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 5/20/2013 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. California University Professor Dr. Thomas Mueller is tentatively scheduled to be the Featured speaker to discuss the Crime Mapping project being done at California PA University. We hope all of you will consider attending and bring a guest!
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April 2013 Crime Watch Agenda
- Recruitment: Currently at 1011. 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.
- 412-833-2000: This is an emergency line. Please do not call this number to ask when the power is coming back on, when your street will be plowed. It is best for you to contact the power company. It seems they respond better to customer complaints than ours.
- 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.
- We still have approximately 5 Crime Watch Signs left to be put up.
- Being a good Witness: Crime Watch is designed to have all participants to be good witnesses. We want you to be alert of your surroundings wherever you are and be aware. A crime can happen very quickly and we will rely on all of you to be good witnesses. Please never intervene, and put yourself at risk.
- Traffic Concerns: Baptist & Broughton, Speeding, Stop Signs
- Fires: Are not permitted in Bethel Park unless the fire is being used for cooking purposes, and are contained in a fire pit of some kind,
- 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.
- Vegetation obstructing the view of windows or doors. If you have any vegetation obstructing the view of your windows or doors, it might be a good idea to remove the obstruction. Remember, if you cannot see the windows or doors from the road, it provides a cover for a potential criminal act.
- Thefts from Vehicles continue to happen, although the frequency of the thefts has slowed. We continue to ask that all residents lock your doors and remove any valuable property from inside the vehicle.
- 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.
- Animal Control: The Municipality does offer Animal Control Services. The Animal control will respond to outside type complaints, such as road killed animals, dogs running at large, sick wild animals, and to empty traps. However, the Animal Control service must follow all of the live trap regulations. They do have live traps, but there is usually a waiting list to use one.
- Spaghetti Dinner for the Parker Family is Sunday May 5th at the Bethel Park High School Cafeteria. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children. This family has endured extreme hardship so please consider coming out for this event!
- Crime Watch Banquet: Discuss information from meeting before the Crime Watch Meeting.
- Police Memorial Week: May 12-18 Fly the Blue Ribbon. Blue light in window, as well as the blue ribbons displayed on vehicles.
Next Meetings:
Monday May 20, 2013 @ 6:30 pm (tentatively) Questions, Comments, or Discussion
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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
