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>> PAM: NEW TONIGHT AT
EIGHT.
AN OAKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD
SAYS. IT IS FED UP WITH
POLICE NOT DOING ANYTHING
ABOUT THE BURGLARIES
PLAGUING THEIR COMMUNITY
KRON 4'S SCOTT RATES SHOWS
US THE DRASTIC STEPS THOSE
NEIGHBORS ARE TAKING. TO
HELP STOP THOSE BURGLARIES
ON THEIR OWN
>> REPORTER: IN THE HILLS OF
OAKMORE YOU WILL SEE PLENTY
OF ALARM SIGNS, NEIGHBORHOOD
WATCH POSTINGS. AND EVEN
WARNINGS ABOUT CAMERA IN
USE!
BUT THE NEIGHBORS HERE SAY
IT'S NOT ENOUGH!!!
>> THERE HAS BEEN ONGOING
BURGLARIES'. QUITE FRANKLY
THE POLICE CANNOT HELP.
>> REPORTER: JONATHAN KLEIN
HAS LIVED HERE FOR THIRTEEN
YEARS, IN THE SAME
NEIGHBORHOOD OAKLAND'S MAYOR
JEAN QUAN LIVES. KLEIN SAYS
WITH OAKLAND'S MAJOR
INCREASE IN BURGLARIES HE
AND NEIGHBORS DECIDED TO
HIRE A PRIVATE SECURITY
COMPANY TO PATROL THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD
>> THERE ARE 63 HOMES IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE
PART OF THIS SECURITY
CONTROL. THE PERCENT OF
THOSE HOMES HAVE AGREED TO
PARTICIPATE THEY PAY $700-
$800 PER YEAR
>> REPORTER: THE SECURITY
PERSONAL, WHO START PATROLS
ON MONDAY, WILL NOT GET
INVOLVED IF THEY SEE
BURGLARY IN PROGRESS
>> THEY ARE HERE AS A
DETERRENT WE SHOW THAT WE
CARE ABOUT OUR HOMES.
>> REPORTER: IN A PHONE CALL
TODAY A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE
MAYORS OFFICE TELLS KRON 4
THEY REALIZE BURGLARIES ARE
UP IN THE AREA, AND THEY
SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY TAKING
ANY MEASURES TO HELP POLICE