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Neighborhood Watch Alert

            This might be worth the effort of forwarding to neighborhood watch members.

 
Just last weekend on Friday night we parked in a public

parking area. As we drove away I noticed a sticker on the

rear window of the car. When I took it off after I got home,

it was a receipt for gas. Luckily my friend told me not to 

stop as it could be someone waiting for me to get out of the

car Then we received this email yesterday:

WARNING FROM POLICE 

THIS APPLIES TO BOTH WOMEN AND MEN

BEWARE OF PAPER ON THE BACK WINDOW OF YOUR VEHICLE-- 
NEW WAY TO DO CARJACKINGS (NOT A JOKE)'

Heads up everyone! Please, keep this circulating... You walk

across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. You

start the engine and shift into Reverse.

When you look into the rearview mirror to back out of your

parking space, you notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle

of the rear window. So, you shift into Park, unlock your

doors, and jump out of your car to remove that paper (or

whatever it is) that is obstructing your view. When you reach

the back of your car, that is when the carjackers appear out

of nowhere, jump into your car and take off. They practically

mow you down as they speed off in your car.


And guess what, ladies? I bet your purse is still in the car.

So now the carjacker has your car, your home address, your

money, and your keys. Your home and your whole identity are

now compromised!


BEWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED.


If you see a piece of paper stuck to your back window, just

drive away. Remove the paper later. And be thankful that you

read this e-mail. I hope you will forward this to friends and

family, especially to women. A purse contains all kinds of

personal information and identification documents, and you

certainly do NOT want this to fall into the wrong hands.


Please keep this going 
and tell all your friends 
 
  
Captain Robert Cox 
Des Moines Fire Department/ Special Operations 
900 Mulberry 
Des Moines, Iowa  50309 
Office 515-283-4091 
Fax 515-248-6040 
 

Full View Fw: Painting of electric boxes by City Utlilites

Original Message ----- From: MCDONALD, Ingrid G. Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 2:56 PM Subject: Painting of electric boxes by City Utlilites

Last week a resident on Ranch Cr. was contacted in person by two white males dressed in painter’s clothes and a yellow vest. The men said they were with Utilities and that they needed access to the back yard to paint the resident’s electric box. She asked for ID and the men said they had to go get their IDs from their truck. They got into a beat up old red pickup with a topper and drove off. The license plate was covered possibly with tape according to the witness. The resident then called Utilities and they told her no work order for that address was being worked. Good job all the way around!

I called the city Utilities department and they assured me that no electric boxes are being painted anywhere in the city. ALWAYS ask for ID and if they become loud, rude, or threatening because you are not doing what they want, then call 911 and stay on the line. Chances are good that this person is not a city employee! Make them wait outside as you confirm who they are and LOCK THOSE DOORS! If you need to confirm a Utilities worker’s employment, call 448-4800. If it is an emergency, call 668-8800.

I hope everyone will have a good Thanksgiving. I will be out of the office from Nov. 25^th to Nov. 30^th. I will return Nov. 30^th and work from 7am to 5pm.

Ingrid McDonald

Stetson Hills Crime Prevention Officer

Colorado Springs Police Department

719-444-3168

www.springsgov.com

Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:02 PM Subject: Longtime Resident Chuck Beale Passed Away Today
Block Captains please pass on to your groups.

Longtime Avondale Circle resident Chuck Beale passed away today.

His funeral will be at 11:00 AM on Monday, August 18th at St Michael's Episcopal Church, 7400 Tudor Rd, Colorado Springs. The church is just past the Margarita at Pine Creek on the corner of Pine Creek Road/Gillen Road and Tudor Road. A map is attached.

From Officer Dave Gilman:

Here is a  scam that is out and about.

This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below). Please pass this on. It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take those summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of fraud has surfaced.

The caller claims to be a jury coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out any of this information and bingo; your identity was just stolen.

The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma , Illinois , and Colorado . This (swindle) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by pretending they are with the court system. The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.

Check it out here: http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm

Officer Dave Gilman
Crime Prevention Officer
Colorado Springs Police Department
Stetson Hills Division
719-444-3168
gilmanda@ci.colospgs.co.us

Please check out these additional websites:

http://www.springsgov.com/NewsResults.asp?NewsID=3118   http://www.springsgov.com/NewsResults.asp?NewsID=3117   http://www.springsgov.com/NewsResults.asp?NewsID=3119   http://www.springsgov.com/NewsResults.asp?NewsID=3119

Hello,

As a Block Captain for our Neighborhood Watch I attended our first required Quarterly Block Captain's meeting Jan. 27th.  At this meeting Our Crime Prevention Officer presented something to us that I had not heard about, but perhaps you have. For those who haven't it's called Lock Bumping. He presented a video on Lock Bumping which consists basically of a modified door key which when inserted into your door lock and then tapped several times renders your door lock ineffective. 

The basic principle is that by putting in this modified key and tapping the lock with a hammer, screwdriver, etc.  the locks tumblers become aligned and the key opens the lock.  When replacing locks, you are cautioned to make sure the locks are the tamper proof kind, such as Schlage, Medeco, and others which specifically state that they are bump proof. They are generally more expensive.

Lock Bumping has been around for a while and the police here in Colorado Springs have been reluctant to release this info fearing it might give the bad guys more info than they need to know. Now the police think we all need to be informed. Below are some websites that show and tell more in depth about this home security problem. It's nothing to panic about, but please check out this info so you will be aware, and then you can make your own decision on what to do.

All the Best,

Pat Carty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr23tpWX8lM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCtbSKaOl_g

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/lock-bumping.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_bumping