BURGLARIES  

 

 

  Burglaries  - Notification of nearby neighbors.
       Whether nearby residents are being notified  and being debriefed after burglaries , so that all of those who might have seen something have an opportunity to share that information,  has been an on -going issue.  The police have a very different policy than what most residents might expect or prefer to see, according to the informal  discussions I have had with Township residents and with the police and in personal experience on this issue . 

    It is my understanding after these discussions that each case individually is in the hands of one person in charge of hte case  who decides whether  neighbors should be questioned or informed ----or not.   I sure know that I ( and virtually everyone I've spoken to ) would like to be informed in ALL cases that are in proximity of my house.  I also would like to know that everyone likely to have seen something is properly questioned .

       If you are interested in holding a meeting with your neighbors, I would be glad to join you  - on this or on other issues . Perhaps by getting together in this manner we can  find a unified view and work together with our police on this issue of great importance. 

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Abington Township revamped the entire Township website at the end of 2015 and broke all the links to the information. In 2017, under Richard Manfredi, someone inexperienced was assigned to redo the entire website again. The public was not asked what problems they would like to see fixed. Their new plan was not well thought out, so everything was very hard to find and there were giant paragraphs you had to slog through in order to find the pertinent one or two lines that you needed. Or if you were lucky enough to even find the meetings and agenda page, there was (and still is) a whole page of nonsense on top, so you think you're on the wrong page. Zoom limks are burrid in a giant paragraph, so people can't find them to attend the meeting. They know about these  problems - but have just decided to ignore us.... for the whole of Richard Manfredi's time here (with Tom Hecker's consent).

 Now, in 2025, we are due to get a new Manager, and there are funds put aside to, once again, upgrade the Township website. We can only hope for a fresh chance at fixing some of these things, as our Township website is the best tool we have for communication and should be an easy, user friendly site for all.

We need volunteers willing to work together to help improve the Township site that everyone has to use,  to make it functional and accessible. 

 We will be repairing our broken links in this Abington Citizens site, too, and fixing some of our many, many typo's as much as is possible. (Yes, it's quite evident that, unlike the Township, WE don't have a paid staff of 275+ or a $93 million budget).

 So...please let us know if you find broken links or typos. Send us the URL and/or and the name of the page it is on, so we can correct it.
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