Monday, June 8, 2009

Help Wanted....or not.

Ok - question for you. Let’s say you are the apartment manager of a low end apartment complex that has seen a steady increase in crime over the years.

The elected official(s) and police department of the town in which your apartment complex is located wants to help - so much so that they dedicate additional police officers and step up patrols in the area. New programs are initiated that place officers in the area on foot and undercover. The police department even goes so far as to set up a police substation inside the apartment complex ensuring an even greater police presence and a means for residents to contact and locate an officer quickly. Heck, they even create an after school program for the neighborhood children.

Crime rates drop 21% from 2008-2009 indicating that the town is having success, but that we still have much work to do.

Now my question is: as the apartment complex manager, would you decide to:

A) Throw the police department a party thanking them for all their hard work.
B) See what else you can do to help.
C) Ask the Chief of Police out for a date.
or D) KICK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OFF OF YOUR PROPERTY AND CUT OFF ALL COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE TOWN.

If you chose A, B, or C you might make a pretty decent apartment complex manager someday.

If you chose D then congratulations! You are the apartment complex management of Briarcliff Apartments off of Wrenn Drive right here in Cary.

The good folks at Cary PD can do a lot – but they can’t fix stupid.

Its much easier and way more effective for the town and apartment complex to work together. It becomes pretty difficult when the people that need the help don't want the help. But whether they want it or not, they're going to get it. Some people gotta learn the hard way.