Post by title1parent on Apr 3, 2010 9:35:08 GMT -5
This email comes to you via the 9th Ward web site at www.9thward.net
I attended a neighborhood meeting on Thursday night and had the opportunity to speak with one of Aurora�s Community Oriented Police (COP) Officers. The COP Officers are assigned to specific Districts within City and act as somewhat of a liaison with the residents. They also pay close attention to crime trends, reported criminal activity and conduct proactive police operations in an effort to prevent crime versus being reactive to reported crimes.
One of their Crime Prevention efforts involves walking through neighborhoods and making residents aware of things that the residents are doing that make them a target for criminal activity. Some of you may have received a late night knock on your door alerting you that your garage door had been left up or that personal property had been left out. Recently the COP officers walked through a neighborhood and issued about 100 crime prevention notifications dealing with personal property being left inside cars parked on the street or in the driveway. In one incident, the Officers found a car with two laptop computers, a GPS unit and about ten dollars in change just sitting in the car in open view. The resident might as well have put a flashing sign on the car that said �Break in and steal my property.�
It is a shame that we have to do certain things to protect our property and prevent a crime from occurring but such is the case. When we do things to make it harder for a criminal to commit a crime, or remove the value of committing the crime, the chances of being a victim of a crime are greatly decreased. We are the first line of defense for ourselves. It doesn�t take a lot of effort but the benefit is huge.
Leroy Keith
Alderman, 9th Ward
I attended a neighborhood meeting on Thursday night and had the opportunity to speak with one of Aurora�s Community Oriented Police (COP) Officers. The COP Officers are assigned to specific Districts within City and act as somewhat of a liaison with the residents. They also pay close attention to crime trends, reported criminal activity and conduct proactive police operations in an effort to prevent crime versus being reactive to reported crimes.
One of their Crime Prevention efforts involves walking through neighborhoods and making residents aware of things that the residents are doing that make them a target for criminal activity. Some of you may have received a late night knock on your door alerting you that your garage door had been left up or that personal property had been left out. Recently the COP officers walked through a neighborhood and issued about 100 crime prevention notifications dealing with personal property being left inside cars parked on the street or in the driveway. In one incident, the Officers found a car with two laptop computers, a GPS unit and about ten dollars in change just sitting in the car in open view. The resident might as well have put a flashing sign on the car that said �Break in and steal my property.�
It is a shame that we have to do certain things to protect our property and prevent a crime from occurring but such is the case. When we do things to make it harder for a criminal to commit a crime, or remove the value of committing the crime, the chances of being a victim of a crime are greatly decreased. We are the first line of defense for ourselves. It doesn�t take a lot of effort but the benefit is huge.
Leroy Keith
Alderman, 9th Ward