Community Partners,

Welcome to this month’s PENS, Police Email Notification System bulletin. This monthly bulletin is brought to you from the Cobb County Police, Precinct 5 Criminal Investigations Unit (CIU5) and is designed to keep you aware of safety alerts and crime trends in your area and measures you can take to keep you and your family safe.

The men and women at Precinct 5 wish you all a Happy New Year!

Public Safety Topic of the Month

Report It

With all the new gadgets and electronics that all of you received from Santa over the Holidays, you need to take advantage of the Report It program that is provided to you free by LeadsOnline.

The Cobb County Police Department contracts with a company called LeadsOnline which collects data on pawned items that might have been taken in a theft or criminal activity. The system adds millions of records each day and is used by more than 4,000 law enforcement agencies to recover stolen property and solve crimes.

LeadsOnline also provides a service called Report It which is a free, secure online service allowing citizens to record an unlimited number of serial numbers, descriptions and upload images of phones, electronics, and other valuables. Should those items ever be stolen, you can share your inventory list with law enforcement and with your insurance company. Citizens wanting to participate in Report It can register at reportit.leadsonline.com begin building their personal property inventory list.

Current Crime Trends

Ladies and Gentlemen, our current crime trends in the Horseshoe Creek and Horseshoe Bend subdivisions have had an uptick over the past 30-45 days. The majority of the crimes have been residential burglaries and theft of vehicles.

On 11/26/18 on Galahad Way, there was a residential burglary where the suspects broke a window and made entry into the house and took a gaming system.

On 12/1/18 at 3:20 p.m., there was a residential burglary on Owens Ave where two suspects wearing hoodies kicked in the front door.

On 12/14/18 at 1:46 p.m. on Smith Ave, 3 males and 2 females ranging in the ages from 14 to 17 years old committed a burglary by kicking in the side door of the residence. Precinct 5 Officers and Detectives were dispatched to the area and apprehended all of the suspects.

Between 12/28/18 and 12/29/18 a 2018 Ford F-150 was stolen from Horseshoe Creek Drive.

On 1/1/19 another residential burglary took place on Owens Ave. Unknown persons threw a brick through a rear window of the residence, entered the residence, and took a Samsung TV, a Dell laptop computer, and a purse.

Please stay alert in these two subdivisions and call 911 if you see any type of suspicious activity. If it can be done in a safe manner, provide detailed descriptions of the suspects and vehicles involved. The area has also been placed on zone patrol for increased officer patrols. 

What You Can Do

Burglary Prevention

• Lock your doors, including the one from the garage
• Keep garage doors closed-check before bed every night
• Motion sensor activated lighting
• Surveillance cameras

Entering Auto Prevention

• Lock your vehicles and remove items of value and items that appear to contain valuables.
• If you can’t keep them with you, secure your valuables in the trunk before reaching your location.
• Keep your vehicle locked and your purse or wallet on your person while fueling at the gas station.

Postal Theft

• Anti-Theft mailboxes with a special locking system
• Security Cameras
• Do not raise the mail flag
• Do not send cash, checks, or anything that has credit card information

Remember to CALL 911 to report any suspicious persons or activity. If you see something, say something!

Cobb County Camera Registry

Hey folks, this is really important and can help us out on the Detective side of the house!

The Cobb County Police Camera Registration program is a police/community video partnership that operates on a voluntary basis with homeowners, neighborhoods and business owners who own private video surveillance systems. We encourage both businesses and residents to register their cameras online by completing the form below.

This program is intended to let our officers know where cameras are active in the county in case a crime occurs. It is not intended for active surveillance, and officers will not have direct access to homeowners' cameras. Those who register a camera will be contacted if a crime occurs in the vicinity of that camera.

Information provided by residents and businesses will be maintained in a secure database.

Online Registration Form

 

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Remain Safe and Vigilant,

Det. Lieutenant T. A. Nelson
Det. Sergeant W.R. Pettitt
Det. Sergeant R.E. Hecksher
Criminal Investigation Unit Pct. 5
4640 Dallas Highway
Powder Springs, GA 30127
(770) 499-4578