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18 Beat Officers assigned to 18 Beat Officer William PerkinsCommunity PolicingEmail me here
18 Beat Officers assigned to 18 Beat
18 Beat
Officers assigned to 18 Beat
SCAT OfficerOfficer J. HutchinsEmail me here
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My name is Officer William Perkins and I have taken over the community policing duties for 18 beat from Officer Tejeda. I have been a Wichita Police Officer since graduating from the police academy in March 1996. I have worked in the West Bureau and have served as a beat officer on 3rd shift, a beat officer on 1st shift, and recently a community policing officer on 12 beat. I am willing and ready to assist you with any quality of life issues you may have and please feel free to email me at wperkins@wichita.gov if you have and questions, concerns, or issues.
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, and social disorder and neighborhood decay, thereby improving the quality of life in our community.
The Community Policing Philosophy
Community Policing is a philosophy and an organizational strategy that promotes partnership between law enforcement and citizens of Wichita. It is based on the premise that Police and the Community must work together to identify, prioritize, and solve crime, the fear of crime, social and physical disorder, and neighborhood decay.
District Advisory Board IV meets the first Mondayof the month at 6:30pm at the Alford Library, 3447 S. Meridian.
District Advisory Board V meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30pm at the fire station at 21st and 135th W.
CURRENT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ON 18 BEAT
This segment will inform you on the recent crime trends or recent important information regarding 18 beat, which is everything west of Ridge Rd., south of Maple to approximately 167th West.
During the winter months the city sees an increase of vehicle thefts due to citizens warming up their vehicles and returning and finding their vehicles missing. It is against state law to leave your vehicle running unattended without some sort of remote start. My suggestion is if you feel you have to start your vehicle to warm it up to put a remote start on it to protect your property.
There is a problem at Pawnee Praire Park with poaching. Unknown persons continue to shoot deer with various weapons. This usually happens at dark time but also could be happening during the day. If you see anything suspicious in or around the park or suspicious vehicles in the area please call 911 to report this.
Vehicles are being broken into at several areas on the beat and in the bureau. Many times the vehicles targeted are in loction that have many vehicles such as parks, apartments, and clubs. All of the vehicles being broken into have property in plain view in the interior of the vehicle. The majority of the items stolen are purses in vehicles that are just sitting on the seat or in the floor board of the vehicle. The next most stolen item is book bags or laptops. Please take all items from your vehicle and if you are unable to remove items make sure they are in the trunk or out of plain view. If you have to put items in your vehicle make sure you place those items in the trunk or other location prior to your final destination. If someone sees you put an item, such as a purse, in a trunk all they have to do is break into the vehicle and open the trunk and steal your purse. Items are also being taken from unlocked vehicles.
Section 11.04.215 - Park or Parking*"Park" or "parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not.
Section 11.52.020(3) - Unlawful Parking in No-Parking Zone*
For any person or operator to park at any time in any zone designated as a no-parking zone.
Section 11.52.020(9) - Unlawful Parking with in 20ft of a Crosswalk*
For any person or operator to stop or park a motor vehicle within twenty feet of a crosswalk.
Section 11.52.020(15) – Unlawful Double Parking*
For any person or operator to stop or park a motor vehicle on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
Section 11.52.020(19) – Unlawful Loading/Unloading School Children from Opposite Side of the Street*
For any person or operator of a motor vehicle to stop such vehicle for the purpose of loading or unloading school children at any school where such school children are going to or returning from school, except upon the side of the street where the school is located
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Any Time…
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267-2111
www.wichitasedgwickcountycrimestoppers.com
Please be aware of any suspicious activity in your area and do not hesitate to call 911!!!
DRUG HOUSES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
I would like to address three questions that I am often asked by citizens on the phone or at a neighborhood association meeting regarding possible drug houses in their neighborhood:
How do I know whether a drug house is active in my neighborhood?
Increased short-term auto and pedestrian visits at unusual times during the day and night to a particular house or apartment.
