Constant Contact

DuPage County Crime Stoppers Newsletter



The DuPage Crime Stopper		DuPage's Only Crime Stoppin Electronic Publication August 2005

Greetings!

This is our summer issue of a electronic newsletter publication with all your latest Crime Stopper news, DuPage County doings, individual city or town happenings and anything else of interest.

Readers please feel free to forward this to other interested parties and encourage them to sign up. Police and Fire Chiefs this means your staff; Village or City Officials this means your employees; Civic Groups this means your members; and Home Owner Associations this means your neighbors. Anyone may e-mail the editor with suggestions, articles, classifieds and opinions.

In this issue:

	Stopping Crime One Call At A Time CSI Training Conference Held August 16 - 20 Representation Needed Dumb Criminal Acts "ICE" - In Case of an Emergency

CSI Training Conference Held August 16 - 20

The Canadians hosted this year's International Crime Stoppers Conference and Corporal Lee Hudson of the DuPage County Sheriff's Office attended representing the DuPage County Crime Stoppers. Corporal Hudson replaces Sergeant Paul Stelter of the Sheriff's Office as the Crime Stoppers Law Enforcement Liaison.

Corporal Hudson attended the following classes - A History of Crime Stoppers, Maintaining Your Program, Confidentiality and Anonymity - The Effect of Privacy Legislation on Crime Stoppers Programs - Identity Theft - Youth Programs - Cyber Crime - Gangs and Graffiti and several more.

Representation Needed

Did you know that the DuPage County Crime Stoppers will be hosting the Illinois State Crime Stoppers Conference in May of 2006? Did you also know most towns in DuPage don't even have a single representative on the Crime Stoppers Board?

Crime Stoppers would like to see that change. Anyone meeting the following criteria is eligible to become a board member - you must be 18 years of age or older, an American citizen, a DuPage County Resident, pass a background check conducted by the office of the DuPage County Sheriff, have access to a computer with an internet connection and e-mail. Sworn officers are ineligible. Crime Stoppers meets the fourth Thursday of each month from 7:30 pm until 9 pm in Wheaton.

Application Link »

Dumb Criminal Acts

Gas is expensive and if you plan on stealing it, you'd better make sure you get the correct fuel type. By mistake two men in Indiana were arrested after their getaway was apparently spoiled because their car stopped running. The two men who thought they were stealing unleaded gasoline from a construction company instead filled the tank of their car with off-road-grade diesel fuel. After an employee of the construction company notified the local police, the men were found about 20 miles southeast of South Bend, as they were siphoning fuel out of their car's tank. The two men told the Elkhart County deputies that a friend had put the wrong fuel into the tank and they were trying to empty it. The deputies noticed that the fuel was the distinctive red color of off-road diesel.

"ICE" - In Case of an Emergency

By entering the acronym ICE - for In Case of Emergency - into your cell phone's phonebook, users can log the name and number of someone who should be contacted in an emergency.

In an emergency situation, ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. It's as simple as that, and for more than one contact name you can use ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc.

Stopping Crime One Call At A Time

In our last issue, Crime Stoppers offered a case of Crime Stopper coffee mugs to the reader who supplied the most new e-mail addresses, leading to an increase in our readership. Congratulations are due to Gail Ernst of Warrenville for supplying the most new e-mail addresses. Gail is the Administrative Secretary to Chief Robert W. LaDeur of the Warrenville Police Department.

Crime Stoppers Web Site....





	Quick Links... Sue Franzen Promotional Item Supplier College of DuPage - Criminal Justice Program 97.1 FM WDRV The Drive DuPage County Sheriff Bob Hoyer, Broker, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

     email: dupagecrime@aol.com
     voice: 630-484-3491
     web: http://www.dupagecrimestoppers.com

DuPage County Crime Stoppers · P.O. Box 174 · Glen Ellyn · IL · 60138-0174

Forward email

This email was sent to dupagecrime@aol.com, by DuPage County Crime Stoppers.
Update your profile |Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy.

Email Marketing by