{"id":16543,"date":"2012-09-03T14:19:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T18:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=16543"},"modified":"2012-09-03T14:19:22","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T18:19:22","slug":"director-wants-residents-to-feel-secure-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=16543","title":{"rendered":"Director Wants Residents To Feel Secure At Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY IRIS B. HOLTON<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Sentinel City Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In July, <strong>Pastor Clarence Nathan<\/strong> accepted the position as Director of Security at Belmont Heights Estates. His role is to ensure the safety and security of the residents and he doesn\u2019t take his responsibility lightly.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, a shooting in the complex left four young men injured. Police have been unable to make any arrests because the victims are uncooperative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pastor Nathan<\/strong> said the shooting was the first major incident that took place since he assumed the position. A retired Tampa Police Officer, <strong>Pastor Nathan<\/strong> said, \u201cI\u2019m working closely with police and the Tampa Housing Authority to combat all unauthorized and unwanted people on the property, none of who are residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pastor Nathan<\/strong> said the shooting followed a fight that began during an unauthorized party. \u201cMy goal is to make this area safe and secure. People need to be able to move freely about without fears of threats of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to bring this about, the Belmont Heights Estates is in the process of establishing Crime Watch Programs so that he residents can call police if there is a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the complex plans to start an anonymous tips line to receive tips.<\/p>\n<p>They recently held an emergency meeting with the residents to discuss what they perceive as problems, to provide information to them, and to obtain feedback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are trying to make this complex a place where families can go and enjoy the parks and feel comfortable. We want the seniors to be able to sit on their porches or take walks in tranquility and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe residents should be able to enjoy going outside where they live without people who are not residents causing problems, creating havoc and infringing upon their rights,\u201d <strong>Pastor Nathan<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor In July, Pastor Clarence Nathan accepted the position as Director of Security at Belmont Heights Estates. His role is to ensure the safety and security of the residents and he doesn\u2019t take his responsibility lightly. Recently, a shooting in the complex left four young men injured. Police have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}