[quote=flu]Idon’t think the gates really work.. most gates allow more than one car to pass in…You just have to tailgate someone in front.[/quote]
I do think that gated communities definitely put a big dent on possible crime. And Guard gated communities in conjunction with video cameras really make it much safer and deter people from attempting to enter.
I live in a guard gated community with video cameras (Santaluz) at the entrances and crime is VERY low in the development. And now they are putting up for vote to even make the pedestrian access from the various entrances also gated so that the pedestrian needs a key fob to get in.
I voted in favor of that one.
Will these things totally eliminate all crime? Probably not. But the statistics do show that they work. Communities like this make it one of the safest and lowest crime rate communities in all of Southern California from what the HOA board tell the residents.
