Meet the new neighborhood watch: Cameras that read your license plate
8-11-19
Residents weigh neighborhood security against concerns about invasion of personal privacy.
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Drive into Jo McCoy’s Brookhaven neighborhood and it feels like your standard metro Atlanta subdivision. Known simply as “Sidestreet,”39 large homes make up a close community of wide streets and well-kept lawns.
But visiting Sidestreet comes with a catch: You’re being watched. And your license plate is being recorded.
From a light post at the community’s entrance, a small device takes pictures of anything that enters or exits, logging the license plate numbers of cars and storing the footage for a month.
“It literally will show you everything. Cars, people walking.
There’s a fox in the neighborhood that crosses the street every now and then,” said McCoy, 73. “Hopefully it will help deter criminals from coming into the neighborhood.”
Once a tool used only by professional law enforcement, cameras that read license plates have quietly become more commonplace in metro Atlanta, and are now operated by private citizens and communities. Coupled with the popular personal doorbell cameras from companies like Ring and Nest, never before has so much surveillance data been in the hands of private citizens. And it’s all legal.
The technology itself isn’t new. Many police departments have their own automatic license plate readers to scan popular intersections.
And some vehicle repossession companies attach them to their cars, driving streets and parking lots scanning for cars marked for repossession.
What is new is the number of private communities now leasing the cameras to watch their streets and homes — sometimes sharing their data with law enforcement.
The Atlanta-based maker of license-plate reading cameras, Flock Safety, said about 100 neighborhoods, apartment complexes or private land owners in metro Atlanta now have automatic readers.
Some of the largest police departments in the state have formal agreements with Ring and Flock, allowing officers to access some of the privately gathered footage while investigating crimes, if homeowners agree to it.
Many officials and residents see the technology as an essential addition to the police’s crime-fighting toolkit, and said privately owned license plate cameras have already helped solve several crimes in residential areas. But homeowners also are asking about the privacy risk the cameras pose, and the potential for over-surveillance or misuse.
“These surveillance tools might protect public safety, but they also can give power to people to use it at their discretion — not necessarily for fair or good purposes,” said Peter Swire, a privacy expert and Georgia Tech professor. “Solving crimes is good. Putting this video in the hands of busybody neighbors might not be so good.”
Privacy vs. safety
The Sidestreet neighborhood decided to install a Flock camera in late July after a resident’s car was stolen, and their old security camera was unhelpful in getting good footage of the car, McCoy said. The system costs $2,000 for a two-year lease, but the company emphasizes that the individual communities own the footage and data from their camera.
The solar-powered, motion-activated Flock system can tell how often every car comes into the subdivision, and knows that some vehicles belong to residents.
McCoy sat at her computer on a recent afternoon, scrolling through the list of cars that entered her neighborhood during a 10-hour period. She does this every day, she said, “just out of curiosity.” As a member of the homeowners association board, she is allowed to view all of the footage from the camera.
She spotted one car that entered the neighborhood just four of the last 18 days, according to the camera.
“That’s weird,” McCoy said. “Oh, I know why, because they were out of town.”
Many of her neighbors supported buying the camera, McCoy said, though some had concerns about the 24/7 surveillance.
“There are people here who think it’s an intrusion of their privacy, and they don’t like it.
Don’t think we should’ve gotten it,” said McCoy, a retired health care administrator. But Flock says its system doesn’t collect any private data, and McCoy can’t see where the cars go after entering Sidestreet. Personally, she added, “I don’t care that you can see what time I come in and out. Who cares?”
Flock CEO Garrett Langley said he was inspired to make the product because he felt there were more nonviolent offenses happening around Atlanta that the camera could help solve. Now the company estimates it helps solve two crimes a day nationwide.
Just last month, police in Sandy Springs said they arrested a man accused of stealing packages and mail from homes, thanks in part to a neighborhood Flock camera.
The camera captured the suspect’s license plate when he was in the area, authorities said, and they later found him with eight credit cards with different names and 17 pieces of mail with assorted names.
Langley, a Georgia Tech graduate, is well aware of the privacy and surveillance concerns associated with the devices.
“It would be irresponsible to say any system like this is without the potential for misuse,” he said. But he emphasized that public roads and the license plates of cars that travel them are public information. “Compared to the amount of information you share on Facebook and online, it’s really not a lot.”
