Grant Park Security Patrol Update - Tuesday, January 7th

Grant Park - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 We hope that everyone had a great holiday season and we wish all of our Grant Park neighbors a healthy, prosperous and safe 2014. Here are some updates from Grant Park: HOME ALARM REGISTRATION: All home alarms must be registered with the city by February. APD web site has a link for the procedure. INVENTORY VALUABLES: Take a few minutes at this time of year to record serial numbers and photograph those items which do not have a serial number, such as jewelry. Store the inventory in a secure location (a laptop hard drive is probably not a good idea). There have been cases here where items have been recovered and charges made after electronics have been pawned. Install tracker Apps on electronics. Again, recovery and arrests are made when officers have been able to locate the electronics. VEHICLE SECURITY: Be vigilant in keeping cars clean. On Christmas Eve a neighbor observed four teenage males pulling door handles and looking into cars on Harden St near Memorial. By the time she had picked up her phone and called 911 they had smashed out a window and grabbed a couple bags of Christmas gifts. DON'T LEAVE A CAR UNATTENDED WHILE WARMING IT UP. This is too tempting for a thief even if the doors are locked with a security feature. If you have mechanical problems with your car, have it towed to a secure location as quickly as possible. Don't leave a car on the highway if possible; APD tries to tow them quickly too. There are pirates cruising the interstates looking for disabled cars. BURGLARY REPORTS: Recently there have been two reports. One from the 700 block of Glenwood and one from the 700 block of Confederate. The Confederate Ave burglary was on Dec 27 between 6 and 9PM. A couple of electronic items were stolen. Please call 911 if you see any suspicious persons around your area. FROM DEKALB 360 SECURITY PATROL: DeKalb PD made a major burglary arrest last week. A stash house was searched and numerous items were recovered. This was in SW DeKalb just outside the East Atlanta city limits. If you have been a victim of a burglary in the past 6 months, you should contact the investigator assigned to your case. The DeKalb 360 website has more details and also a contact number for DeKalb PD. JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL REOPENS THIS WEEK: Please call 911 if you observe high school age students in the neighborhood during school hours. We will continue to work with Major Peek and his staff at Zone 6 to keep our neighborhood as safe as possible. Our GPSP officers will supplement the beat officer with additional patrols. We have 6 officers working with us now and we have seven days covered for at least a couple hours each day. If you are not familiar with GPSP, please look at the grantparksecuritypatrol.org website and consider a membership. We would like to add even more hours to our weekly coverage. More members equals more hours plus a safer community. Southeast Atlanta Websites - Subscribe & Unsubscribe

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