Increase in litter such as used syringes, plastic bag, glass pipes, bottles, trash, stacks of used matches, and graffiti.
Increase in crimes like auto burglaries, home burglaries, robbery, vandalism, and assault.
Increase in noise such as loud voices, parties, fights, gunfire, and loud radios especially at night.
Active prostitution in or around the neighborhood.
Residences with blacked out windows.
Unusual, strong odors (like cat urine, ether, ammonia, acetone or other chemicals)
What kind of information would the Wichita Police Department like about a drug house in my neighborhood?
Drug sellers: (specific description) Name, race, sex, age, height, weight, hair color and style, build and complexion, clothing, scars, or tattoos, and distinct features (piercings, beard, etc.).
Drug seller/Drug supplier’s car: (detailed description of seller’s/ supplier’s car only) color, make, model, license tag number, and 2 or 4 door.
Address: (complete address) number and street, apartment, upper, lower, or side-by-side.
Building or House: (general description) color, constructed of (siding, brick, etc.), type of building (apartment, house, duplex, business, garage, etc.).
Windows: (something out of the ordinary) used as a lookout or blacked out (sheets, paper, foil, etc.)
Drug buyers: (general characteristics as a whole) Age range, race (white, black, hispanic, asian, mixed, or other), clothing, and male or female.
Types of drugs: (IF POSSIBLE, kind of drugs that are sold at the house) marijuana, crack, cocaine, methamphetamine, etc.
Times of activity: (heaviest times that drug buyers visit) times of the day, day of the week, vehicle color, make, model, and license tag number.
Vehicles or walk-ups: (where do drug buyers park their vehicles or where do walkers come from) park (in front, down the street, alley, etc.) walk (cut through backyard, alley, etc.)
Weapons
Pictures/ Videos
How do we get rid of a drug house?
Contacting SCAT (Special Community Action Team)
The Wichita Police Department recognizes that we cannot win the war against gangs and drugs alone. Gangs and drugs affect all of us and often destroy our community and families. We need your help, DO NOT look the other way and say it's not my problem. We need the community to get involved to be our extra eyes and ears. Get involved!
Please report drug and gang activity in your neighborhood to the Special Community Action Team (SCAT). SCAT is the enforcement arm of community policing, which primarily specializes, in street level drug and gang activity.
Any information received by you will be kept confidential and you will be doing your community a service. YOU can make a difference by calling the Patrol West Bureau S.C.A.T Team at 350-3460 or 267-SCAT.
Organizing Neighborhood Watch
Block by block community mobilization is the most powerful weapon in the war on drugs. A neighborhood watch is the fastest, safest, and most effective way to rid your neighborhood of a drug house and prevent it from coming back.
HELPFUL NUMBERS
CURFEW LAW (even in the Summer )
SUNDAY - THURSDAY = 11:00PM - 6:00AM
FRIDAY - SATURDAY = 12 MIDNIGHT - 6:00AM
JUVENILES AGE 16 AND 17
MONDAY - FRIDAY = 12 MIDNIGHT - 6:00AM
SATURDAY -SUNDAY = 1:00AM - 6:00AM
Please insure that your children are under your supervision during these times. If your child is caught for a curfew violation then it is YOU, the parent, that receives the citation and fine!! If you are in the area and see juveniles that are not being supervised then please call 911.
Helpful numbers
Patrol North – 688-9500Patrol East – 688-9300Patrol West – 350-3460Patrol South – 337-9200
Animal Control 268-8378 - Leash laws, animal bites, animal care and conditions and issued animal license.
Environmental Services 268-8351 - Improper or no household trash collection, trash on premises, tall grass and weeds, animal hoarding, run down buildings and illegal dumping.
Fire Department Prevention 268-4441 - Fire safety education, juvenile fire starter counseling.
Office Of Central Inspection 268-4460 - Illegal parking in front yard, RV's, boats etc. improperly stored, signs in public right of way, emergency board up of vacant houses