According to Flock, the data gathered belongs to the camera’s user but like other surveillance systems, the data could be subject to court subpoenas. The company encourages larger communities to internally safeguard its video recordings by only allowing a select few residents to have permanent access.
Neighborhoods can opt in to give the local police department access to footage while they are investigating a crime, giving pause to some privacy experts who say there should be more oversight in place to prevent possible abuses of power.
“When the police get new surveillance powers, I tend to think there should be new accountability mechanisms as well,” privacy expert Swire said.
Residents in the McGinnis Reserve subdivision in Suwanee installed a Flock license-plate reading camera about two weeks ago at the entrance to their 172- home community close to Buford Highway, near a picturesque lake and greenway. They’ve turned to the technology after two home break-ins went unsolved last year.
Footage from doorbell cameras wasn’t good enough to identify the burglars or their car.
In a clubhouse looking out on a private pool, neighbors met recently with Flock staff and police officials, who fielded a wide range of questions about how the system works and how the data is used, balancing privacy concerns with their goal to prevent crime.
“I think it’s going to be great, mostly because we’re not a gated community and we are right off a busy road,” resident Kathy Heidish, 75, said of the new camera. “And I think it’s going to be a good way to deter people from coming in.”
‘Everything is being recorded’
The advanced technology presents a treasure trove of potential new evidence for police. Security companies are taking advantage of that.
At least 20 local police departments — including DeKalb, Sandy Springs and Marietta — have either purchased their own cameras from Flock or have a relationship with the company allowing them access to some footage, if the community also agrees.
The cameras are also connected to the National Crime Information Center “hot list,” meaning local police who have a partnership with Flock can automatically get an alert every time a camera spots a stolen car, or a car whose owner has a warrant out for their arrest.
“Whenever a car drives by, it’s as if a detective was on the corner taking notes,” Langley, the company CEO, said.
In Marietta, the police department purchased several Flock cameras to station at areas with high crime rates. During a ninemonth test run, crime rates dropped 34% in the area with the reader. The police department partly attributed the drop to the cameras, though it did not say how many crimes the camera had helped solve.
Ring’s doorbell cameras are known for capturing alarming video of break-ins or package thefts on porches. The Amazon-owned company encourages users to share their pictures or videos on its digital neighborhood watch app, called “Neighbors,” and allows many police departments to access that footage.
“We live in a world now where everything is being recorded. It certainly helps us do our jobs when things happen,” Dunwoody police spokesman Sgt. Robert Parsons said. “It’s easier for us to put the pieces together.”
Some, however, worry the system could cause homeowners to allege a crime in circumstances where there isn’t one, and possibly perpetuate racial profiling.
Experts say people of color, particular African Americans, are more likely to be targeted by police or deemed “suspicious” because of their race.
“It’s quite evident that profiling exists in America,” said Mereda Davis Johnson, a DeKalb County commissioner who chairs the public safety committee. “Me being black, and having a son that is a young adult ... it’s just something that I have to be aware of, because I know it’s there and I have to balance that with public safety.”
Johnson, who has video cameras around her home, initially expressed concern that the Ring and Flock footage could be misused or manipulated. She voted to allow DeKalb police to participate in both partnerships, however, and said the county should review the programs in a year.
Parsons acknowledged that Ring footage sometimes leads homeowners to make vague reports of a “suspicious person.” He said one Ring user posted a video alleging that a fake police officer had knocked on their door. It was actually a fully uniformed Dunwoody officer who was there for a legitimate reason, Parsons said.
Swire, the privacy expert, said the police should not be able to access personal surveillance footage without a warrant, and encouraged Atlanta-area governments who want to share home surveillance video to adopt official rules like Seattle’s, which regulate how departments can see the potential evidence.
“Police access to videos without any warrant,” he said, “is a step towards having ‘Big Brother’ cameras wherever we go.”
WHY IT MATTERS
From smartphones to smart TVs, innovations in technology have made our lives easier, while gathering a plethora of data about our personal habits. Business is booming for new home security devices like doorbell cameras and license plate readers, tools once only used by professional law enforcement. While the technological capabilities of these gadgets have reached new heights, never before has so much surveillance data been in the hands of private citizens, raising questions about privacy and potential misuse of the data.
