I've lived in a gated community for fifteen years. We are a close knit community and everyone works together and is very friendly. After 10 years, our Block Watch Captain decided it was time to pass it on. She asked me if I would take it over the Captain position and my next door neighbour Nancy agreed to be Co-Captain. We both had all the RCMP security checks and did the training last month.
Yesterday at 3:30 PM, I got a cell phone call from a neighbour at the other end of the complex. He said "intruder in the complex and he's headed your way". He was talking on his phone as he followed the intruder and I immediately left my house and walked towards them.
Fortunately for us, a retired VPD officer was in his yard along with his son, a Delta Police officer. They both spoke to the intruder and told him to immediately leave. With two more male residents, they escorted him out of the complex.
I was able to get a good picture of him that I was able to share with the community. It captured his tattoos and it appears he is wearing a wedding ring!
The female resident that first spotted him checking out her open garage when he spotted her said "don't call the cops, I'll be dead". Thankfully her husband was outside and so were others. He told them he was homeless and kicked out of the Cloverdale shelter. Looking at how clean cut he is, I doubt that story. I wonder what was in his back pack? At least the police officers knew how to speak to him and walked behind him until he left. They told him never to return! He jumped the fence to gain entry. So much for the security gates.
I called the non-emergency police phone line and reported the incident. I then sent a report to the block watch at E Division along with the picture of him. I'm figuring they know exactly who he is.
