Mission
Our mission is to maintain and enhance the safety and security of neighborhoods in the Shadow Creek Ranch master planned community, through continued education of our residents, dissemination of important information, and patrolling of our neighborhoods to identify and report suspicious behavior.
Membership
Membership in the SCR Neighborhood Watch group is open to all eligible residents, business owners, and members of the community organizations who live or conduct business within the neighborhoods of Shadow Creek Ranch community and current property owners within the community.
News
IMPORTANT UPDATE – SELF DEFENSE CLASSES
There are some important changes to our Self-Defense classes:
- Due to facility conflicts, we cannot offer a Saturday class at this time. At the moment, we are only offering the Tuesday evening 7-8pm class.
- Our equipment order has not yet been delivered. As a result, our first class will be pushed to 20th. HOWEVER,
- We do ask that you attend “registration” on September 13th 7-8pm at the Emerald Bay Clubhouse. This will be an orientation meeting to ensure you are registered, ensure we have the correct t-shirt size, and to set expectations for the upcoming classes.
- Due to National Night Out falling on Tuesday, October 4th, the 4 weekly classes will fall on September 20th, 27th, October 3rd (MONDAY) and October 11 (back to Tuesday).
- Weather permitting, Ben is going to offer a Saturday outdoor makeup class. This has not yet been scheduled and will be weather dependent. It is NOT a separate class, but an alternate date for current course attendees in the event they cannot attend one of the evening classes.
- Finally, we have close to 50 people who registered for the class at the meeting. The facility and number of instructors limits us to a maximum class size of 30. I know we promised at the meeting you’d all be able to attend, and you will – but we unfortunately cannot accommodate everyone at once. Some of you will be pushed to the 2nd class offering, but you are guaranteed a spot within the first 2 class offerings. I sent an email to everyone who registered at the meeting on August 28th asking each of you to confirm your registration. I have received only about a dozen replies. Please check your email address spam folder – I will be re-sending the message this evening. It is critical that I receive a response from you by midday Monday, so that we can prioritize you in the registration process. Also, if you are willing to wait until the 2nd set of classes (mid-October to mid-November), please let me know in your response. Additionally, if the lack of a Saturday class affects your ability to attend, let me know – we will use that information to determine the need for a Saturday classes and to locate a facility to use (as you know, the availability of facilities in this area is extremely limited).
Robbery Alert
Overnight, several homes and vehicles were burglarized, with at least one attempt known to have occurred in the Half Moon Bay subdivision.
Pearland PD gave chase but at this time, the suspects are still on the loose.
You can minimize your risk of being targeted by:
- Parking vehicles inside your garage if possible.
- Removing all valuables from your vehicle if parked outside. Also remove your garage door remote and lock your vehicle. If thieves don’t see anything worth stealing, they’ll move on to the next target. Consider parking under a street lamp if nearby.
- Installing solar powered or electrically wired motion sensing lights. Battery operated lights may go dead just when you need them.
- Alternatively, leaving your garage and front porch lights on (or use timers to turn on at night/off in the morning).
- Installing security cameras. You don’t have to install high cost traditional cameras. Several companies, including Nest (formerly Dropcam), Ring, and Netgear, offer small but powerful battery operated cameras. These connect to your wifi network and save recordings to the cloud (for a fee).
- Keeping your alarm systems on at all times. Make sure that all high risk windows (i.e., ground floor) have sensors and/or glass break sensors nearby.
Above all, stay alert neighbors!
SCR Self Defense Training (updated)
The SCR Neighborhood Watch group has partnered with Master Ben Mitchell to provide Reality Based Self Defense classes to SCR residents.
The Course:
SCR is relatively safe, but crime can occur anywhere – at home, at work, or while traveling. We want to prepare our residents with the skills and confidence to defend themselves against an attacker.
This training focuses on real-life situations, drawing from police reports and participant “what-if” scenarios to provide you with skills to counter an attack. How would you defend yourself against someone pointing a gun at you? How would you handle someone who grabs you from behind?
Details are still being sorted out, but here’s what we’ve developed so far – the “basic” course will run once per week for approximately one month, starting in September. We will have a single class offering at this point on Tuesday evenings 7-8pm. There may be one or two Saturday makeup days, but the clubhouse is not available to us on Saturdays, so we will have to find alternative locations (dates of Saturday makeup days to be announced). We are have reserved the Emerald Bay Rec Center for the classes. Ideal class size is 20, but no more than 30. As of last Sunday’s meeting, we already have 47 people registered for classes! There is a small course fee to cover the cost of incidentals (water, t-shirts, etc.) – $20 for up to 2 participants; each additional youth is $5.
We realize that these first classes may not fit into your current schedule, nor can we fit everyone who is interested into the first round of classes; we plan to offer the classes on a repeating basis (given enough interest) and vary the schedule to allow those who can’t make the current class to register for another one.
The basic course is approximately 4 hours long, consisting of (4) 1 hour sessions. If there is interest, we’ll offer an intermediate and perhaps an advanced course, each running approximately 4 hours total (weekly hourly class or one weekend class).
The Instructor:
Master Ben “Mongoose” Mitchell is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and Wounded Warrior. He has decades of martial arts experience which, when combined with his military combat experience, make him a very skilled operator. He is Head Master Instructor at Twin Dragons MMA & Fitness and Owner/Founder of Virgin Islands Shaolin Kung Fu Institute, as well as a mentor and instructor to Wounded Warriors and Disabled Veterans in Self Defense.
Ben’s accomplishments include:
- 8th degree black belt – Goshin Ryu Bujutsu
- 6th and 7th degree black belts – Chinese Goju
- 5th degree black belt – Tae Kwon Do (WTF)
- Sifu (Master) – Si Lum Fut Gar & Hung Ga Kung Fu
- Brown Belt – Judo
Ben and his family are SCR residents. He is passionate about the community and wants nothing more than to teach our residents how to stay safe.
What do I need to do?
If you are interested in learning more, use the links below to “register” your interest. Note that there are multiple ticket options based on adult/child combinations. This adds you to the list of those interested so that we can plan classes – how many, when, etc. This does NOT register you for the actual course. A separate registration will be provided to you to register for the course. NOTE: Dates/Time/Location subject to change.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scr-reality-based-self-defense-training-tickets-27378928111
Q3 Meeting Recap
We held our 3rd quarter general meeting on Sunday, August 21st at 3pm the Reflection Bay Event Center. Highlights included:
- Treasurer’s report – State and Federal returns filed as 501(c)3 organization. Approximately $1800 in cash available; about $200 will be spent to replace and install new watch signage at all major entrances to SCR.
- 2016 Initiatives have progressed well – our website and Twitter feeds are active, and we are making progress in organizing block captains.
- We recapped the events from our Q2 meeting briefly to catch everyone up.
- Promoted National Night Out (see separate post)
- Discussed potential First Aid training for the community (see separate post)
- Discussed planned Reality Based Self Defense classes, taught by Master Ben Mitchell, for the community (see separate post).
The meeting adjourned at approximately 4:30pm
Can you defend yourself?
Would you know how to defend yourself if someone grabbed you from behind? What if someone pointed a gun at your face?
Find out more at our 3rd Quarter General Meeting this Sunday, August 21st: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/third-quarter-2016-meeting-tickets-27027426761