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Ews Release: Riverside Police Launch New On Duty Patrol Notification Program

The Riverside Police Department has launched a new patrol notification program to help prevent crime. The program involves officers leaving bright yellow advisory cards for residents when they observe unattended valuables like unlocked cars or bicycles. The cards notify residents of what was noticed and provide a police department phone number. They can also be used to alert neighborhoods of ongoing crime sprees in the area. The goal is to reduce crimes of opportunity by making residents aware of potential risks.

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Ews Release: Riverside Police Launch New On Duty Patrol Notification Program

The Riverside Police Department has launched a new patrol notification program to help prevent crime. The program involves officers leaving bright yellow advisory cards for residents when they observe unattended valuables like unlocked cars or bicycles. The cards notify residents of what was noticed and provide a police department phone number. They can also be used to alert neighborhoods of ongoing crime sprees in the area. The goal is to reduce crimes of opportunity by making residents aware of potential risks.

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NEWS RELEASE

RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT


31 Riverside Road, Riverside, IL 60546

27 July 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Chief Thomas Weitzel tweitzel@riverside.il.us 708.447.2127

Follow RPD on Twitter @pdriverside

Riverside Police Launch New On Duty Patrol Notification Program


Riverside Police Department has begun a new crime
prevention program to help residents.
Lieutenant Bill Gutschick, after attending the 2015 Illinois
Problem Oriented Police Conference, returned with an idea
to help reduce crime within our community - a simple way
to let residents know that they could be a potential target
for crime.
Officers, when observing things like bicycles left out,
valuables left unsecured, or unlocked cars (with valuables
left in plain sight), will now leave a card that informs the
resident of what the officer noticed while on patrol.
The advisory messages are bright yellow, with
the
Riverside Police patch and the police department
telephone number imprinted on them. Residents may find
them hanging on their door or under a windshield wiper.
The card will also list a reference number if the resident
wants to call RPD for more information.
These advisory messages may sometimes be used in
specific areas to notify residents that a crime spree is
occurring in their neighborhood.
Many thefts and burglaries are simply crimes of
opportunity. This is an easy way to let people know that
they may be a target said Detective Sergeant Frank Lara.

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