Special Police Enforcements Planned for August 20 -September 6

As part of a Holiday Mobilization Grant awarded to the Arlington Heights Police Department, special enforcement activities will conducted between August 20 and September 6, 2010 including Roadside Safety Checkpoints and several DUI Saturation Patrols.

As the Labor Day Holiday approaches, Roadside Safety Checkpoints will be conducted on Friday, August 20 along West Dundee Road, and on Saturday, August 28 along South Arlington Heights Road. The checkpoints will begin shortly after 10 p.m. and continue through 3 a.m.

During the Roadside Safety Checkpoints, officers will slow traffic, stopping cars at predetermined intervals. In addition, several DUI Saturation Patrols will be conducted during the enforcement period. The awarded grant funds the additional officers and patrol cars that will seek impaired drivers.

Top Rated — Arlington Heights Police Department and Park District National Night Out 2010 returns Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 at North School Park 410 N. Arlington Heights Rd from 5:30pm-8:30pm.

The Village of Arlington Heights event has received national recognition for the past five year in 2005-2009. The Arlington Heights Night Out event received it recognition compared to other events in jurisdictions with populations between 50,000 and 99,000. The Arlington Heights NNO celebration has moved up the rankings each year. Last year the event drew a large and friendly crowd that brought a lot of enjoyment for visitors.

During the 2010 event the Village of Arlington Heights and Arlington Heights police are attempting to fill the Arlington Heights Prisoner Transport vehicle with non-perishable food items for the Wheeling Township Food Pantry. Organizers are partnering with the community and other Village of Arlington Heights Departments to reach our goal. Citizens are encouraged to attend and bring a non-perishable food item for donation.

Cook County Sheriff’s Police Bomb Squad with sheriff’s experts and robot in 2009.

National Night Out will be bigger and better in 2010. The following will be part of the event:
¨ Illinois CHIP Program sponsored by the Illinois Masons will provide parents with a free disc containing their child’s fingerprints, photograph and voice sample. A DNA sample can also be requested.
¨ The Arlington Heights Police Department K-9 unit will conduct a full demonstration which includes bite and drug work.
¨ The Arlington Heights Fire Department will conduct a Traffic Crash victim rescue demonstration using various extraction tools.
¨ The Cook County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad will display their equipment which may include an isolation chamber and robot.
¨ The Arlington Heights Police Department Traffic Unit will demonstrate their motorcycle skills.
¨ The American Red Cross is displaying their disaster command post vehicle.
¨ Union Pacific Railroad will have a display.
¨ The United States Army will be bringing their dog tag machine and several vehicles.
¨ The Arlington Heights Park District will provide free beverages and food items, children’s games, business expo and other fun activities.

The National Association of Town Watch and Target Stores sponsor this event nationally.

More info …
nationalnightout.org/nno
vah.com
The Cardinal photos from last year — Photos: National Night Out a Big Hit in Arlington Heights, North School Park

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley said in a statement from City call that suburban youths are sending each other text messages to meet up and drink on city beaches.

“We know there’s texting going on, something going on in the suburban area with a lot of young adults, we know that … They text people, where people are going in congregation. So you make a number of arrests, a number of arrests were both city and suburban. We had a lot of suburban people arrested.”
– Mayor Richard Daley

Texting suburbanites are the target of criticism for beach disturbances from City Hall today as Mayor Richard Daley and police Superintendent Jody Weis vowed to keep Chicago beaches safe this summer.

Chicago police officers will increase patrols and the department brass will consider surveillance cameras following a public disturbance that resulted in the arrests of 22 young people recently near North Avenue Beach.

Recently …

Monday: Six Chicago teens were arrested (charged with battery to police, resisting arrest and battery) after an attack on an 18-year-old Barrington woman.

Monday, a 19-year-old Chicago jogger approached a group of teens as he passed them in a tunnel, and called out “on your left” for safe passage. The jogger was punched in the head several times. No known arrests.

Tuesday: Gang-related near North Avenue and Fullerton Avenue near the lakefront.

According to Superintendent Jody Weis, out of 22 recent arrests, 14 people were from the suburbs.

Daley recently pushed the City Council to more than double the number of liquor licenses near the lakefront. Most of the new licenses are not in effect yet.

Crime Rate < 50% the National Average for Communities of Similar Size Population
The 2009 crime rate in Arlington Heights dropped by more than 26 percent as compared to 2008.

The crime rate indicates the prevalence of crime occurring across a given population. It is generally defined as the total number of crimes per 100,000 inhabitants. The 2009 national average crime rate for municipalities with populations ranging from 50,000-99,999 was 4,002 per 100,000 inhabitants. In comparison, the 2009 Arlington Heights crime rate was 1,735 per 100,000 inhabitants. This total constitutes a historic low for the Village.

In 1975, the crime rate in Arlington Heights reached its peak of 4,381 per 100,000 inhabitants. While Arlington Heights has benefited from a national downturn in overall crime rates, Police Chief Gerald Mourning credits the significant decrease to the Department’s hard work, proactive police tactics and innovative strategies, as well as a variety of community education, interaction and crime prevention initiatives.

Proactive efforts have included the targeting of specific crime categories such as Burglary from Motor Vehicle. These efforts, including crime analysis and surveillance activities, have resulted in increased arrests.

The Department’s education and prevention efforts include the Citizen Observer program, Crime Stoppers and the creation of Public Service Announcements (PSAs). In addition, the Department’s “Crime Opportunity Notice” program has played an integral role in citizen awareness. Since the program’s inception, police officers have issued approximately 3,500 written notices to residents and business owners informing them of changes or improvements they could make to target harden their vehicles, homes and businesses from crimes of opportunity.

Community support has also played a tremendous role in helping decrease the Village’s crime rate. Residents and members of the business community who participate in programs such as Crime Stoppers and the Citizens’ Police Academy provide essential assistance to the Department’s crime prevention and public education efforts.

SOURCE: Arlington Heights Police Department

They come to your door saying they need to trim your trees or check some pipes because there is a water pressure problem in your neighborhood. While one or more offenders keep you busy, another heads for rooms inside your house and steals money, jewelry — even safes.

Downstate Danville, Illinois and Vermillion County Sheriff’s Department is warning of scams that are similar to scams that have occurred in Arlington Heights and Mount Prospect.

In Danville, two white/males in their 30s or 40s with foreign accents were reported to be driving a gray, full-size newer model van with windows. They knocked on the door of a house and identified themselves as city employees in the area to prune trees. They tried to get a woman to go in the back yard with them, but she refused. Danville has no employees trimming trees in the backyards.

Also in Danville, a male/Hispanic in his late 20s tried three common scams in once incident. First he said he was working on tree trimming, but the woman said she had not trees in her backyard. Then he walked to the kitchen and turned on the water and said he was checking for frozen pipes. When the elderly woman asked the offender to leave, he demanded money for ‘an inspection’ — she refused, and he finally left the residence.

Outside the city in Vermillion County, two men ‘with strong accents’ were reported to be driving a dark-colored SUV and claiming to be Danville city employees in the area trimming trees at a house behind her property. One of the offenders led her to the back yard to show her where they would trim the trees, while the another offender, and possibly a third offender, went into her house and stole a safe and other items.

SOURCE: The News-Gazette Scam artists posing as city workers in Danville

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