CRIME WATCH REGISTRATION FORM CRIME WATCH SUBJECT FORM
CRIME WATCH MEETING AGENDA FORM CRIME WATCH WITNESS FORM
The Bethel Park Police Department will be hold a Crime Watch Meeting on Monday 8/19/2013 at the Bethel Park Community Center at 6:30 PM. The purpose of this meeting is to talk about Crime Watch activities, recruitment, and to discuss current criminal activity. We hope all of you will consider attending and bring a guest!
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May 2013 Crime Watch Agenda
- Recruitment: Currently at 1014. We have finally reached our original goal, now we want to get to 1500. Also if you move out of the area or change email addresses, please be sure to notify me so I can make the change.
- Crime Watch Celebration Dinner is tentatively scheduled for Saturday October 12, 2013. It is the hopes of the Dinner committee that we can get a decent turnout to Celebrate Crime Watch and its successes and also honor previous Crime Prevention Officer’s. More details will be forthcoming.
- Citizen Police Academy: Applications are available online for next year. If you think that the Academy is of interest to you, please get your application in now. You can always say no later, but once the class is full I cannot add you. Presently there are 21 applications..
- The DEA Drug Take Back Program that happened on Saturday 4/27/13 had the following results: 8 boxes were collected from the two locations with an estimated weight of 350 pounds. This was a very successful program and this medication was disposed of properly. Another Take Back Program will happen in September or October. More details will follow.
- Vacation Home Notifications: You can obtain a vacation home notification form on the website, as well as at the police station emergency dispatch center. This form is used in case of an emergency at your residence while you are on vacation. Print the form out and mail it to the Police Department or drop it off at dispatch.
- Spring Weather Traffic Alert: Warmer weather brings out more people to walk, bike and children to play. We ask that all motorists follow all of the rules of the road to keep all of our resident’s safe.
- Website: Please check out some of the features of our website. It has been designed to answer a lot of the questions people have. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to send them to me.
- Acts of Criminal Mischief: There have been several reported acts of Criminal Mischief reported over the last several weeks. Damage to Lawn ornaments, lawns, and vehicles. There was an evening where several front or rear vehicle windows were broken. The actors were arrested and charges filed.
- There continue to be thefts from unlocked vehicles in neighboring communities. We have had a few, but not as many as some surrounding areas. Please continue to be vigilant in locking your doors, and removing valuable property from view.
- Scams: Recently, our community has been receiving phone calls from people stating that your medical alert equipment or other medical equipment is ready for delivery. One of the people receiving these calls was nice enough to provide me with a phone number. I called it as I had received the call. The people seemed friendly and when it got to the part where they wanted to deliver, I was asked for name, address, phone, SS #, etc. I started to question all of this and was promptly hung up on.
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Next Meetings:
No meetings in June, July ….Have a Great Summer!
Next Meeting is Monday 8/19/2013 @ 6:30 pm at the Bethel Park Community Center
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I decided to leave this information posted for everyone to reference these sites. This information was provided by Agent Pat Howley of the FBI during our January meeting.
Use the following websites to check on scams www.fbi.gov www.ic3.gov
Do a Credit Check on yourself and check everything. Use all 3 companies as you get one free per year from each one. Use a different company every 4 months. I want to clarify though, the Bethel Park Police Department is not endorsing the use of any of these sites.
www.experian.com Experian 1-888-397-3742
www.equifax.com Equifax 1-800-525-6285
www.transunion.com Transunion1-800-680-7289
When you go on a lot of websites, there is a site to verify if the site is secure. www.trusteer.com
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Other good locations to check on scams or false reported stuff
