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    The Riverside Police Department has launched a new patrol notification program to help prevent crime. The program involves officers leaving bright yellow advisory cards for residents when they observe unattended valuables like unlocked cars or bicycles. The cards notify residents of what was noticed and provide a police department phone number. They can also be used to alert neighborhoods of ongoing crime sprees in the area. The goal is to reduce crimes of opportunity by making residents aware of potential risks.

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    The Riverside Police Department has launched a new patrol notification program to help prevent crime. The program involves officers leaving bright yellow advisory cards for residents when they observe unattended valuables like unlocked cars or bicycles. The cards notify residents of what was noticed and provide a police department phone number. They can also be used to alert neighborhoods of ongoing crime sprees in the area. The goal is to reduce crimes of opportunity by making residents aware of potential risks.

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    NEWS RELEASE

    RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT


    31 Riverside Road, Riverside, IL 60546

    27 July 2015

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Contact: Chief Thomas Weitzel tweitzel@riverside.il.us 708.447.2127

    Follow RPD on Twitter @pdriverside

    Riverside Police Launch New On Duty Patrol Notification Program


    Riverside Police Department has begun a new crime
    prevention program to help residents.
    Lieutenant Bill Gutschick, after attending the 2015 Illinois
    Problem Oriented Police Conference, returned with an idea
    to help reduce crime within our community - a simple way
    to let residents know that they could be a potential target
    for crime.
    Officers, when observing things like bicycles left out,
    valuables left unsecured, or unlocked cars (with valuables
    left in plain sight), will now leave a card that informs the
    resident of what the officer noticed while on patrol.
    The advisory messages are bright yellow, with
    the
    Riverside Police patch and the police department
    telephone number imprinted on them. Residents may find
    them hanging on their door or under a windshield wiper.
    The card will also list a reference number if the resident
    wants to call RPD for more information.
    These advisory messages may sometimes be used in
    specific areas to notify residents that a crime spree is
    occurring in their neighborhood.
    Many thefts and burglaries are simply crimes of
    opportunity. This is an easy way to let people know that
    they may be a target said Detective Sergeant Frank Lara.

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