEARS AGO WITH ABOUT EIGHT VOLUNTEERS OPERATING OUT OF MY BEDROOM.
2. DEL WEBB HAD THEIR OWN PAID SECURITY PATROL BUT THEY KNEW THAT A RESIDENT VOLUNTEER SECURITY PATROL WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL AND APPRECIATED OPERATION IN THEIR NON-GATED SUN CITYS.
3. I HAD MANY MEETINGS WITH BILL DIVELY, DW VICE PRESIDENT AND COMMUNUTY MANAGER AND FRANK PANCRAST, PRESIDENT OF DEL WEBB WESTERN DIVISION AND PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION.
I ALSO HAD MEETINGS WITH THE INSURANCE CARRIER, LEGAL COUNCIL AND THE HENDERSON PD. NO ONE HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH OUR OBSERVE AND REPORT MISSION, PROCEDURES AND OUR NAME.
4. FRANK AND BILL TOLD ME THAT I COULD HAVE WHATEVER I NEEDED TO GET THE PATROL OPERATING SUCH AS CARS, UNIFORMS, COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND AN OFFICE. AT THAT TIME DELL WEBB WAS SUBSIDIZING THE ASSOCIATION.
5. THE SECURITY PATROL HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION FOR ALMOST 90,000 HOURS WITH TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS APPROACHING 250,OOO HOURS WITHOUT A SINGLE LIABILITY INCIDENT.
6.IF YOU WORRY THAT UNIFORMED RESIDENTS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE SECURITY PATROL’S FUNCTION, OR IF YOU HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE UNINFORMED LEGAL ADVICE, THEN INFORM THE RESIDENTS AND GET BETTER LEGAL ADVISE.
7. THE WORD SECURITY CONNOTES SAFETY AND POLICE CANNOTES ENFORCEMENT. LOOK IT UP. OUR SECURITY PATROL IS RECOGNIZED, RESPECTED AND PRAISED BY THE HPD AS A PRIMARY REASON FOR SCA’S LOW CRIME RATE. SECURITY PATROL IS THE NAME USED THROUGHTOUT THE COUNTRY.
I IMPLORE YOU NOT TO MAKE A NAME CHANGE AND CAREFULLY CONIDER YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PATROL. THE THE RESULTANT DAMAGE TO THE COMMUNITY MAY BE MUCH GREATER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.