HOW THE CAMERA SYSTEM WORKS
Here are some details about how the automatic license plate reader system works: \
■ The cameras are motion-activated and take snapshots of anything that moves past them. If it sees a license plate from any state, it will automatically log it into a database.
■ Neighbors are able to register their cars so the system knows they live there. They can also prevent the camera from recording their vehicle.
■ The data is deleted after 30 days, but it can be downloaded and saved in that time.
■ Communities can set their own rules for who can access the Flock system. Usually, members of the homeowners association have permanent access, and others can see the footage after they report a crime.
■ Neighborhoods have to opt in to share footage with police in the case of a crime.
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Drive into Jo McCoy’s Brookhaven neighborhood and it feels like your standard metro Atlanta subdivision. Known simply as “Sidestreet,”39 large homes make up a close community of wide streets and well-kept lawns.
Drive into Jo McCoy’s Brookhaven neighborhood and it feels like your standard metro Atlanta subdivision. Known simply as “Sidestreet,”39 large homes make up a close community of wide streets and well-kept lawns.
But visiting Sidestreet comes with a catch: You’re being watched. And your license plate is being recorded.
From a light post at the community’s entrance, a small device takes pictures of anything that enters or exits, logging the license plate numbers of cars and storing the footage for a month.
“It literally will show you everything. Cars, people walking.
There’s a fox in the neighborhood that crosses the street every now and then,” said McCoy, 73. “Hopefully it will help deter criminals from coming into the neighborhood.”
Once a tool used only by professional law enforcement, cameras that read license plates have quietly become more commonplace in metro Atlanta, and are now operated by private citizens and communities. Coupled with the popular personal doorbell cameras from companies like Ring and Nest, never before has so much surveillance data been in the hands of private citizens. And it’s all legal.
The technology itself isn’t new. Many police departments have their own automatic license plate readers to scan popular intersections.
And some vehicle repossession companies attach them to their cars, driving streets and parking lots scanning for cars marked for repossession.
What is new is the number of private communities now leasing the cameras to watch their streets and homes — sometimes sharing their data with law enforcement.
The Atlanta-based maker of license-plate reading cameras, Flock Safety, said about 100 neighborhoods, apartment complexes or private land owners in metro Atlanta now have automatic readers.
Some of the largest police departments in the state have formal agreements with Ring and Flock, allowing officers to access some of the privately gathered footage while investigating crimes, if homeowners agree to it.
Many officials and residents see the technology as an essential addition to the police’s crime-fighting toolkit, and said privately owned license plate cameras have already helped solve several crimes in residential areas. But homeowners also are asking about the privacy risk the cameras pose, and the potential for over-surveillance or misuse.
“These surveillance tools might protect public safety, but they also can give power to people to use it at their discretion — not necessarily for fair or good purposes,” said Peter Swire, a privacy expert and Georgia Tech professor. “Solving crimes is good. Putting this video in the hands of busybody neighbors might not be so good.”
Privacy vs. safety
The Sidestreet neighborhood decided to install a Flock camera in late July after a resident’s car was stolen, and their old security camera was unhelpful in getting good footage of the car, McCoy said. The system costs $2,000 for a two-year lease, but the company emphasizes that the individual communities own the footage and data from their camera.
The solar-powered, motion-activated Flock system can tell how often every car comes into the subdivision, and knows that some vehicles belong to residents.
McCoy sat at her computer on a recent afternoon, scrolling through the list of cars that entered her neighborhood during a 10-hour period. She does this every day, she said, “just out of curiosity.” As a member of the homeowners association board, she is allowed to view all of the footage from the camera.
She spotted one car that entered the neighborhood just four of the last 18 days, according to the camera.
“That’s weird,” McCoy said. “Oh, I know why, because they were out of town.”
Many of her neighbors supported buying the camera, McCoy said, though some had concerns about the 24/7 surveillance.
“There are people here who think it’s an intrusion of their privacy, and they don’t like it.
Don’t think we should’ve gotten it,” said McCoy, a retired health care administrator. But Flock says its system doesn’t collect any private data, and McCoy can’t see where the cars go after entering Sidestreet. Personally, she added, “I don’t care that you can see what time I come in and out. Who cares?”
Flock CEO Garrett Langley said he was inspired to make the product because he felt there were more nonviolent offenses happening around Atlanta that the camera could help solve. Now the company estimates it helps solve two crimes a day nationwide.
