[Chat] Suspicious Person 3000 Block of Barclay

[SLG2700 at cs.com]

Judy:

That is a fair point. 

Complete and fax to Northern District as a Charles Village resident the 
application for a crime watch number to use when you call 911 in place of your 
name and police will come more quickly than an anonymous call. The Chat List 
will not allow me to attach the application so I will send it to you under 
separate cover.

Make your call to 911 concise, clear, and without emotion giving the 
physical description and the location. The sooner the 911 operator gets off the 
phone with you, the sooner, he or she can call dispatch. Dispatch takes the 
calls and forwards them to officers on patrol according to the seriousness of 
the complaint and the number of officers on patrol in the vicinity. 

If the police do not respond in a timely manner, let me know so that I can 
notify Deputy Major Worley and he will check with dispatch to see why the 
call was not responded to sooner and get back to me. 

I will ask Deputy Major Worley to check with dispatch for that date and 
time to see what factors may have contributed to the police not responding in 
time identify and question the suspect.

Sharon Guida, CVCA Safety Committee

In a message dated 2/3/2012 11:39:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
jdydee at verizon.net writes: 
> Thnx Sharon,
> 
> Do I have to use some type of code in order for the police to arrive in a 
> timely fashion and while the person is still ar'd? I know what to do in 
> these situations but again the elderly can be victimised. I hope to remain 
> quick when I get more elderly.
> 
> Judy
> 
> On 02/03/2012 09:12 AM, SLG2700 at cs.com wrote: 
> >> Judy:
>> 
>> Here is Deputy Major Worley's response to our request for assistance in 
>> locating the suspicious person who was knocking on doors on 1/31, based 
>> upon the detailed description and location you provided:
>> 
>> 
>> Sharon,
>> 
>> I will have something put on the Special Attention list so that the 
>> officers are on the lookout for him. As soon as anyone sees anything like this 
>> they should immediately call 911. Unfortunately, someone like this is just 
>> looking to take advantage of someone and most of the time they are 
>> targeting the elderly, so please make sure everyone looks out for their 
>> neighbors. They also use this as a chance to knock on a door to see if anyone is 
>> home. If they don't get an answer they may go to the rear or break in the 
>> front. If someone answers they ask for someone who doesn't exist or make up 
>> a story. 
>> 
>> We haven't been experiencing any problems like this recently. However, if 
>> someone comes to your door soliciting anything ask them for ID. If they 
>> are legitimate they will have no problem showing you their ID. In most 
>> cases the ID is hanging around their neck to clearly identify them. Even if 
>> that is the case, ask to see it or just deny them any contact and say your 
>> aren't interested. 
>> 
>> The best advice I can give is that if something doesn't seem right, it 
>> usually isn't. Call us and let us investigate.
>> 
>> Please let me know if you need anything else or you get any more 
>> information.
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Deputy Major Richard Worley
>> Baltimore Police Department
>> Northern District
>> 410-396-2455
> 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://charlesvillage.info/pipermail/chat_charlesvillage.info/attachments/20120203/9872a883/attachment.html>