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33 Beat

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Officers assigned to 33 Beat

Officer Stephanie Neal
Community Policing
Beat Coordinator
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1st Shift Officer S. Marshall	2nd Shift Officer J. Forred	3rd Shift Officer E. Guzman	4th Shift Officer M. Brown

   

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Previous Year Statistics for Beat 33

     

Type of Crime	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Murder	1	0	0	1	0
Rape	9	5	8	6	1
Individual Robbery	17	19	12	12	10
Business Robbery	1	7	7	7	6
Agg. Assault Drive By	0	0	0	1	1
Residential Burglary	113	89	82	108	116
Non-Res. Burglary	57	12	14	22	17
Larceny	286	247	249	259	250
Auto Theft	45	46	36	42	51
Vandalism	233	246	244	223	231
Totals	762	671	652	681	683

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Last Updated: October 17th, 2011 33 Beat News Officer Nick Long Patrol East Community Policing 350 S. Edgemoor, Wichita KS Work: (316)688-9545/ Fax: (316) 858-7715 E-mail: NLong@wichita.gov     Help create a more safe and secure community by signing up to receive citizen, business and neighborhood alerts. You will get information directly from the Wichita Police Department to your cell phone or computer. www.citizenobserver.com/registration. Neighborhood Meetings K-15 Neighborhood Association Meeting - Monday November 21, 2011 @ 7:00 @ Colvin Elementary K-15 Neighborhood Association Meeting - Monday January 23, 2012 @ 7:00 @ Colvin Elementary DAB III meeting - Wednesday November 2, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. @101 E. Pawnee (Water Dept Building) DAB III meeting -  Wednesday December 7, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. @101 E. Pawnee (Water Dept Building) There will be a Planeview Neighborhhod Cleanup on Saturday November 5, 2011 from 8:30-2:00 for more information contact The Colvin Neighborhood City Hall at 303-8029   "Halloween in the Park 2011" This year it will be held at Edgemoor Park at 9th & Edgemoor on Friday October 21st, 2011 from 6-9 PM. This event is focused for elementary age children to teach them about Halloween safety. If you or someone you know is interested in donating candy for the event, or If you have any questions please contact Officer R.L.West at 350-3420 or email me at rwest@wichita.gov HALLOWEEN SAFETY! Tips for a Safe and Fun Halloween 1. Parents, stay with your children! Their safety is your responsibility 2. Do not go into a strangers house for candy 3. Cross streets CAREFULLY and pay attention to vehicles 4. Trick r Treat with a friend or group 5. Parents should check their children's candy prior to them eating any 6. Visit only those houses with lights on 7. Use sidewalks and only cross streets at crosswalks and corners 8. Have a flashlight with you 9. Costumes should be flame resistant, should not drag the ground, and have reflective features 10. Remember to say Thank You :)   Seasonal Crime Tips With the colder weather, the Wichita Police Department tends to see an increase in the number of auto theft incidents during those colder months. The biggest contributer to this increase is the fact that, during the winter months, drivers will leave vehicle running, unattended for a wide variety of reasons, but mainly to warm up the interior. Whether in your driveway, your garage or even at the corner store where you can keep constant visual contact, you should avoid leaving your vehicle running unattended. Auto theft can and has occurred in all neighborhoods all hours of the day and night. It has also happened in the busy parking lot in open view to everyone. It only takes a couple of second to put a running vehicle into gear and drive off....probably before you have the chance to put down the half full cappuccino you were getting on your way to work! Please don't make a criminal's life easier when they only make everyone else's life more difficult! THEFT FROM VEHICLES This is a crime of opportunity, and in most cases the victim is providing the opportunity. Thieves are watching! This type of crime takes literally seconds to commit. Let's not give these criminals the opportunity. Removing the valuables from your vehicle can greatly decrease your chances of being a victim. Here’s a test: Do you have any of these top stolen items in your car right now? Purse GPS Unit Wallet IPOD Laptop Cell Phone GARAGE DOOR OPENERS! Leaving these items in plain view increases your chances of being a victim. Other things to do to reduce your chances of being a victim are to park in well lit areas at night if possible, lock your doors, roll up all your windows, and be aware of surroundings. PORTABLE BASKETBALL GOALS Basketball is fun and a great source for exercise. However, the very popular portable basketball goals are being set up in neighborhoods adjacent to traffic ways causing a wide range of problems. First there is the safety aspect. Playing in the street is a dangerous practice and should be avoided altogether. Second, theses goals can become a nuisance problem for neighborhoods. Players not moving out of the way for vehicles in the roadway, loud players as well as loud music late at night, as well as blight issues can all hurt the morale and image for the neighborhood. For violations of basketball goals, please read the following: 1. Contact ANY city of Wichita employee and report the violation as well as the address to them. 2. The city employee will call or email Engineering Division's Linda Firsching at 268-4418, or lfirsching@wichita.gov with the address of the violation. 