BEAT 1431 CAPS
Meeting Minutes
January 6th, 2011
The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 3rd, Chase Elementary School, 2021 N. Point.
Officers Present: SGT Velgara, SGT Giambrone, PO Navarro, PO Weislogel
Number of Beat 1431 residents present: 12
General Announcements
Sgt Velgara announced Beat 1431 Stats: 35 arrests during December, mostly on Milwaukee Avenue. There were 2 criminal sexual assaults; 3 robberies; 1 aggravated assault; 7 burglaries; 5 motor vehicle thefts and 3 batteries in Dec.
Sgt Velgara also announced that CAPS will be meeting every other month with meetings starting a 6:30pm. Neighbors responded that they will continue to hold CAPS meetings every month at 7:00pm, as they have been doing for years, regardless of police attendance.
CLEARMap
From December 1st - 31st, according to CLEARMap, Beat 1431 suffered 81 crimes, an increase of 22 from last month (59):
- 1 AGGRAVATED BATTERY *
- 5 BURGLARY *
- 2 CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT *
- 3 DRUG ABUSE VIOLATIONS
- 1 FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING
- 4 FRAUD
- 23 LARCENY THEFT *
- 1 LIQUOR LAWS
- 6 MISCELLANEOUS NON-INDEX OFFENSES
- 6 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT *
- 3 ROBBERY
- 4 SIMPLE ASSAULT
- 13 SIMPLE BATTERY
- 9 VANDALISM
* indicates index crimes (most serious offenses)
Beat 1431 Court Advocacy Report
A court advocacy report was not provided.
Reported Shots Fired Beat Map
There were no reported shots fired this month.
Beat 1431 Section Reports
SECTION 1 (Borders: California, Milwaukee, Armitage)
1) Repeated gang tagging on garages on Point Street was reported.
2) On the 2000 block of Point, on 12-3-10, two propane tanks were stolen from decks in one building. Around 9:30 pm that same night, someone climbed on another back deck while the family was at home and stole another propane tank. Police were called.
3) On 12-16-10 at the same address on Point Street, someone broke into an empty apartment from the deck at 5:37 pm and an alarm went off. The family got home 45 minutes later and called police to go in with them. The deck door had had been forced opened with a crowbar but nothing was stolen. Apparently the alarm frightened the person(s) away.
4) On Jan 5, someone tossed objects (possibly balls of mud with snow) at the windows in the same apartment while the family was at home. No damage was done.
5) A white male with a teardrop tattoo on face and described by people in the neighborhood as a "known crack head" has been seen carrying propane tanks in area.
action: Residents are urged to continue calling 911 to report the ongoing gang and criminal activity.
SECTION 2 (Borders: Rockwell, Lyndale, Western, Milwaukee)
1) Police reported that there were ten arrests at V-Live during December. No one from V Live was at the meeting. Jim Rhodes, the beat facilitator, will contact Alderman Moreno's office. Neighbors have also reported beer bottles and other trash in the neighborhood both before and after events at V-Live. V Live was supposed to have extra security for New Year’s Eve when they expect to be at full capacity with close to 1900 people at their events.
2) No problems were reported at Congress Pizza.
3) No arrests were reported at Congress Theater but there were some medical issues there.
4) On Dec 10, a neighbor on Maplewood who has windows overlooking the alley reported that thieves tried to pry open storm windows in the alley. Traffic through the alley deterred them. This is the second attempted burglary in Dec at that location.
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) The week before Christmas about 6:00 pm on Lyndale near Maplewood, four men in a red Bronco pulled up and demanded that a man walking there give them his money. They said they had a gun and took the person's money; he was not injured.
2) A car was stolen from Belden Avenue just east of Maplewood during the night of Dec 6th.
3) A neighbor reported that before Christmas someone tampered with their back gate to the alley and there were footsteps up to a first floor window after a fresh snow on Maplewood south of Fullerton.
4) On Jan 5, a neighbor reported that a young man with a red hat with white trim, carrying a screw driver was looking in the drivers side of cars parked between Campbell and Maplewood on Belden.
5) Neighbors on Maplewood south of Fullerton found the screen on a window that faces the alley had been pushed up on Jan 5. This is the second time it has happened. They reported it to the police.
action: Residents are strongly urged to call 911 to report gang activity and 311 for graffiti.
SECTION 4 (Borders: California, Fullerton, Rockwell, Milwaukee)
1) No problems were reported at Tini Martini, which is now closed on a couple of nights during the week.
action: Residents are strongly urged to call 911 to report gang activity and 311 for graffiti.
SECTION 5 (Borders: California, Logan Boulevard, Rockwell, Fullerton)
1) More gang graffiti has been reported on garages around Haas Park.
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 pile of boxes, garbage cans, rugs and other garbage is being used by a homeless person camping out next to the Kennedy between Western and Artesian.
2) More gang graffiti has been reported in the alley parallel to Fullerton.
3) A private social club at 2514 West Fullerton was closed down in the middle of Dec for liquor licensing violations. It was reported that they were allowing people into the club who were not members and were not accompanied by members.
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.
