Seeking your input on a security measure

For anyone concerned by the recent police presence on the Terrace, relax. It was simply a case of a residential security camera triggering a police security check. But, it shows that such processes work, especially comforting to the snowbirds among us.

Food for thought: 

The Ring doorbell camera company offers a neighborhood-wide alert service if customers who purchase and install a camera system wish to make use of it.

Several Terrace residences already have Ring cameras -- unobtrusive, white devices (i.e., such as the one shown above that blends in with the white siding on the buildings) -- aimed at providing security surveillance and recording images that can be shared with each other and with local police in case of "porch pirate" theft, break-in attempts, acts of vandalism, etc. 

To that end, if anyone who has a Ring account, or plans to install one, would like to be involved, we can create a neighborhood security alert system for all who wish to voluntarily participate.

Regretable as it is as a sign of our times, many on the Terrace are becoming increasingly interested in improving security. So, what steps have we already taken as a community and as your THCA Board?

• Periodic sharing of reminders to maintain a sufficient level of illumination by replacing burned-out bulbs in exterior pole lights, garage lights, etc.

• Creation, and disssemination, of a database of people to be contacted if Terrace residents are not reachable (vacation, cruises, snowbird travels, etc.) in case of such emergencies as fire, broken pipes, electrical failures, etc.

• Alerts circulated via The Terrace Times and email blasts concerning work projects on the Terrace that would bring non-residents into the community.

• Upgrades and followup repair of security lights at the entrance to the Terrace on Hyland Drive.

• Installation of solar security lights around the mailbox gazebo parking area.

• Even an occasional alert about strange disappearances. 

All that said, if you would like to be involved in such a security network based on a Ring camera, please contact THCA Board President Bill Dowd at BillDowd4Troy@gmail.com with your thoughts, comments, questions, etc., and update him on whether you have a Ring account. He'll make every effort to advance it from there.

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