Where to place home security cameras (Cnet.com)

Around 65.8 percent of burglaries in the US are residential and a well-placed camera can help identify intruders.
If your security cameras are placed in the wrong areas, you may not be as protected as you think. Here are a few tips for putting your security cameras where they will do the best work.
The optimal places to install security cameras
The front door, back door and first-floor windows are the most common entryways for criminals, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. In fact, around 81 percent of burglars enter through the first floor, so put your cameras where burglars are most likely to enter. Plus, the front door is a great place to put a security camera because you can use it to see who's at the door before answering.

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Citizens Organized for Public Safety

(Click on the image for Tracce Wilkins' News4 report)

We gathered Nov 16th to:

• Commend our Police on reducing crime over the last 4 years.
• Ask our county officials to restore the public safety budget so we can train enough police recruits to keep up with the demand for police services during our county's economic growth.
• Click here to download pdf of letter from CM Mel Franklin to CE Rushern Baker.

How to Keep “Parcel Pirates” from Swiping Your Doorstep Packages (Ackerman)

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Everyone loves shopping online, especially during the holiday season. You can purchase your entire Christmas list from your couch! And who doesn’t love the idea of coming home to a package sitting on their doorstep?
Unfortunately, those doorstep packages are vulnerable to “parcel pirates.” These thieves follow delivery trucks, stealing packages from doorsteps when no one is home.
So how do you protect yourself packages from these parcel pirates? Here are 3 tips.

Proposed Development at Route 5 & Allentown‏ Rd

Provided by IHHAAC: Proposed site for the rumored WaWa and Lidl's Grocer (German company).
More information at:

• Allentown Andrews Gateway Center
• Lidl confirms U.S. expansion
• Lidl website
• Washington Business Journal

Pr. George’s lawmakers are proposing these bills in Annapolis (Washington Post)

                                          (Mark Gail/The Washington Post) (Click on the image for the article)

By Arelis R. Hernández, November 16
"Authorizing a bag tax, establishing an inspector general for county schools and changing liquor laws are among the legislative priorities for Prince George’s County lawmakers who return to Annapolis in January for the next legislative session.
The county delegation unveiled more than two dozen proposed bills that could introduce new taxes, changes in bi-county agencies such as the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and increased oversight measures for the county education system."

It Takes a Community to Protect a Community

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"If You See Something, Say Something™" is a national campaign that raises public awareness of the indicators of terrorism and terrorism-related crime, as well as the importance of reporting suspicious activity to state and local law enforcement.

Call 301-352-1200 to report suspicious activity in Prince George's County.

Washington Consumers' Checkbook's Advice on Supermarkets

You don't need a subscription to get their "Key Findings from Our Surveys (Fall 2015/Winter 2016)".

MD 210/Palmer/Livingston Interchange

(From a Dec 5, 2014 letter to the Secretary of Maryland Department of Transportation signed by Rushern L. Baker, III and Mel Franklin)

MD 210 Fall 2015 Construction Update

In Search of a Good Gutter Cleaning Service

Have you had a good experience with a gutter cleaning service? Please email your recommendation to me. Thanks.
Ron Weiss, weissster@gmail.com

CB-070-2015 (Litter) Enacted by the County Council on Nov 3, 2015

AN ACT CONCERNING LITTER for the purpose of ensuring enforcement and penalties for littering; prohibiting the accumulation or deposit of litter; providing for action upon noncompliance; providing for civil monetary fines and injunctive relief; providing for removal of litter from sidewalks and debris from roadways; and generally relating to litter.

(Click here for the act)