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Published Wednesday May 27 2020 9:16 am.
807 The Arlington Heights Police Department reported Wednesday, May 27, 2020 that the police department would like to raise awareness to an email/text scam classified as “Sextortion.” The offenders behind this scam typically email or text message potential victims and threaten to release the victim’s sexually explicit videos/ photographs / pornographic online search history to […]
Posted in Crime Prevention
Published Friday April 03 2020 10:47 am.
1,471 The Arlington Heights Police Department alerted citizens at 9:24 a.m. on Friday April 3, 2020 that scammers are leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic to steal money and personal information. The police messages stated that Arlington Heights Police have been informed of fraudulent phone calls soliciting donations for first responders and their families. The Arlington Heights […]
Posted in Crime Prevention
Published Saturday February 15 2020 3:16 pm.
92 New Federal Trade Commission data from the agency’s Consumer Sentinel Network show that consumers reported losing $201 million to romance scams in 2019—up nearly 40% since 2018. Romance scammers prey on consumers who are looking for love, converting what feels like a budding relationship into an ask for money to help the scammer get […]
Posted in Crime Prevention
Published Wednesday January 08 2020 1:38 pm.
318 Cardinal News is anonymously a participating neighbor on the Neighbors App by Ring. Neighbors is a hyperlocal social networking app that has been described as a high-tech neighborhood watch. The app, especially combined with Ring camera videos, has great potential to solve crimes, prevent crimes, and help make neighborhoods safer. People can post videos […]
Posted in Crime Prevention
Published Sunday December 15 2019 8:51 am.
272 Scammer have found a way to prey on college students that are stressed about making car payments and keeping up with vehicle maintenance. If you have a car, you know how expensive the upkeep can be. Auto loan payments, gasoline, maintenance, parking fees, parking space rental fees, etc. So what if a company offered […]
Posted in Crime Prevention
Published Saturday November 30 2019 12:48 pm.
561 Des Plaines police at about 8:57 a.m. Friday November 29, 2019 called for firefighter/paramedics to respond to the block of 500 Florian Drive to a report of an unresponsive male. A 64 year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene on Florian Dorian Drive on the west side of Des Plaines. According to the […]
Posted in Crime Prevention, FIRE BLOG C
Published Friday October 18 2019 10:58 pm.
598 The Lake County Sheriff’s Office on Friday October 18, 2019 informed people about the methods thieves use to steal vehicles, and urged the community to follow basic crime prevention steps to avoid becoming the victim of a stolen vehicle crime. In 2019, over 60 reports have been made within the jurisdiction of the Lake […]
Posted in CRIME BLOG, CRIME BLOG B, CRIME BLOG C, Crime Prevention
Published Saturday October 05 2019 8:20 pm.
468 At a summit at the Department of Justice today, FBI Director Christopher Wray shared cases where the support of technology companies helped law enforcement rapidly identify and save children being sexually abused. Wray asked technology companies for the renewed and ongoing support of the industry in investigations into child pornography, terrorism, and other crimes. […]
Posted in Crime Prevention, Digital-Lifestyle
Published Monday July 22 2019 11:52 pm.
121 Privacy advocates warn more surveillance will unfairly impact minorities. Some city police departments are partnering with Amazon to distribute its Ring cameras at a discount to deter crime. While some residents feel the Ring cameras provide personal and neighborhood security, privacy advocates warn that increased surveillance is turning neighborhoods into areas of constant surveillance. […]
Posted in CRIME BLOG, CRIME BLOG B, CRIME BLOG C, Crime Prevention
Published Thursday May 23 2019 10:17 am.
70 The Chicago Tribune dataviz team recently completed and published an analysis of Illinois State Police and U.S. Census Bureau data related to FOID revocations, and discovered that as many as 27,000 residents of Illinois over the past four years (2015-2019) have failed to surrender or otherwise account for their guns after police revoked their […]
Posted in Crime Prevention
Published Wednesday May 08 2019 1:27 pm.
76 Residents with information that leads to the arrest of residential burglary and theft suspects in El Monte could receive a unique reward – a Ring Video doorbell. Matt Yurus reports. El Monte California is the Los Angeles area city where Michael Gargiulo is accused of killing Maria Bruno in 2005. Also known as the […]
Posted in Crime Prevention
Published Wednesday March 20 2019 1:42 pm.
109 Neighbor’s app aims to reduce crime in neighborhoods by connecting people, security cameras and law enforcement Rolling Meadows Police Department announced Wednesday, March 20, 2019, that the police department has joined the “Neighbors app by Ring” which is available via iOS/Android to provide the Rolling Meadows community with real-time, local crime and safety information. […]
Posted in CRIME BLOG B, Crime Prevention, Digital-Lifestyle
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