- Please, be sure to lock your cars.
- Lock your sheds.
- Lock your homes.
- Call the police if you see teens walking the streets when you know they are supposed to be in school, or other suspicious persons or activity. Share information such as: what happened, when, where, if anyone is hurt, license numbers and descriptions of any vehicles, direction of travel, descriptions of suspect(s), and if there are any weapons involved.
- If you do experience a break in, no matter if did or did not have items taken from your home or vehicle, CALL THE POLICE (385-5000 Non-Emergency#). The police can not connect the dots if you don't give them the "push pins for their cork board", now known as the neighborhood crime database.
- Also, are you signed up for Nixle's crime alert bulletins?
Watching out and helping out is a key aspect of Crime Prevention. Remember to watch out for your neighbors and report any suspicious activity. The police cannot be everywhere. Successful deterrence depends on citizen cooperation and involvement. Many crimes would never be committed if more citizens were alert to suspicious activity in their neighborhood or if they acted on what they saw. If you do not want personal contact with the responding officer, say so when you call.
The most important information needed by the police is: what happened, when, where, if anyone is hurt, license numbers and descriptions of any vehicles, direction of travel, descriptions of suspect(s), and if there are any weapons involved.
By acting quickly and calmly, your request for police service could foil a crime, help to identify suspects involved in other crimes or deter a criminal act by letting potential suspects know that you and your neighbors are alert to suspicious activity, suspicious vehicles and suspicious persons.
