We have begun our 60 in 60 promotion, with a goal of signing up 60 new members in 60 days.  All new memberships of six months or longer will receive the months of August and September for free.  In addition, the Village Church of East Atlanta has offered to match new memberships during August and September dollar for dollar up to $7,000.  While new residential memberships will still fund residential patrols, the matching funds will go toward patrols of the East Atlanta Village and surrounding streets.  Our primary goal of the new Village patrols is to increase pedestrian safety, but we also expect to see reductions in auto thefts and vehicle break-ins. 

Please renew your membership today so that we can continue to reduce crime in East Atlanta.  We have been making steady progress in reducing armed robberies and burglaries in the past five years, but we have more work to do.  There were 221 burglaries in East Atlanta in 2008, but only 51 in 2012.  In 2008, there were 44 pedestrian robberies, which was reduced to 22 in 2012.  We are still not satisfied with these reductions, and think our community can reduce these further.  We are especially concerned with the increase in pedestrian robberies throughout the city in 2013, and while we don't expect to eliminate them completely, we'd like to see the frequency reduced considerably.  This is the reason for our Village Patrol effort, considered our most important new initiative in 2013.

The EASP is in need of help via donations to assist in the East Atlanta Village Patrol, particularly in light of the significant incidents that have occurred in East Atlanta in the last month. 

For the week of August 11-17 (updated August 20th), the following crimes have been reported:

1. Auto break-in on Satur day evening Aug 17 in 1200 block of Metropolitan - city street / Dell laptop, Wifi wireless card, red leather laptop bag / back passenger side window broken /no prints.

2. Auto break-in on Saturday morning Aug 17 in 1200 block of Portland - city street/ overnight bag and contents, purse with DL, 2-credit cards, insurance card, W2 tax forms, $37 cash /damage to the back right passenger window-veh_1 and right front passenger side window-veh_2(nothing taken) & unk entry-veh_3.  The suspects broke in the vehicles through the windows and it appears they went in through the windows and did not open any of the doors.  Witness stated that he observed two black males in the area. He advised that one of the black males was around 6'2" and stocky in build with a grey t-shirt and dark baseball cap on. He stated that the other black male was around 5'8" and had a black t-shirt on. Witness stated that when the males saw him they began walking away from the area and got into a silver 4-door sedan that was waiting for them on Brownwood Ave / no prints.

3. Auto theft on Friday morning Aug 16 in 1200 block of Portland - city street, GOLD TOYT / CAM, 2003; Tag: WF26DF; State: GA; VIN: 4T1BE32K83U727177

4. Burglary on Thursday evening Aug 15 in 500 block of Blake - residence/ 55" LED Samsung TV, 2-Xbox360's, 50" LCD LG TV, HP printer, 14" Lenovo Think Pad T-420S, 10" Motorola Zoom tablet, Wii game system game console / front door along with the frame was damaged. Observed 4 b/m's wearing white t-shirt exit a white saturn suv, enter the stated location and removed several items then drove off on Blake Ave. Se. heading towards Flat Shoals Ave.  Two of the black males had low hair cut and the other 2 hair were twisted.  No prints

5. Larceny on Thurs morning Aug 15 at 2000 Flat Shoals - Shell Station/ 4 bags of ice valued at $6.88/ A witness stated that she had observed a b/m wearing a grey shirt and blue jeans trying to break into the ice freezers in front of the store. Dekalb County police heard the lookout and advised that he had just stopped someone fitting the description. The arrestee was detained and admitted to being homeless and taking the ice.

6. Auto Break-in on Wed morning Aug 14 in 1600 block of Van Vleck
7. Burglary on Monday evening Aug 12 in 1600 block of Braeburn - residence/ Apple Mac Mini, 48" Vizio flat screen, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS / no prints
8. Auto theft on Monday morning Aug 12 in 1900 block of Flat Shoals -  WHI PONT MTA, 2000; Tag: PDA5841; State: GA; VIN: 1GMDX03E2YD208532
9. Burglary on Sunday evening Aug 11 in 1600 block of Cecile - residence/ set of keys, Samsung flat screen TV, Apple 4G Ipad /backdoor kicked in / prints
10. Burglary on Sunday morning Aug 11 in 1400 block of Glenwood -residence/ $900 cash, Glock 32 with laser sight /rear bathroom window had been pried open/prints
11. Burglary on Sunday Aug 11 at unknown time in 1400 block of McPherson- residence/ 27" Apple I-mac all in 1 , Apple Ipad, MacBook screen, Gold necklace with diamond cross, BushMaster AR-15 rifle with surfire rail, Walther P-22 compact handgun, 250 rounds of .223 ammunition/ entry into the residence via a back window/ID Tech # 7329 processed the scene.

To learn more about the East Atlanta Security Patrol, view updated news and notes or to enroll, visit the EASP website. There is a 50% discount for longtime residents and those 65+. To qualify, you must have lived at the same address for 20 years or be over age 65. We also have a 20% discount for members of an APD-sanctioned Neighborhood Watch. Please contact us if you're interested in setting up a Neighborhood Watch on your street.

If you have additional questions, please direct them to easp610@gmail.com, or call EASP Organizer Myron Polster (404-954-1568).