With military personnel constantly being deployed, moved or stationed in different locations, the need for CCTV Surveillance and Security Cameras has been exponentially growing. Take Fort Bragg, in North Carolina for example. Some Army wives say crime on Fort Bragg has them scared.
Military police on post responded to about 400 crime calls from April to June of last year, and that number jumped to about 600 between July and September of the same year. The numbers don’t include calls for damage to or theft of government property.
Thefts showed the biggest spike, going from 39 last spring to 211 last summer and 149 last fall. The number of reported assaults and domestic calls remained stable during the three quarters of statistics, at about 80 assaults and 40 domestic calls each period.
“I don’t feel safe,” said Jennifer Brown, whose garage was broken into while she was home alone with her children. “I’m afraid to let (the children) out in my fenced-in back yard right now because I don’t know what’s going to happen. I don’t know who’s walking around.”
Some of Brown’s neighbors, who declined to speak publicly, also have become crime victims. One had a window broken, another had a back door kicked in, another moved out after having a bike and portable global-positioning satellite system stolen and a fourth came home to find a burglar in her garage.
The husbands of some of the neighbors are deployed overseas, she said.
Also, three registered sex offenders also live on post, at least one of whom is a soldier, and Brown said she and her neighbors have been told a gang operates in the area.
“When you move on post, you’re expecting to have a heightened level of security. You’re expecting your family will be a little safer than if you’re living out in the community, but that’s not happening,” Brown said.
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By comparison, Fayetteville police handled 13,480 property crimes last year and 1,630 violent crimes.
Military police aren’t sure if soldiers are to blame for the crime on Fort Bragg, or whether people from the outside are coming on post. Garrity said.
“It’s not a fortress. There are ways to come onto Fort Bragg,” he said.
That fact alarms Brown, who said the “gated community” of an Army post doesn’t seem to deter criminals.
“There are armed guards at every entrance, but it’s not that hard to get on post,” she said.
MPs have stepped up patrols in some neighborhoods on Fort Bragg, and they’re revamping neighborhood watches and issuing fliers to residents when they notice trouble spots, Garrity said. Crimes also are routinely reported in Paraglide, the post newspaper, to make residents more aware of what’s happening, he said.
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