Just last month, police in Sandy Springs said they arrested a man accused of stealing packages and mail from homes, thanks in part to a neighborhood Flock camera.
The camera captured the suspect’s license plate when he was in the area, authorities said, and they later found him with eight credit cards with different names and 17 pieces of mail with assorted names.
Langley, a Georgia Tech graduate, is well aware of the privacy and surveillance concerns associated with the devices.
“It would be irresponsible to say any system like this is without the potential for misuse,” he said. But he emphasized that public roads and the license plates of cars that travel them are public information. “Compared to the amount of information you share on Facebook and online, it’s really not a lot.”
According to Flock, the data gathered belongs to the camera’s user but like other surveillance systems, the data could be subject to court subpoenas. The company encourages larger communities to internally safeguard its video recordings by only allowing a select few residents to have permanent access.
Neighborhoods can opt in to give the local police department access to footage while they are investigating a crime, giving pause to some privacy experts who say there should be more oversight in place to prevent possible abuses of power.
“When the police get new surveillance powers, I tend to think there should be new accountability mechanisms as well,” privacy expert Swire said.
Residents in the McGinnis Reserve subdivision in Suwanee installed a Flock license-plate reading camera about two weeks ago at the entrance to their 172- home community close to Buford Highway, near a picturesque lake and greenway. They’ve turned to the technology after two home break-ins went unsolved last year.
Footage from doorbell cameras wasn’t good enough to identify the burglars or their car.
In a clubhouse looking out on a private pool, neighbors met recently with Flock staff and police officials, who fielded a wide range of questions about how the system works and how the data is used, balancing privacy concerns with their goal to prevent crime.
“I think it’s going to be great, mostly because we’re not a gated community and we are right off a busy road,” resident Kathy Heidish, 75, said of the new camera. “And I think it’s going to be a good way to deter people from coming in.”
‘Everything is being recorded’
The advanced technology presents a treasure trove of potential new evidence for police. Security companies are taking advantage of that.
At least 20 local police departments — including DeKalb, Sandy Springs and Marietta — have either purchased their own cameras from Flock or have a relationship with the company allowing them access to some footage, if the community also agrees.
The cameras are also connected to the National Crime Information Center “hot list,” meaning local police who have a partnership with Flock can automatically get an alert every time a camera spots a stolen car, or a car whose owner has a warrant out for their arrest.
“Whenever a car drives by, it’s as if a detective was on the corner taking notes,” Langley, the company CEO, said.
In Marietta, the police department purchased several Flock cameras to station at areas with high crime rates. During a ninemonth test run, crime rates dropped 34% in the area with the reader. The police department partly attributed the drop to the cameras, though it did not say how many crimes the camera had helped solve.
Ring’s doorbell cameras are known for capturing alarming video of break-ins or package thefts on porches. The Amazon-owned company encourages users to share their pictures or videos on its digital neighborhood watch app, called “Neighbors,” and allows many police departments to access that footage.
“We live in a world now where everything is being recorded. It certainly helps us do our jobs when things happen,” Dunwoody police spokesman Sgt. Robert Parsons said. “It’s easier for us to put the pieces together.”
Some, however, worry the system could cause homeowners to allege a crime in circumstances where there isn’t one, and possibly perpetuate racial profiling.
Experts say people of color, particular African Americans, are more likely to be targeted by police or deemed “suspicious” because of their race.
“It’s quite evident that profiling exists in America,” said Mereda Davis Johnson, a DeKalb County commissioner who chairs the public safety committee. “Me being black, and having a son that is a young adult ... it’s just something that I have to be aware of, because I know it’s there and I have to balance that with public safety.”
Johnson, who has video cameras around her home, initially expressed concern that the Ring and Flock footage could be misused or manipulated. She voted to allow DeKalb police to participate in both partnerships, however, and said the county should review the programs in a year.
Parsons acknowledged that Ring footage sometimes leads homeowners to make vague reports of a “suspicious person.” He said one Ring user posted a video alleging that a fake police officer had knocked on their door. It was actually a fully uniformed Dunwoody officer who was there for a legitimate reason, Parsons said.
Swire, the privacy expert, said the police should not be able to access personal surveillance footage without a warrant, and encouraged Atlanta-area governments who want to share home surveillance video to adopt official rules like Seattle’s, which regulate how departments can see the potential evidence.
