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Council approves Circle S Estates safety grant and town-paid license-plate reader after residents show break-in footage
Summary
After Circle S Estates residents presented video of driveway and vehicle thefts, council approved a $35,287.82 neighborhood safety grant and separately voted to have the town buy and maintain a license-plate reader (paid from lien/forfeiture funds); both votes were unanimous.
The Town of Southwest Ranches council voted unanimously Aug. 8 to approve a neighborhood safety grant requested by the Circle S Estates homeowners association and separately authorized the town to buy and maintain a license-plate reader (LPR) to be installed at the community entrance.
Stephanie Duquesne Welsh, vice president of the Circle S Estates HOA, told the council the neighborhood — located off Griffin and Dykes roads — has experienced multiple break-ins and thefts. She presented video stills and described incidents in which thieves entered driveways, took items from cars and, in one case, entered a garage. “Thief number 1 goes right into my garage... They pick up my son’s…
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