Kingston Security Improvements
We, the residents of the Kingston Apartment complex located at 7480 Birdwood Avenue, McLean, VA 22102, considering recent criminal events in the immediate area and within the complex, petition and request the following elevated safety standards be adapted by the building management immediately.
1. The Kingston become a 24-hour Security Building.
2. An actual “Security” person be seated at the front desk to help verify
that all entering the building are ether residents, guests of residents or have advance authorization to enter the building.
3. The installation of fully functioning Security Video Cameras covering every hallway of every floor.
4. The installation of fully functioning Security Video Cameras on all parking floors.
5. The installation of fully functioning Security Video Cameras in the stairwells.
6. The installation of fully functioning Security Video Cameras covering all outside entrances to the building, the walkways surrounding and in front of the building including all building entrances and the garage door.
7. All “Food Deliveries” be left at the front desk.
8. All “Item Deliveries”, be left in the “Mail Room”.
9. All Building Rules and Regulations pertaining to “NO Smoking” of any substances in the building be strictly endorsed with an “Established Protocol.
10. Restrict the entry to the elevators via “Fob” controlled entry.
11. “Fob” controlled elevators.
12. Better/brighter lighting on all floors of the garage.
13. The Front Door should not be left “unlocked” at night.
14. The P-1 stairwell cage needs to be fixed.
15. The cracked glass in the West Tower P-! elevator room should be fixed.
16. First Floor Back Entrance - Someone is putting towels in the door to keep them from closing completely!
17. Dog owners are responsible for and must pick up their dog’s poop – outside the building entrance as well as the “island” and planters in front of the building, in the fields across the street and the side “Dog wash” entrance door.
18. Residents must be notified of any criminal activity in the building in a timely and transparent manner
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