3. Linda Firsching will log the complaint in a database and assigned to a sidewalk inspector who will verify the violation with a photograph. 4. Notifications will be provided to the residence and compliance checks will begin. 5. Continued violations will be subjected to fines and possibly removal of the goal by city employees. If you are a parent responsible for one of these goals, please be responsible and assure that the basketball goal is not contributing to a dangerous environment or contributing to a nuisance problem. If you are a citizen that wants to report problems arising from a portable basketball goal, follow the steps above.   TOP 10 RESIDENTIAL PARKING VIOLATIONS 1. Park w/in 15ft of a fire hydrant - 11.52.020(7) 2. Park w/in 30ft of a traffic sign - 11.52.020(10) 3. Park left wheels to curb - 11.52.040 4. Park w/in 8ft of a private drive - 11.52.020(5) 5. Park more than 12" from curb - 11.52.040 6. Park on sidewalk - 11.52.020(8) 7. Inoperable vehicale on private property - 7.40.045 8. Parking on required side yard - 11.52.030(b) 9. Parking on unpaved surface - 11.52.030(c) 10. Parking on required front yard - 11.52.030(a) 10 BURGLARY PREVENTION TIPS 1.      If a person knocks on your front door in the middle of the day who you do not know, consider doing something that would let them know that someone is home, without opening the door. If you say nothing, they get the impression that no one is home and get the green light to break into your home – putting you or other occupants of your home in potential face to face situation.  2.      If you own any of these three items – FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION, GAME SYSTEM, LAPTOP COMPUTER – write down the make, model and the serial number of these items so they can be provided to police if your home is broken into. This info can be entered into a nation-wide computer database, showing your items as stolen property. Having this information for the police officer can greatly increase the chances of having your property returned to you if it would be recovered. (These are the most sought after items that residential burglars look for.)  3.      Stop the delivery of any newspapers to your residence while you are gone. Several newspapers in the driveway is an indication to burglars that the occupants are gone for multiple days.  4.      If you are going out for the evening, leave the TV on, as well as a few select lights, so it appears someone is home. The glow from the TV screen can be seen easily at night from outside your home by potential burglars.  5.      A dog that will bark at strangers but won’t be a nuisance to your neighbors is a good deterrent.  6.      Install motion-activated lights to cover both your front and back doors. The light going on might alert a neighbor to look your way and your neighbor could be a potential witness that could call 911 that a burglary in progress in occurring.  7.      If you or a family member is a user of a social media site, like Facebook or MySpace, be sure that no information posted would indicate you are away from your home. Some burglars monitor these internet sites and look for this information to help them select potential locations to break into.  8.      If you see suspicious activity, and your safety is not a consideration, do not approach the people and tell them that you are calling 911. Call 911 discreetly and tell the dispatcher that the activity is “in progress”. This will let the officers have an opportunity to catch them in the act and hopefully make an arrest. You would be surprised at the number of well-intentioned people that warn the criminals that police are on the way and they are long gone when we arrive.  9.      Burglars have to decide which house to break into – walk around your house and compare it to others on your block. Ask yourself – is my house an easier target than others on the block? If so, take steps to “target harden” your house, such as install deadbolts, install better lighting, trim tree limbs and bushes away from windows.  10.  Don’t advertise what you own. During the daytime, a burglar can easily run into the garage to steal property while you are in the backyard or busy in the house. During the night there are certain burglars driving around just looking for open garage doors. Your golf clubs or string trimmer will be easily pawned or sold for a fraction of what you paid for them.  The nighttime burglars target the vehicles parked in the garage looking for keys in the ignitions to steal the cars. The nighttime burglars are also looking for purses and wallets left in the vehicles and use the credit cards before the victim knows the burglary has occurred. Most victims believe nothing like this happens in their neighborhood, but the nicer neighborhoods are the neighborhood targeted.         HELPFUL NUMBERS SCAT: 267- SCAT (7228) English and Spanish Crime Stoppers: 267-2111 Warrant Office:  268-4231 Citizens Police Academy: 838-9611 Office of Central Inspection (OCI): 265-4477 Health Department: 660-7350 Animal Control: 268-8473 The Wichita Police Department’s Mission Statement The Wichita Police Department’s mission is to provide professional and ethical public safety services in partnership with citizens to identify, prevent and solve the problems of crime, fear of crime, social disorder and neighborhood decay, thereby improving the quality of life in our community.