Grant Park Security Patrol Update - Friday, January 10th

RECENT CRIME NEWS: 

Yesterday morning, GPSP patrol officer LT Iosty responded to a dispatched call this morning on the east side of the neighborhood. A neighbor had called 911 at about 9 AM regarding three males wandering around near Cameron and Rosalia. LT Iosty was patrolling for GPSP and was able to locate the three and detained them until a beat officer and truancy van arrived. One of the juveniles had a GPS and a 25 caliber pistol stuffed in his pockets. The GPS was stolen from a contractor's truck at the job site where he was working on Rosalia.

How do we as neighbors respond to situations like this?

First, this is a perfect example of why we ask neighbors to call 911, even if it's just for suspicious activity. After 8:30 AM the high school students should be on campus.

We will be discussing any potential truancy problems with the principal at Jackson HS and also collaborating with Major Meadows who is now the supervisor for school resource officers.

The juvenile said he lived at Confederate Court in Trestle Tree Apartments. This year GPNA and NPU-W will be engaged with the new owners of the properties regarding crimes in the neighborhood and demanding accountability for crimes involving residents there.

We are often asked about the value of our neighborhood patrols: how many arrests, we never see officers, where does my money go, etc?

This is an example where one of our GPSP officers responded within minutes to the dispatched call. He located suspects and had them detained before a beat car arrived.

We will ask our GPSP officers to spend some additional time around the east side of the neighborhood and interview any juveniles during school hours.

We can speculate if a serious crime was stopped this morning; the fact that a handgun is out of a juvenile's hands and off the streets is good news.