Friday, December 28, 2007

Reporting A Crime

FYI, On Dec 19th a neighbor arrived home and ran in for a minute, leaving their car unlocked in their driveway. Someone went in the car and stole a pocketbook and a few other misc. items.

Please keep your cars locked, personal items inside and garage doors closed to be safe. Please report any suspicious activity to the Police and call 911 in case of an emergency!

From The Durham PD website:

Discovering a Crime - If you observe a crime in progress or discover one that was committed earlier, there are several basic things you can do to assist the Police Department.

If the crime is in progress, please call 911 and provide as much information as possible. Please give the location of the crime, type of crime, victim and suspect information, a suspect description if possible, and a vehicle description. Try to go to a safe place until officers arrive.

If the crime was committed earlier, do not disturb anything and call the police. Give the 911 telecommunicator as much information as possible and wait for the officer to arrive.

Reporting the Crime When the officer arrives, he or she will need certain information about the crime. The officer will ask what you observed and if there were other witnesses. The officer will need your name, address and telephone number. Try to remember as many details about the crime as possible and provide this information to the officer.

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