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Speak Out: How Can Local Pools Prevent Vandalism?

After two incidents in which Canterbury Woods Pool in Lake Ridge was vandalized with kitty litter in the past month, what are your ideas for the prevention of future vandalism?

 

After Canterbury Woods Pool in Lake Ridge was vandalized with kitty litter twice in the past month, the Lake Ridge Parks and Recreation Association is offering a reward to any information leading to the arrest of anyone involved. 

But the LRPRA still has to absorb the cost of the extra cleaning and refilling of the pool. The problem isn't limited to the LRPRA. Vandals also targeted Leitch Waterworks Park in Dale City in 2010, dumping food and furniture into the water.

How can local pools prevent vandalism like this in the future? 

Patch blogger and community activist Connie Moser suggested surveillance cameras

"I wonder what pleasure anyone gets from keeping hundreds of families from enjoying the pool for a couple of days, creating a lot of work for employees and making the pool management spend a small fortune to repair the damage?" she asked.

Joe George suggested that the LRPRA increase the reward offered.

"It's a shame you have to put out a reward for information leaing [sic] to the arrest of those responsible for these actions, BUT if the amount was increasesed [sic] to $2Gs, there are enough low-lifes that have heard them bragging about this, that amount would convince them to turn them in," he said.

What are your suggestions? Weigh in in the comments. 

Related Topics: Canterbury Woods Pool, LRPRA, Leitch Waterworks, and Vandalism

Joe George

7:03 am on Tuesday, August 21, 2012

WOW! Was my spelling THAT far off?

One other option is to employ off-duty officers as life guards, unknown to the regular life guards, and use their specialized training to note anything out of the ordinary. Maybe offer to stick around after hours to see if there is anything going on. (where is spell check on here?)

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Nick Whitten

7:07 am on Tuesday, August 21, 2012

This is 2012, you can buy a 4 - 6 camera CCTV recording system for a reasonable price. Catch the bastards on camera, then arrest them for B&E and vandalism. Make an example for the other scumbags

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Christopher Murray

10:47 am on Tuesday, August 21, 2012

You have two options, employing security guards or installing cameras. We just moved across town to Lake Ridge to get away from this type of thing (security guards, cameras, drug deals, vandalism, etc.) Our new home in Lake Ridge has been such a relief. Filling a pool with kitty litter seems like a prank that kids in high school would do. Whether it was kids or adults, it doesn't seem severe enough to employ security guards or waste a large sum of money for a reward. I don't like having cameras throughout the community like our old neighborhood, but I think facilities such as pools and clubhouses should have them. Cameras are inexpensive now. They may not solve the problem but they will help prevent this from happening again. When we were looking to buy in Lake Ridge, we were told that the community has maintained its safe and family oriented reputation throughout decades because every time something happens like suspected drug dealing, LRPA steps up and nips it in the bud. Hopefully, they'll invest in cameras for the pools. And yes, I completely realize that Lake Ridge is large and does have its bad areas.

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Stephanie

11:25 am on Tuesday, August 21, 2012

It's too bad that LRPRA ended their 20+ year contract with a local security company after the blizzards, stateing that there was no longer money in the budget after all the snow removal to continue the contract with the security company.

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4:25 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012

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Nick Whitten

4:44 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Yeah, post them on Springwoods Drive because its getting bad, and the LRPRA HAS GIVEN UP!

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