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38 Beat

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Officers assigned to 38 Beat

Officer Richard West
Community Policing
Beat Coordinator
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1st Shift Officer M. Mitchell	2ndShift Officer C. Byers	3rd Shift Officer B. Johnson	4th Shift Officer M. Brown

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Previous Year Statistics for Beat 38
    

Type of Crime	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Murder	2	2	2	0	0
Rape	7	10	8	6	4
Individual Robbery	8	21	15	12	12
Business Robbery	2	3	10	3	6
Agg. Assault Drive By	0	3	0	1	1
Residential Burglary	87	128	128	126	93
Non-Res. Burglary	47	17	18	33	38
Larceny	367	307	258	248	301
Auto Theft	59	35	35	24	29
Vandalism	247	245	221	218	191
Totals	826	771	695	671	675

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38 Beat Web Page  Last Updated: January 4th, 2012     With the New Year, comes some changes at the Wichita Police Department.  The first change is that they beat boundaries have changed and 38 beat is now twice the size as it was (See above map).  The second thing is that the Patrol East Sub-Station will now only be open between the hours of 8 AM to 5 PM Monday-Friday. If there is an emergency, there is a direct phone line to dispatch just outside the Sub-Station door to have a officer sent to that location.   If you have any questions please contact me Officer R.L.West at 350-3420 or email me at rwest@wichita.gov __________ VEHICLE BREAK-INS   Generally, the most often occurring and under-reported crime in Wichita is auto break-ins or vandalisms.  Most of these incidents occur during overnight hours; however, it is not uncommon for this type of crime to occur during daylight hours.  By practicing the following prevention tips you will greatly reduce your chances of becoming a victim.   ·         Park in a garage, if at all possible (park in a driveway, if a garage is not available) ·         Never leave valuables in your car! ·         Utilize good lighting to illuminate the area around your vehicle ·         Always lock your vehicle ·         Report any suspicious activity to the police by calling 911   Typically these incidents are crimes of opportunity and convenience.  This means that if all items of interest for a thief are removed, chances are that the crime would not have happened.  You are responsible for the item(s) that you leave in the vehicle.  We need your help to fight the growing number of auto burglaries.  Please CALL 911 if you hear or see something suspicious in your neighborhood.   Remember, criminals don’t care about the cost required to replace something, and they usually smash out windows to get in, and can be gone in less than a minute.  These are a few of the items that are typically taken from vehicles:   Stereo or Speakers        CD’s or Tapes  Money              Radar Detectors   Purse or Bag                 Wallet or ID      Tools                Clothing   Bills or other papers       Cell Phone        Check Book      Other Electronics   Any documents left in your vehicle that have your name and/or personal information can be used by criminals to steal your identity.  This can result in your credit history being ruined at a great expense to you.   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.   38 BEAT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT The 38 Beat Team will continue to randomly conduct traffic enforcement assignments on 38 beat, so please watch your speed because we are! Rembember at an open intersection the person on the right has the right of way.   NEW SEAT BELT LAW KSA 8-2503,  This is the new primary seat belt law. The following are some of the main points of the new law. 1. The new primary enforcement (doesn't require another violation) is applicable only to the front seat adult occupants of the vehicle. 2. Rear seat adult occupants also are required to wear a seat belt, but these are secondary offenses (another violation has to have occurred and a citation issued for that violation).  3. Subsection (b) of this statute (KSA 8-2503) pertaining to children age 14 or older and less than age 18 remains unchanged. These are still primary violations regardless of where they are seated in the vehicle and are not subject to the June 2010 warning period. 4. The child restraint laws in KSA 8-1345 remain unchanged. They remain primary violations and fully enforceable. ____________   STOP THE TEXT, STOP THE WRECKS! Fact # 1 - Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph, that's enough time to cover the length of a football field. (2009, VTTI) Fact # 2 - A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get into an accident than a non-texting driver. (2009, VTTI) Fact # 3 - Of those killed in distracted-driving-related crashed, 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction (18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes). (NHTSA) For more information, visit our home page at www.ktsro.org or  www.stoptextsstopwrecks.org! ____________________________ "10 Ways to Stop Identity Theft" Protecting your personal and financial privacy has almost become impossible due to dumpster divers, mail thieves, and shoulder surfers. The word, identity theft, takes in any number of privacy crimes, including theft of a Social Security number, a credit or debit card, or