Crime Watch

 

Franklin Park police will be holding roving patrols and setting up speed traps throughout the community to help deter speeders in the plan.

At the 2014 Annual Meeting the community discussed the purchase of 3 solar powered speed signs for the community. Each sign will have a Bluetooth adaptor that will be able to track and relay information about the vehicles that pass the sign. Those in attendance along with the Board of Directors approved the purchase of these three speed signs that will be placed within the community in high speeding areas.

 

Each month the signs will be moved by a volunteer on the Board.
The data collected will be used to help provide the Franklin Park PD a better picture of the problem within the community and to help aid in more frequent patrols of the community.

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Safety Alert

  

Dear Residents,

First, I must apologize for the huge gap in time since our last communication. Apparently, the email system was not working properly and the outgoing messages were not being received by our community. Additionally, in trying to remedy the problem, the program discarded MANY of the email addresses in our system. Therefore I am requesting your help. Please disseminate this safety alert to everyone in you know in Franklin Park. If you receive this email second hand and had been part of our email alert system, please send an email to crimeprevention@fppd.biz . Please include your family's last name and street name so that the addresses can be sorted correctly. I will work quickly to add all of the addresses back into the system and then send out a follow-up, "test" email.

Again, I apologize for the inconvenience and lack of communication. I hope that the problem has been remedied and appreciate your patience.

 

Sincerely,

Officer K. Boucek

Franklin Park Police Department

  

Please see the letter below for the latest safety alert:

 

The Franklin Park Borough Police are currently investigating two residential burglaries that occurred on weekdays during daytime hours. In both incidents entry was gained by prying open a window or door. In one of the burglaries the actors fled when interrupted by the homeowner arriving home. The actors fled in a dark colored, possibly green or gray, 4-door sedan

 

Daylight is the prevalent time for residential burglaries because the expectation is that homeowners will be at work. Residents are asked to call 911 to report any suspicious activity.

 

What you can do:

 

• Please be alert to suspicious activity and don’t hesitate to call 911 to report it.

 

• Never leave your home or personal property unsecured. Always lock all doors and windows when you leave your home. Always keep your garage secured and locked.

 

• If you have an alarm system, please activate it while your not home.

 

• Alert your neighbors and homeowners association to the problem and be sure to watch out for each other. Remember, the majority of burglars who are caught in the act are so because a neighbor reported seeing something suspicious.

 

• Call 911 to report suspicious activity. This includes strangers walking down the street or vehicles lingering in the area with occupants that are unfamiliar to you.

 

If you are the victim of a burglary or arrive home to find an open door or window, please follow these tips:

 

• Do NOT enter – the individual(s) may still be inside

 

• Use a neighbor’s phone/ cell phone to immediately call 911 before anyone else

 

• Do NOT touch anything or clean-up until police respond and process the scene for evidence

 

• Record the make, model and license plate of any suspicious vehicles in the area

 

• Note the descriptions of any suspicious persons in the area

 

Anyone with information regarding these burglaries or any other crime is asked to contact the Franklin Park Borough Police at (412) 364-1227.

 

Detective Aron Leach

Investigations

Franklin Park Borough Police Department

 

Visit http://www.franklinparkborough.us/emergency/policealerts.html

 

for more information.

 

 

ATTENTION SETTLERS WALK RESIDENTS

There have been several cars that have been broken into in our neighborhood. The cars that were targeted were left unlocked in their driveways or in the street .  This happened as recent as Sunday late night or early Sunday morning.  If you realize that your car was broken into please contact the Franklin Park Police Department to report the incident.  The police were in the community this morning looking for evidence. It also appears that the individuals were leaving the car doors open when leaving the crime scene.  If you leave your car outside please remember to remove all valuables and lock your doors at all times.

 

 

SAFETY ALERT

16 Feb 09

 

Dear Resident of Franklin Park

Specifically members of Scarlet Ridge and surrounding neighborhoods:

 

There have been numerous emails and phone calls being made about burglaries and other crimes allegedly committed last night in Franklin Park. This Safety Alert email is to provide you with correct facts about the incident without jeopardizing the ongoing investigation.

 

Sometime overnight, 15Feb09 into 16Feb09, an unknown number of suspects were in the area of the Scarlet Ridge plan. They appear to have attempted to gain access to a few residences by trying to find an unlocked door. There was NOT forced entry into any residence at this time. There is evidence that they opened UNLOCKED vehicles however nothing was stolen. There is evidence that they appeared to limit their path to perimeter residences and they used a vehicle to enter/exit the area.

 

Anyone who may have seen or heard anything that may be helpful to this investigation is asked to call our police station, 412-364-1227 and speak to Officer Latimer, ext 355.

 

Also, please follow these important reminders:

 

* * * SAFETY TIPS * * *

CLOSE AND LOCK YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS!!!! Whether you are home or not!

Do not leave cash, jewelry or other small valuables in plain view of an open door or window.

LOCK YOUR VEHICLES!!!!

Never leave your garage door opener or valuables in plain view from the outside of any vehicle parked outside.

Leave exterior lights on and/or use motion sensor lights

Anytime you hear a suspicious noise - call 911 IMMEDIATELY

* * * * * * * * *

If you see something that appears out of the ordinary or unusual to everyday patterns, please call 911. If you see something but are hesitant to dial 911, you can always reach a non-emergency dispatcher at 412-473-3056. We, the police department, would prefer to investigate numerous calls for suspicious activity and potentially catch a bad guy before he can commit a crime!

 

As always, if you have received this email in error, please contact me so that I can remove your name from our list. Also, feel free to share this information with any of your friends or family. If for some reason you receive more than one copy of this alert, please contact me and I will try to determine why I have your address included more than once in the system. Be sure to include your neighborhood name and email addresses involved.

 

Remember that you are always welcome to email us with ANY questions you may have or rumors you want to verify/confirm. We want the avenue of communication to always be open to you. Anyone wishing to be added to this list, please send an email to: crimeprevention@fppd.biz and be sure to include the following: your name, your email address and your neighborhood or street name.

Crime Prevention email: crimeprevention@fppd.biz

Police station phone number: 412-364-1227

 

Thank you for your continuing interest in our Safety Alert Program.

 

Sincerely,

Officer Kim Boucek

Crime Prevention Unit

Franklin Park Police Department