“Police access to videos without any warrant,” he said, “is a step towards having ‘Big Brother’ cameras wherever we go.”
WHY IT MATTERS
From smartphones to smart TVs, innovations in technology have made our lives easier, while gathering a plethora of data about our personal habits. Business is booming for new home security devices like doorbell cameras and license plate readers, tools once only used by professional law enforcement. While the technological capabilities of these gadgets have reached new heights, never before has so much surveillance data been in the hands of private citizens, raising questions about privacy and potential misuse of the data.
HOW THE CAMERA SYSTEM WORKS
Here are some details about how the automatic license plate reader system works: \
■ The cameras are motion-activated and take snapshots of anything that moves past them. If it sees a license plate from any state, it will automatically log it into a database.
■ Neighbors are able to register their cars so the system knows they live there. They can also prevent the camera from recording their vehicle.
■ The data is deleted after 30 days, but it can be downloaded and saved in that time.
■ Communities can set their own rules for who can access the Flock system. Usually, members of the homeowners association have permanent access, and others can see the footage after they report a crime.
■ Neighborhoods have to opt in to share footage with police in the case of a crime.
■ Neighbors are able to register their cars so the system knows they live there. They can also prevent the camera from recording their vehicle.
■ The data is deleted after 30 days, but it can be downloaded and saved in that time.
■ Communities can set their own rules for who can access the Flock system. Usually, members of the homeowners association have permanent access, and others can see the footage after they report a crime.
■ Neighborhoods have to opt in to share footage with police in the case of a crime.
HERE IS MY OPINION ON THE ARTICLES CONTENT:
I picked up on the quote:
“Solving crimes is good. Putting this video in the hands of busybody neighbors might not be so good.”
Generally these systems are monitored by the HOA and/or management company. I have a poor opinion of both here in the 4 Phase (663 home) Holly Mill subdivisions and I would not want to turn over such a resource to them.
If it were just the Canton PD and City Attorney, that would be fine but I would not be in favor of our HM BOD and 3rd rate management firm having access to the system.
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7/30/19 SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRY FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY
I was at the Sheriff's site looking for some info and took a look at the Sex Offenders site.
Found that within a mile of where I am there are 6 registered offenders, one on Wild Flower Lane, just about 200 ft from where I live. It is an easy site to use, take a look:
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IS THE HM HOA LOOKING INTO THIS????
Advert did not have a date - is it current or past usage?
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7/17/19
MEDIAN ACCIDENT FROM LAST SATURDAY
In case you are wondering about the median being short of a few trees here is what happened FYI.
Also keep in mind that these trees were a hazard to those wanting to turn left onto PP Pky from the Ash St Connector, so it was a 'good' result from the accident and hopefully the City will NOT replace these trees.
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From: mark.mitchell@cantonga.gov To: hollymill30114@aol.com Sent: 7/17/2019 11:38:20 AM Eastern Standard Time Subject: Re: Damage Inquiry
Good morning,
After researching our records, our Officer responded to an accident at this location on Saturday, July 13, 2019, at approximately 7:25 pm. An accident investigation revealed a driver who was traveling from the direction of the Dollar Tree was driving too fast for conditions, lost control, struck the trees and then another vehicle headed toward the Dollar Tree.
The driver of the vehicle at fault was cited for too fast for conditions and failure to drive on roadways laned for traffic. The property owner of the damaged trees will need to get a copy of the report to file to his/her insurance company.
I hope this helps answer your questions and please let me know if you need anything further.
Thanks,
Mark J. Mitchell, Chief of Police
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From: billy.peppers@cantonga.gov
To: hollymill30114@aol.com
Cc: gene.hobgood@cantonga.gov,
scott.hooper@cantonga.gov
Sent: 7/16/2019 3:23:42 PM Eastern Standard Time
Subject: Trees on Prominence Pt Parkway
Mr. Harris,
Public Works did go on site and the trees in the median were down. We could not determine if they were down due to an accident or it they had been knocked over in a purposeful manner. Public Works did remove the trees.
That particular median was planted by and is maintained by a private landscaper associated with that shopping center area. It has not been determined at this time what will be reinstalled at that median from a landscape standpoint.
I would not expect anything to be planted of substance in the heart of the summer.
