GA GA - Shirley, 87, & Russell Dermond, 88, Putnam Co, 2 May 2014 - #13

[Cedars]

These type of places sell buyers on the concept of security but as many posts above point out they aren’t really as secure as many residents think.
In the community I lived in, some people acted like we were 100% secured away from the “locals” outside the gates.

I recall in the Sheriff's interviews he always said it was a zero crime rate community, they'd never had any burglaries in a couple decades. This is one reason why he believes it wasn't random, but that the couple were targeted. The security might deter a random criminal who could find other places with less risk of getting caught. However, the security wouldn't defeat someone who was determined, and then there was no security whatever from a boat.

JMO

 

[Valiant]

I recall in the Sheriff's interviews he always said it was a zero crime rate community, they'd never had any burglaries in a couple decades. This is one reason why he believes it wasn't random, but that the couple were targeted. The security might deter a random criminal who could find other places with less risk of getting caught. However, the security wouldn't defeat someone who was determined, and then there was no security whatever from a boat.

JMO

Interestingly the community I lived in claimed to be crime free as well (in north Georgia) but after I moved in I found there was some property crime (usually a contractors employees) and a murder (love triangle, resident murdered by non-resident). Crime finds a way in