Tag: Crime

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Don’t Let Your Gifts End Up Under Someone Else’s Tree

Christmas is time for shopping and it should not be a surprise that there are some people who intend to shop in your house for their gifts.  They know you will be out at the stores spending money and bringing lots of good stuff home that they will enjoy.  Use some common sense and you will get to keep your stuff.

Read the tip sheet below that the police have been distributing and keep your holiday happy.  It all sound so simple but burglars will tell you that most of the time they get into your house very easily and remember to lock the doors on your car.

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Vice Crackdown in Frankford

Take your business elsewhere, Frankford is closed.

Thanks to Chris Sawyer from Philadelinquency, we can see that the Philadelphia police vice unit was cracking down on prostitution on November 15th.  There were 7 arrests made in the 2 hour period.  Those arrested were the johns or should we say those who were seeking services from the prostitutes who turned out to be undercover police officers.

8:55 PM on the 4100 block of Kensington

8:22 PM on the 1500 block of Deal

8:22 PM on the 1500 block of Adams

8:00 PM on the 1500 block of Adams

7:47 PM on the 4100 block of Kensington

7:34 PM on the 1500 block of Adams

7:09 PM on the 1500 block of Adams

A local massage parlor was also raided last month. Its good to know that this kind of crime is being addressed.

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Philly Blotter Next Great Step in Crime Reporting

Philly Blotter

Chris Sawyer, guru of Philadelinquency has done it again.  I have been using his Courtwatch data since he started offering it on the web site.  Courtwatch made court and arrest information for the first time in a usable way to the public.  It became possible to find out if an arrest had been made for a particular crime and the status of the case.

Now here he comes with an app for the iphone or android called Philly Blotter that puts it all in one place in the palm of your hand.  If you want to know what is going on around your house, you can customize a zone for yourself and it will give you the information.  If a burglary hits your street you can followup to see if an arrest has been made.  You can filter in or out any number of crimes.  One of the best features is that it gives you the definitions of the various crime categories and the possible penalty for each.  It is not free but at $4.99 it is a bargain.  Take a closer look at this link.

Frankford Crime Report for PSA1 for October

The crime report for October thanks to date from OpenDataPhilly shows continued drop in major crimes with a slight upturn in crimes using firearms.  Increased police presence may be the key.

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