|
July CAPS Meetings
14th Police District
1434- July 30, 6pm
Bucktown Wicker Park Library
1701 N. Milwaukee
caps.014district@chicagopolice.org
14th District Twitter
14th District CAPS- 312-744-1261
Beat 1931 (Belmont/Ashland/Fullerton/river) Recap
This beat had an increase in burglaries during the last two month period, compared to this period last year. There were both garage and home burglaries and one of a bar. It is believed some of the residential ones are connected as they took place on the same day. Bikes were the main thing taken; always make sure to lock your bike, even inside your garage. Gaming systems and tvs were also taken in some cases; these are generally taken to pawn shops. Pawn shops are supposed to post items and their serial numbers in a database for the police, as well as take a copy of the person’s ID. They can be fined or lose their license and be shut down if they don’t do this. Make sure to keep track of your serial numbers in case you should ever need it. A package theft offender was taken into custody on the 1600 block of Belmont. There were no robberies in this beat in the past 2 months. There is a robbery/burglary team that adjusts their hours based on patterns. Always call 911 if you see anything suspicious as this is one way police are allocated.
When the floor was opened to residents, there was concern of kids firing off fireworks including resulting in an awning being damaged; Lathrop is getting camera footage to the police. There were also a couple of kids who were detained after the meeting in connection with this and other events.
There was also concern about a fire in a vacant building at 2731 N Hoyne. It was brought up that there are low wires and debris on the Leavitt side of the buildings that are south of Diversey that may be a fire hazard; this was brought up at the internal security call meeting and pictures were sent to the CHA.
| 
