Hello everyone, As I sit here at my desk this morning I am reflecting on an incident that occurred just yesterday. I was in the shop working on some holsters for an order when I received the call. My neighbor Luke was calling and I didn’t get to it quickly enough because of my gloves. It’s unusual for him to call in the middle of the day so I stripped off my gloves and called him back straight away. He answers on Bluetooth from his car, it’s easy to tell because of road noise. He is with his brother Jonah and they are searching the neighborhood for someone they say just pilfered something from in front of my garage.
This sends me into overdrive, what in the hell, it’s broad daylight. I go to my office and check the security cameras and sure enough, a young woman walks right up to my garage
door and snatches the two car batteries I have sitting there waiting to be returned for the core charge. Bold and audacious to say the least. My garage is a good 40 feet off the road. I have her recorded on three separate cameras from different angles.
And I get the call, this is Deputy Smith, name changed to protect the innocent, I have two people in custody can you describe the person and the property. Well, it turns out that Luke actually found them in the neighborhood and followed them home while on the line with 911, what a neighbor. Just to be clear I told him earlier that I appreciated his effort but I didn’t want him to put himself at any risk.
So, back to the phone with the deputy, I tell him what I know and that I have videos of the 
incident. He asks me to burn them to a disk and send him a screenshot via text so he can arrest the proper person. I sent him before and after pictures. 45 minutes later, a deputy shows up at my house with the batteries in tow and collects the evidence.
If not for the quick action and tenacity of my neighbors I can say that I would probably never had noticed in time to do anything about it. It is proof that we are all in this together. A community is vital to our survival and together we will make it.
When times are desperate, people will act in desperation!
As Always,
Stay Vigilant and Be Prepared
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