[Dewey-Darrow] [Darrow-GreenwoodNeighbors] Burglaries November 2009

[officernapier]

Hello groups,

   In an attempt to keep you guys notified of burglaries, aside from whats posted on the daily crime report (some is repeated though), i'm just taking a minute to to update information since my last update.

Burglaries crushed us a few weeks ago (residential) but for the last two weeks-plus weeks, they have been down. What continues to be killing us is car thefts/burglaries and I am going to get hard on everyone for this.

Our car thefts/burglaries are from UNLOCKED cars !!!! in general, car burglaries are not planned events where bad guys stalk or case a neighborhood, but rather simply walk down the street trying door handles. If any of you are as bad as me, you keep "car cash" in the car for incidentals, tolls, quick stop at McDonald's, etcetera. Bad guys are well aware of this because it is something most people do. Not only "car cash", but leaving the GPS unit attached to the window and NOT making sure your car door is locked, YES, even in your own driveway are all recipes to become a victim.

Think of the bad guys like a neighborhood cat, if you feed it, you will never get rid of it and others will show up, this is exactly how the people that do these types of theft are. Some people simply refuse to take a minute, remove the RADAR detector, GPS or some other enticing article from the car, then lock the car before going in the house, not even to mention leaving the laptop computer on the front seat in plain view.

Here's what we know:

   1. The RADAR detector that your paid $299.99 for is worth $50 -     $100 on the street
   2. The GPS unit that you paid $300 + for is worth $50 - $100 on    the street
   3. The laptop computer you paid $500 - $1,000 for is worth $100 - $300 on the street

So, with that said, attached in the flies section is a map of recent burglaries and car burglaries. Let me just mention, Skokie and Morton Grove are being devastated with burglaries. We have had intelligence that suggests reason for that, but here in Evanston and OUR BEAT in particular, have to keep up the pressure and call police when suspicious circumstances exists, which includes watching for people who appear to walk down the street "trying" door handles. When this is done routinely, these people will inevitably choose a target area that is much easier than our Evanston neighborhoods. Remember, people can only get away with what a neighborhood will allow !

More to come, stay tuned. Also, see the "flies" section for recent activity maps.

-Officer Reggie Napier-

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