Billy Peppers, City Manager
Phone: 770.704.1500
PHOTO: Median cleaned up but not replanted
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CANTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPT
not particularly responsive to inquiries from citizens.
I'm making inquiries about some median damage up by the Publix on Prominence Point Pky and prying info out of scott.hooper@cantonga.gov seems to be a long process with limited results.
So I still do not know if those Crepe Myrtle trees were a result of an accident or an 'on purpose' to get rid of a couple of trees blocking sight line for those turning out into PP Pky.
I have also put in an inquiry with CPD's Facebook site.
I tend to think it was an accident rather than City finally waking up after 2 years that those trees were a traffic hazard.
I hope they DO NOT replace the damn things with more trees. The original ones should never have been planted on that curve to start with. The mess is probably gone by now as Public Works did say it was set to be removed.
7/14/19
CANTON TRAFFIC ISSUE
On 7/13/17 I was bringing up an issue with the Billy Peppers, City Manager of Canton, regarding the blocked view due to some scrub trees that City likes to plant more or less where ever they think they look pretty.
In this instance they put 3 of them on a curve blocking the view of those going from Ash Street Connector onto Prominence Point Parkway. The City Manager was quite pleased with them being there and saw no reason to make any changes.
Some days later, the first in line of the 3 disappeared and I emailed him that I was pleased City had removed at least one and why not get rid of the remaining 2. His reply was abrupt and said City did not remove any and he would see to it that another one was planted.
Probably some concerned citizen with a saw made a midnight adjustment to the tree issue, anyway the missing tree was never replaced and the view while still obstructed, was not as bad as before.
Now, almost 2 years to the day, I note that the remaining 2 trees are knocked down and I wonder if City has finally decided it had been a traffic issue all along and took them down, or perhaps there was an accident and they got knocked over?
Anyway, the darn trees seem to be gone or will be soon as City hauls them away. I hope they don't add any more on this curve.
Photos: Top 2017 and Bottom 2019.
First tree from right was removed by 'someone', leaving the other 2 which continued to block the view of left turning vehicles.
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Two killed in three-car collision Saturday night
Two people were killed in a crash Saturday night on Knox Bridge Highway.
According to Cherokee Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Jay Baker:
Deputies responded to the three-vehicle incident Saturday night at about 9 p.m. on Knox Bridge Highway just west of Ga. Highway 108.
A preliminary investigation indicates a BMW traveling west on Knox Bridge crossed the center line while traveling through a curve striking a Honda Fit traveling eastbound which caused the BMW to lose control. The BMW then crossed the center line and entered the eastbound lane where is was struck on its passenger side by a Honda Accord traveling east toward Canton.
The driver of the BMW, Samuel Joshua Kellogg, 35 of Canton, and the passenger, Jimmy Chester, 55 of Canton, were killed. The driver of the Accord, Brandon Smith, 32, of Canton, was seriously injured and transported to WellStar Kennestone Medical Center. Smith’s 3-year old daughter was also injured and transported to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Their injuries appear to be non-life threatening.
The driver of the Honda Fit, Lee Fitzpatrick, 57, of Woodstock, was not injured. His mother, however, Roberta Beatty, 101, of Woodstock, was transported to Northside Hospital Cherokee with minor injuries.
The incident is being investigated by the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Unit.
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HOLLY MILL HOA has sent out the below email, it did not give details of where in HM the injured residents live but in checking County Property records I found that the residents involved reside in The View;
SMITH, BRANDON and POFF, PATRICIA, 339 MEADOWS LANE, CANTON GA 30114
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(Email FROM THE HOA) Holly Mill Residents, Please read the article from the Cherokee Ledger and Tribune regarding a family that lives in our community.https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/local_news/bigstory/two-killed-in-three-car-collision-saturday-night/article_867a2f0a-a64d-11e9-bef8-fb89ec12648e.html?fbclid=IwAR2mj024QKzwr3Eu1PT2svszY9I1-FOaBNuaVGPyXvJSNjOc2SYjOTwmF84
(You might have to cut and paste the link) If you would like to help them financially here are two links, one for a GoFundMe page and one for Vemo. There is also a meal train set up an link is included.
This has hit very close to home, lets show this family what Holly Mill can do in a crisis like this. GoFundMe which as of 8/15/19 has only
$2,640 OF THE $100,000 GOAL:
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