Need suggestions for pool security

hire an attendant or monitor the pool with a volunteer committee

NOTHING else will work

First, a reminder - the rules of this website state you're not supposed to use actual names of people, HOAs, etc.

When our community had a pool, we had the same issues (which is why I'm glad we finally got rid of it!) We tried several people to serve as pool monitors, but had issues with people not showing up (teenagers, mostly), showing up late or being intimidated when they'd try to establish some sort of order - these days, people tend to do more than just cuss. We ended up getting an off duty cop to serve as pool monitor and would give him a list of households that were eligible to use the pool - if your home wasn't listed, it was usually because you were delinquent.

The delinquents weren't mailed passes at all and those who got them, also got a copy of the pool rules, with one to be signed and returned to our property manager - if you didn't return it, you didn't get access to the pool. Landlords had to sign on behalf of their tenants. Eventually, we changed this to requiring signatures on the pool rules before the passes were mailed.

Delinquent homeowners and their guests weren't allowed to use the pool on another homeowner's pass and someone from the home had to be present at all times when the guests were present (that fixed the problem of parents just handing the passes to their kids and going off to do whatever while their kids raised hell). We also had 4 passes per household, which helped somewhat with crowds. We're a small townhouse community and less than half used the pool anyway (another reason we got rid of it)

Hope some of this helps. I know some homeowners may not like being told to identify themselves, so I hope you are telling the community why the rowdiness and unauthorized passes has got to stop - and if it doesn't, the board may have to consider reducing the number of days it's available or shutting down the pool altogether for a day or two (or three). Which reminds me - our monitor was authorized to end the pool use and toss everyone out if people didn't behave and report that to the property manager, who'd then forward that information to the Board, along with names of who was responsible (or at least who was using the pass). The homeowners would be told if they didn't control their guests their passes would be revoked for the remainder of the season and I think we only had to do that once.

What possible issues would you foresee? I didn't say anything that was incriminating, illegal, offensive or untrue, and certainly not anything that the entire neighborhood doesn't already know.

In any event, I certainly do not want to be in violation of this forum's rules; I did not see those rules before posting. So I will edit the post and remove the information, as soon as someone can tell me how to. I looked around the site and didn't see an option for editing post.

Thanks.

We have key fobs that unlock the gates to the pool and playground area. We also have cameras installed to monitor the pool. In addition, we have a pool monitor.

Now...all those items are only as effective as enforcement. Our MC has not been consistent with enforcement. (We're developer controlled) The pool monitoring company hasn't done a good job of reporting issues. And when there are problems - there are no consequences.

YEP ... agree. But attendant would need potentially a picture ID from any owner's to prove they have any such right to amenity. Without any such proof you will have the same issue of people "claiming" they live at XYZ address. Our family Vegas property uses cards and security cameras. Potentially with the security camera showing who accessed ... hopefully if anything happened the Owner who gave their card in violation to someone else ... via card ID not matching security camera ... if anything happened should be on the Owner who violated. But, you need to have a system which could provide any such proof of violation.