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The DuPage Crime Stopper		DuPage's Only Crime Stoppin Electronic Publication October 2006

Greetings!

This is issue #17 of an electronic newsletter publication with some of the 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:

	What Has Crime Stoppers Done For Me Lately? TELEPHONE FRAUD INVOLVING JURY DUTY Cool Crime Prevention Product Dumb Criminal Acts A Message From Chairman Hanlock

TELEPHONE FRAUD INVOLVING JURY DUTY

A warning to the public against an ongoing scheme involving jury service. The public needs to be aware that individuals identifying themselves as U.S. court employees have been telephonically contacting citizens and advising them that they have been selected for jury duty. These individuals ask to verify names and Social Security numbers, then ask for credit card numbers. If the request is refused, citizens are then threatened with fines.

If you have already been contacted and have already given out your personal information, please monitor your account statements and credit reports, and contact your local FBI office at (312) 421-6700, your local Police Department or Crime Stoppers.

Cool Crime Prevention Product

Australia's multi billion dollar equipment rental industry has turned to futuristic spray on micro identification dots in an effort to stem the theft of items ranging from garden furniture to bulldozers. The dots, which are smaller than a grain of sand and difficult to see with the naked eye, each carry a unique laser-etched identification code that can be read with ultra violet detection equipment used by police forces. The unique identification information contained on each dot can be matched by police with a database maintained by DataDot Home & Business.

http://www.datadothb.com.au./

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Dumb Criminal Acts

A twenty-four-year old Texas man broke into a residence, stole a television set and made a clean getaway. He was arrested a few hours later reentering the premises - he had forgotten to steal the television's remote control and came back for it.

A Message From Chairman Hanlock

The weapon which solved three murders could still be out there, the home invader responsible for more than 16 break-ins could still be on the loose and the bank robber who robbed the Carol Stream and Schaumburg banks could still be robbing. However they're not. Why? Because informers called DuPage County Crime Stoppers.The tips that led to the arrests in these cases, and many others, could stop coming in if money isn't donated to help keep the phone line open and the rewards available.

Crime Stoppers serves as a clearinghouse for anonymous informers and pays rewards, usually between $100 and $1,000 depending on the severity of the crime. After 16 years, Crime Stoppers will be scaling back its program. The not for profit all volunteer organization is struggling to maintain a minimal service as donations and the replenishing of its all volunteer staff has deminished tremendously throughout the years. A worst-case scenario would be ending the program. However we're hoping at the very least to maintain minimal services. We just haven't been able to raise enough money to keep operating the way we were.

Most of the tips taken by Crime Stoppers are about drugs, drug dealing and where the drugs are being sold. The next top calls are about possible sightings of fugitives. Does Crime Stoppers solve a lot of cases? No, compared to the overall scene. But it just takes that one tip to break a case. The financial burden of Crime Stoppers has now fallen upon the DuPage County community. To learn more about Crime Stoppers, go to www.dupagecrimestoppers.com. To make a donation please send it to DuPage County Crime Stoppers - PO Box 174, Glen Ellyn Illinois 60138-0174. To volunteer for Crime Stoppers please use the contact section of the web site.

What Has Crime Stoppers Done For Me Lately?

Crime Stoppers is an extremely effective crime fighting concept that solves crime and keeps our streets safe. Crime Stoppers is a resource of all the law enforcement departments both locally and internationally and shows an average conviction rate of 95 percent. Crime Stoppers saves law enforcement agencies thousands of dollars in investigation time by offering a 24/7 hotline to which callers can report crime anonymously. Calls to Crime Stoppers assist in putting police on the right track by identifying individuals who are responsible for committing crimes. Today there are some 1,200 Crime Stoppers programs in 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Central America and the Caribbean. On an accumulative basis since 1976 tips to Crime Stoppers have been responsible for the arrests of around 600,000 individuals and led to the seizure of close to $7 billlion in stolen property and illicit drugs. Crime Stoppers does work and the DuPage County Crime Stoppers is in need of your donation in order to replenish their reward and general fund. Please help by sending your donations to P.O. Box 174 Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60138-0174.

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