Monday Afternoon June 9 2008
I would like to add that on Monday afternoon an Asian teenager wearing a white button down shirt and blue jeans was wondering aimlessly around 75 th and Major all afternoon .
He made several rounds through the neighborhood stopping, waiting,sitting and standing as if he was waiting for a bus after awhile it became suspicious enough for me to call 911. As it turns out it was an innocent situation but the behavior was suspicious. In either case call 911 and let the Police investigate the suspicious persons.
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Obviously the alert on top is a good example of why we need to let the police take care of it . I would like to thank the Block Captains for the alerts
Brian
May 9, 2008
Friday May 9th a home on the 7500 block of Major was burglarized during the midday hours. The rear window was smashed in to gain access. An x box 360 video game console was one of the items reported stolen.
May 7 2008
Brian
I also thought I might mention last wed. We were awoke by the sound of our front door handle being turned (it was 3am) I heard it and so did our dog he went growling to the door. We went to look and the motion light was on (it is set at a low sensitivity setting) we called 911 and they came out and looked around but saw no one
Burglaries
During the last two months the City of Brooklyn Park has experienced a significant increase in daytime burglaries. Although the police department has made a number of arrests the burglaries continue to occur. We are asking for your assistance in being very observant in your neighborhood and please call 9-1-1 when anything suspicious is seen.
The following behaviors have been used by suspects in several of the daytime burglaries:
a..Suspect rings the doorbell of home to see if anyone is home. If someone answers the door they ask for someone that doesn't reside there. Although this may not seem overly suspicious we are asking that you call 9-1-1 if this happens to you.
b.. Most suspects are making entry into the residential homes through doors and windows. Please make sure all doors and windows are closed and locked.
Please make sure you have good deadbolt locks and a heavy duty strike plate.
a.. It is believed that a lot of the burglars are walking through neighbor's yards on foot looking for target homes to hit. They do not always walk only in the street and sidewalks. Again if you see people you don't recognize cutting through yards please call 9-1-1 so we can have an officer check out the situation. We would much rather check it out and find out it's nothing than to find out a few hours later that several homes have been broken into.
b.. Suspects may check the mailbox before walking up to the house to see if the mail is still in the box signifying to them that the residents are not home from work yet. A possible deterrent for this would be to get a locked mailbox. It is almost impossible to see if there is mail in these boxes. These mailboxes are available at any home improvement or hardware store.
Some of you may not be aware that the Brooklyn Park Police Department offers a free service called a Home Premise Survey. This is where a trained Crime Prevention Specialist comes out to your home and provides training on how to make your home less of a target for crime. If you would like more information on Home Premise Surveys and other crime prevention efforts please contact the Crime Prevention Unit at
763/ 493-8284.
also the Brooklyn Park Police will be presenting a Burglary Prevention Workshop on Wednesday, May 20th from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Brooklyn Park Police Department Training Room, 5400 85th Ave. No. This is a free workshop for residents of Brooklyn Park. Space is limited so we must limit it to the first 80 residents that call or email us. The phone number to register is 763-493-8284 or email the number of residents attending to Gerry.Gibbs@brooklynpark.org.
Remember .crime prevention is a collaborative effort between the police and the community. By working together we can ensure that Brooklyn Park is a safe place to live, work and visit.
Just want to fill you in, Aug 4 th at about 1:45 a.m. someone knocked or rang the doorbell at a home 0n 78 th and Major ,when
The homeowner turned lights on and answered the door, guess what, nobody there. So they called the cops.
As harmless as this sounds it follows the events reported before the break-ins on lee and major now we have this tool to be on guard .
August 8 2008
between 3:30am and 4:00am two males were seen walking down Major as well as sneaking beside bushes in a neighbors yard. The police were called and a chase ensued still unsure whether the men were apprehended. They were tall black males dressed in all black with gloves on their hands. The following morning a neighbor reported that after watching the men he felt as if they were attempting to break into or take a vehicle. This same neighbor found one of his outside chairs in the neighbors yard with a footprint and the chair was broken as if they had been standing on it and it fell through.
The nightly door knocking has Begun again on August 31 2:00 am on the 7600 block of Major ave someone must be trying to see if anyone is home before they try to break in. This follows the same patterns before the chase and break ins see alert log from bottom left of home page . If you have experienced this and found this information helpful let us us know .
December 19, 2007
Hey Brian just wanted to let you know one of the neighbors on Estate Dr has had someone dressed in all black knock on there door between 9-9:30pm 3x's in the last week and when the wife looks out and he sees her he takes off. They were going to call police today and file a report.
December 20, 2007
76 th and Major
I was home with my small child and I was on the telephone (about 8:30pm)
when a gentleman wearing all black knocked on my door. I looked towards
the door and when we made eye contact he left. I immediately called the
Police - I was watching to see if he was going door to door possibly
selling something but in fact he crossed the street and met up with 2
other men and they waited for a couple minutes and a car (small
hatchback type-did not get the license or make, it had one headlight
missing) came up and picked the 3 up. When the Police came I told them
of the events and they patrolled the area for the car.
