BEAT 1431 CAPS
Meeting Minutes
May 6th, 2010
The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 3, at 7:00pm at Chase School, 2021 N. Point.
Officers Present: SGT Belicki, PO Komo, PO Smith,
Number of Beat 1431 residents present: 10
Go directly to the following sections:
General Announcements
CLEARMap
Court Advocacy
Reported Shots Fired Beat Map
Beat 1431 Section Reports
General Announcements
Sgt Belicki announced a gun turn-in on Saturday May 8th. The nearest location for Beat 1431 is 5312 West North Avenue in the 25th District. $10-$100 gift cards will be awarded for guns that are turned in to police with no questions asked.
The Keeping It Real program will be scheduled for Beat 1431 in October. Previous burglary offenders from a half-way house will make a presentation on how burglars work. Why they select a certain house, what they take and how they do it will be described.
CLEARMap (formerly Citizen ICAM)
From April 1st - 30th, according to CLEARMap, Beat 1431 suffered 67 crimes, a decrease of 15 from last month (82):
- 1 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT *
- 3 AGGRAVATED BATTERY *
- 2 BURGLARY *
- 1 DISORDERLY CONDUCT
- 3 DRUG ABUSE VIOLATIONS
- 1 FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING
- 21 LARCENY THEFT *
- 1 LIQUOR LAWS
- 6 MISCELLANEOUS NON-INDEX OFFENSES
- 2 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT *
- 1 ROBBERY
- 2 SIMPLE ASAULT
- 14 SIMPLE BATTERY
- 9 VANDALISM
* indicates index crimes (most serious offenses)
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Beat 1431 Court Advocacy Report
A report was not provided at this time.
Reported Shots Fired Beat Map
No Shots were fired this month.
Beat 1431 Section Reports
SECTION 1 (Borders: California, Milwaukee, Armitage)
1) Ricky Vazquez has been arrested in connection with the shots fired incident reported last month and has a court date of June 3. Five or six shots were fired near the corner of Bingham and Francis Place on March 31. One victim who does not live in the area, but has a girlfriend who does, was struck by the gun fire.
2) VTC graffiti is in alley behind Gilman Hardware on Milwaukee Ave: VTC, which stands for "vandalize the city”, comes in two kinds: individuals do one color, graffiti gangs do double colors. One VTC graffiti offender has been arrested; Court advocates are following the case.
3) Graffiti is all along alley from Francis to Armitage. It was cleaned up by the Graffiti Blasters on April 19 and was back again immediately. It is usually put up around 3-4 am.
4) Parking attendants for Congress Theater are leaving cars in alley behind the Wash Out Inn when they fill up the lot used for parking. A representative from the Congress Theater said he would talk to the valets. If residents see this again they should call 911 and the police will follow up.
5) Gang graffiti was reported again on Francis and Point.
6) Two people were arrested on the 2200 block of Point for drinking alcohol on the public way on April 25.
7) Residents in this section are working on setting up a phone tree for a neighborhood watch. CAPS office will help if needed.
action: Residents are urged to continue calling 911 to report criminal activity.
SECTION 2 (Borders: Rockwell, Lyndale, Western, Milwaukee)
1) Two people were arrested at V Live when they were denied entry and refused to leave
2) Gang members have been coming back for the past three weeks and hanging around Congress Pizza, although they are staying for shorter periods of time. The Congress Pizza representative did not attend the meetings so police will follow up with management.
3) Spanish Lord gang members have been seen going into the Campbell Terrace senior housing with a resident in a wheelchair. It was reported that this is making some residents uncomfortable. Police will talk with management to let them know what is happening and find what the rules are and if they are being broken. Follow up with the Alderman’s office was also suggested.
action: Club 2047 criminal activity, Congress Theater & Tini Martini nuisances and Congress Pizza gang activity remain priorities in this section.
SECTION 3 (Borders: Rockwell, Fullerton, Western, Lyndale)
1) On March 19, on the 2500 block of Lyndale, a man in a car drove up to another car and threatened the driver with a gun. The victim shouted “there goes the police” and the guy drove away.
action: Residents are strongly urged to call 911 to report gang activity and 311 for graffiti.
SECTION 4 (Borders: California, Fullerton, Rockwell, Milwaukee)
1) On April 1st, an individual was shot leaving Tini Martini. The victim was not a gang member and an arrest was made.
2) An arrest was made for obstruction of traffic in the 2300 block of California on April 10th.
action: Residents are strongly urged to call 911 to report gang activity and 311 for graffiti.
SECTION 5 (Borders: California, Logan Boulevard, Rockwell, Fullerton)
No activity was reported.
action: Residents are strongly urged to call 911 if they hear or see any suspicious activity.
SECTION 6 (Borders: Rockwell, Logan Boulevard, Western, Fullerton)
1) A robbery in the 2400 block of Maplewood was reported on April 29. The offender asked for money promising to pay it back and the victim gave him some. The offender then followed victim, pulled a gun and demanded the rest of his money.
2) On April 18th there was an aggravated assault with a gun at 2400 W. Fullerton; no arrest was made.
3) On the 2400 block of Artesian, a backyard fence was knocked down and graffiti put up during the night on April 10. The owner knows of no reason for being targeted and it has not happened again.
action: Residents are strongly urged to call 911 to report gang activity and 311 for graffiti
Recurring Problem Areas for BEAT 1431
1) Gang graffiti
2) Gang drug activity
3) Gang weapons violence
DISCLAIMER
Beat 1431 CAPS volunteers prepared these meeting minutes to the best of their ability.
