Security Update (28 Nov 2008)

I'm sure by now all of you would have noticed that Homeguards have started the trial run of their security scheme. There's still many kinks to be worked out so please bear with us. The DJROA security patrol by the other security firm (Wahab) will be terminated by 30th Nov. Homeguards will take over 24/7 as of 1st Dec 2008.

We have also received feedback from some of you on improvements. Thank you for your feedback and suggestions. Please continue to send it to me and I will forward your comments to Homeguards. They are preparing a feedback form which I will forward to all of you once it is ready. That will document down all the areas of improvements that you see.

We have instructed Homeguards that their guards must stop all motorbikes and lorries/vans going in to our zone and take down the riders particulars (I/C or driver's licence) and address that they are going to. This will hopefully reduce the snatch thieves from coming into our zone. We have ordered a guard house cabin to be installed at road SS22/35. It should be there within the next week or so. We will write to TNB to apply for electricity cable to be connected to the guardhouse so that we can install the electronic boomgates in the near future.

The drums blocking up road 33 will very soon be painted red and white. It will be filled with water to make it heavy thus difficult to move aside. We will be lighting up the two guard post. The two residents living nearest to the guard post have kindly agreed to let us temporary tap electricity from their house. All the residents support and cooperation in these matters are very much appreciated.

Home guards have now registered a dedicate mobile number for you to call in case of emergency. The Damansara Jaya Homeguards emergency number to call is +6016 284 8798. Please key this into your mobile. This mobile phone will be held by the supervisor on duty and passed on to the next shift's supervisor. So if I were you, this is the 1st number I will call in case of emergency.

If any incidents (big or small) do happen to you or you see happen in our zone, please report it immediately to the Call Center. It will be recorded down and we will use that to find ways to further improve on our security scheme. Please realize that security is everybody's business. And by having guards 24/7 at two post does NOT guarantee that incidences will never happen. It can and probably will still happen but hopefully much reduced. The guards are merely a deterrent. Please do not blame or threaten to sue Homeguards or DJROA should any untoward thing still happen. You will still need to take all the precautions to secure and protect your properties and families. For your information, even with Homeguards now in place, I am proceeding with installing CCTV and further upgrading my house alarm system. I seriously believe that there can never be sufficient security. So please let's all take extra care always.

As for the detractors living in the first two houses of road 31, we have already got a ear full from the first house since the guard post went up on Tuesday, including us being called Communist! We think they will find ways to try and sabotage our plans. So we need to thread carefully. It's very unfortunate that we have such people living among us. They are still not willing to discuss a compromise with us. All they want is for us to stop implementing any forms of security in front of their house. We'll take one step at a time to deal with them. What I'd like to ask from the rest of you supporters is if any of you know them well enough, help us convince them that what we are doing is for the good of the whole neighborhood. We would like to work with them to find an amicable compromise to our security scheme. We understand their concerns. But we'd also like them to understand our need for a better security. We are willing to discuss it with them constructively and maturely. So I appeal to anyone who can help to please come forward.

As of today, we have 370+ residents that have paid up. Thank you to all those who have paid up. Your support is very much appreciated and I hope your support will be long term. We will make sure that Homeguards do a good job so that we will all be pleased with the results and continue to support this scheme. We are still short of our collection target as there was 573 residents said they will support this security scheme. Now that everyone can see that we are serious about starting this security scheme, I hope the rest of those who have not paid up will now voluntarily pay the RM150 membership fee for each quarter. Homeguards are continuing to go around to campaign for people to sign up. This weekend, the committee will once again go to the houses who have not paid up to encourage them to sign up. We truly need your support for this to succeed. So please extend your full cooperation to the people who are making the effort to go around campaigning.

On the car stickers, we have decided that we will give 2 stickers FOC to each household supporting us. Non supporters will NOT be given nor sold stickers. If you want to buy extra for your other cars (i.e. which is parked in your driveway daily), the cost will be RM2 each. If you want to buy for your regular visitors (mom, dad, brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts, friends, regular guests, business associates, customers, etc), the cost is RM5 ea. We are charging more as this is a way for our zone to make a little bit of money to help defray the infrastructure cost. We seek your understanding and of course we trust your honesty to declare which type of stickers you are purchasing. You can pay by check to "DJROA" for the stickers.

The car stickers will be controlled and your car registration will be pre-written on it. It will be the first two numbers that is written on the form that you have filled up. If you want to purchase extra, please inform Candy Lim by return mail. Please bear with us as it will take time to get this organized. We hope to get the stickers ready before end of next week.

We welcome all constructive comments and feedback as to how we can further improve on our security. So please send them to me. Please have patience and bear with us as we try to find the best solutions for our security scheme. Remember, we can't function without your support, especially monetary support! Have a great weekend.