even the pilfering of phone calling cards. Much of the identity theft comes down to hands-on mischief and things like "dumpster diving," in which criminals look through your trash to find a credit card statement, and "shoulder surfing", where criminals try to spot calling card and personal identification numbers, and more commonly, mail theft. There's no silver bullet that will guarantee you never fall victim to some form of identity theft, but I believe 10 ways below might be a good start on how to protect yourself. Destroy private records and statements. Tear up or shred credit card statements, solicitations and other documents that contain private financial information. Secure your mail. Empty you mailbox quickly, lock it or get a P.O. Box so criminals do not have a chance to snatch credit card pitches. Never mail outgoing bill payments and checks from home. They can be stolen from your mailbox and the payees name erased with solvents. Mail them from the post office or another secure location. Safeguard your Social Security number. Never carry your card with you, or any other card that may have your number, like a health insurance card. And do not put your number on your checks. It's the primary target for identity thieves because it gives them access to your credit report and bank accounts. Do not leave a paper trail. Never leave ATM, credit card or gas station receipts behind. Never let your credit card out of your sight. Worried about credit card skimming? Always keep an eye on your card or, when that's not possible, pay with cash. Know who you are dealing with. Whenever anyone contacts you asking for private identity or financial information, make no response other than to find out who they are, what company they represent and the reason for the call. If you think the request is legitimate, contact the company yourself and confirm what you were told before revealing any of your personal information. Take your name off marketers call lists. Call the national Do-Not-Call Registry 1-800-382-1222. Be more defensive with personal information. Ask salespeople and others if information such as a social security number or drivers license is absolutely necessary. Monitor you credit report. Obtain and review your credit report at least once a year to look for suspicious activity. If you spot something, alert your card company or the creditor immediately. Review your credit card statements carefully. Make sure you recognize the merchants, locations and purchases listed before paying the bill. If you do not need or use department store or bank-issued credit cards, consider closing the accounts. If something goes wrong Contact the fraud departments of each of the three major credit bureaus. Tell them that you are an identity theft victim. Request that a fraud alert be placed in your file, along with a victims statement asking that creditors call you before opening any new accounts or changing your existing accounts. Contact the creditors for any accounts that have been tampered with or opened fraudulently. Speak with someone in the security or fraud department of each creditor, and follow up with a letter. File a report with your local police or the police in the community where the identity theft took place. Get a copy of the police report in the case the bank, credit-card company or others need proof of the crime. Keep records of everything involved in your efforts to clear up fraud, including copies of written correspondence and records of telephone calls. STAY SAFE! ___________________________________________ FACEBOOK or TWITTER USERS   If your a user of Facebook/Twitter, like so many are. Please take the time to become a fan of the WICHITA POLICE DEPARTMENT SITE. This provides tons of information on the latest happenings in the Wichita area. __________________________________________________________________ 10 Residential Burglary Prevention Tips from the Wichita Police Department    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. __________________________________________________________________________________ What is Operation Identification? Operation Identification is a citizen's burglary prevention program for use in homes and business. The Operation ID program involves the marking of property with an identifying number, recording important information and using digitally photography  as a means of discouraging burglary and theft.  In communities where it has been properly implemented, Operation Identification has shown dramatic results in its ability to reduce burglaries. The Operation ID program has two parts. First: Mark your valuables with your Driver's License Number so that your property can be easily traced and identified as yours. Second: Display a sticker which tells would-be burglars that your property has been marked. What Makes Operation Identification So Effective? Marked property is difficult for a burglar to dispose of or re-sell. It can be traced to the rightful owner with relative ease. If the burglar is caught with marked property, It is solid evidence of possession of stolen goods. How to Participate To participate in Operation Identification call the Wichita Police Department and ask about borrowing an electric engraving tool. If they have one available, it can be picked up from any of our four substations.  There is no charge to use the engraver, however it must be returned within forty-eight hours. Valid ID is required to sign out engraver.  