i was going to meet a few friends at denny's after karaoke, but 'luckily' i came home for a minute first instead at around 2 am this morning, and as i was going into the house i heard a loud thumping noise coming from the side yard - i went out to the street and two vehicles (a very large SUV type vehicle with what appeared to be multi-colored paint and a lights on the side, along with a much smaller car following it) came rushing around the corner - as i grabbed my camera phone and attempted to take a photo, the lead SUV vehicle literally tried to run me over, but luckily i moved out of the way just in time - i checked my vehicle and noticed damage, so i immediately called the police and for some reason kept getting santa clara dispatch instead of sunnyvale, and they apparently hung up on me twice - about a half hour to an hour later, the sunnyvale police finally showed up, and as i waited for them to arrive, i printed up all my NEIGHBORHOOD COPWATCH evidence of the various people who have harassed and stalked me at my property over the last few months and years, then gave it all to the police officers for evaluation (for some reason, the caucasian officer on the scene blantantly ignored my blog evidence and acted like a drill sargeant, but fortunately the cool african american officer took notes about it) i have a suspicion that at least some of the people who are involved in this know each other - mister drill sargeant suggested that i change my routine on the weekends, because maybe this vandalism has something to do with the bar i go to every weekend; maybe someone at the bar is mad at me or something...hmmm...the two vehicles involved did make a right turn on teal drive as they left, heading back towards the bar...i never thought of that, that's a possible angle to look at, and i'm glad he suggested it because since i actually saw the two vehicles, i will go back to the bar next week with new eyes; on a little investigative mission of sorts - as they left; the police took notes on my evidence for their own investigation, and promised to patrol the neighborhood more frequently...
NOTES: at roughly 2 am, the two vehicles involved sped down teal drive towards el camino real, which they likely crossed - and since at least some of the intersections along el camino have cameras monitored by the police department, i suggest checking all the camera images from about 1:45 to 2:15 am along el camino real - look for two vehicles travelling together; one very large and one noticably much smaller - it shouldn't be difficult to spot...
and even though a phone cop recently doubted SVPD involvement; i heard from the brother of a sunnyvale cop that officers are constantly monitoring cameras at some main intersections around the city - placing cameras at main intersections where people come in and out of their neighborhoods is ok by me, but it might be a good idea to instead record 24/7 without human monitoring to free up officers for other tasks, then get court orders to obtain video segments in an emergency...
neighborhood residents can purchase DIY SWANN brand surveillance kits at fry's electronics for around $500 - the one i bought has 4 night-vision cameras, a receiver, a hard drive and extension cables - i plan on accessing and/or monitoring the system only in the event of a crime, otherwise i will periodically erase footage from the hard drive - if neighborhood residents make a surveillance perimeter at key intersections around their neighborhood, then video information could be shared around the community in case of emergency - i generally believe it is much better to empower common citizens with no sinister underlying government agenda or motive with surveillance, than it is to allow questionable government interests to peer at our communitys' private parts...
> 22 aug 2007 / i recently saw one of the vehicle's i witnessed fleeing the scene of the crime - it is a very distinctive looking, older model black (chevy?) mini-truck with a black camper shell that goes straight back - i will be searching the neighborhood for this truck and attempt to photograph the license plate number...
> 17 feb 2008 / in my minds' eye, i keep seeing this same black pickup truck with the straight back camper shell parked at lillick and thunderbird where a whole bunch of cars kept getting parking tickets from the sunnyvale PD - right after the vehicular vandalism, the people who lived in the rental house feeding the parking problem abruptly moved out - question: was a black older model [chevy?] pickup truck with a straight back camper shell ever given a ticket at lillick and thunderbird?