When marking your valuables (owner applied #), always use your Drivers License Number, never your Social Security number. Also, always use the two letter state identifier along with your license number.  Notice there are no gaps or spaces in the numbers shown.                  " KS526123456KS " As you mark your items, always engrave the number on an area that cannot be easily dismantled, and which is not easily seen. After marking your property, make a list of your valuables (online form available) and keep a copy of the list in a safe place. If you should subsequently become a burglary victim, you will be able to quickly describe the stolen property from the list.  Of course some items cannot be marked and we suggest a photograph of these items. The online form will allow you to attach photos to the forms. This will be of great help to the police department in our attempts to recover the stolen property. Once property has been marked and a list made, display an Operation Identification sticker (click here for order form) on doors and windows which might be used for entry. By advertising your participation in "Operation ID" in this way, you are announcing that your valuable property has been marked and will be difficult for a burglar to re-sell. Often the presence of the sticker alone may be enough to deter a burglar. "Burglary is one of the most frequently committed crimes in the United States. By participating in Operation Identification you are taking one important step to protect your possessions from burglary and theft." ___________________________________________________________________ HELPFUL NUMBERS TO HAVE Patrol North Bureau  316-350-3400 Patrol East Bureau   316-350-3420 Patrol South Bureau  316-350-3440 Patrol West Bureau  316-350-3460 WPD Gang Unit  316-268-4646 Central Inspection (OCI)  316-268-4481 Health Department 316-268-8351 Public Works  316-268-4595 Basketball Goals in the street 316-268-4418 If you and your neighbors are interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch Program, Please pick a date, time and location for a meeting and contact Officer West with that information. This is a good way to get to know your neigbors, and it doesn't require a lot of your time. Patrol East (316) 688-9300 or RWest@wichita.gov   ________________________________________________________________     ______________________________________________________________________________    Have you been a victim of a burglary? Wonder what could you have done to prevent the event? How do you can make your home a safe place for your family?   The Wichita Police Department can help anwser this with   CPTED Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design   Due to the spread of terrorism in recent decades, it is not surprising that security has become a sustainable feature of modern urban life. The response to the threat of terrorism has profoundly affected American's urban environment from an architectural, design and street landscape perspective.   This is how CPTED came about. CPTED (pronounced "sep-ted") is based on the theory that the proper design and effective use of the built environment can reduce crime and the fear of crime, and improve the quality of life.   There are three basic and overlapping strategies in applying CPTED:   natural surveillance;  natural access control; and territorial reinforcement     Natural surveillance is a design concept directed primarily at facilitation continual obervation, thus preventing the opportunity of crime. Placing physical features, such as tree's and bushes in ways that maximize the ability to see what is going on around you.  Landscaping and lighting can be pre-planned to promote natural surveillance from inside or outside the residence.   Natural Access Control focuses on limiting and provideing guided access. Properly located fencing, landscaping, sidewalks, signage, and lighting, all can assist in directing both pedestrian and vehicle traffic in ways that discourage crime.   Territorial Reinforcement promotes a sense of expressed ownership and social control.  People living, visiting or wroking in or around an area that is physically designed to protect designeated space are more likely to challenge intruders or report suspicious activity. Such an environment also causes strangers or intruders to stand out and makes thme more easily identified.   If you would like an officer to come out to your house and make recommendations as to where or how you can improve the safety of your home.   Contact 38 Beat Community Police Officer R.L.West #2114 (316) 350-3420 or rwest@wichita.gov     _______________________________________________________________________   COMMUNITY MEETINGS SCHEDULE       Meeting Date Time Location District I Advisory Board  First Monday of every month 7 PM   2755 E. 19th St. N. District II Advisory Board First Monday of every month 7 PM 5939 E. 9th Sleepy Hollow NA Third Tuesday of every month 7 PM 3337 E. Central Lambsdale N A Third Monday each quarter       JAN, APR, JUL, OCT 7 PM 5818 E. 9th Country Overlook N A Fourth Thurday of every month 6 PM 5002 E. Douglas Fairmount N A Third Tuesday of every month 7 PM 16th and Gentry (Park Shelter Building)   __________________________________________________       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.