Crime Prevention
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Tips to Protect Your Garage from Break-Ins
- Keep your doors locked at all times.
- Stay alert to suspicious activity in the area.
- Get to know your neighbors and develop plans to watch out for one another's properties during vacations.
- If your service door is paneled or hollow-core, reinforce it.
- Use a deadbolt lock with at least a 1" throw with a solid metal free-spinning cylinder guard that is difficult to grip with pliers or a wrench
- If the service door contains glass or is within 42" of a window, use a double-cylinder deadbolt lock-or cover the glass with a screen,grille or high impact resistant polycarbonate material.
- Cover any gap between the door and frame with a latch guard.
- Replace or reinforce the door frame if necessary.
- Install motion-detector lights to make your pathways and doors visible.
- Cover garage windows so burglars cannot see what you keep inside.
- To deter criminals, plant thorny shrubs or bushes under windows, between garages, or in isolated hiding spots.
Personal Safety Tips
- If you're going out at night, travel with a friend or a group
- Don't walk or jog early in the morning or late at night when the streets are deserted.
- Carry only the money you'll need on a particular day.
- Don't display your cash or any other inviting targets such as cell phones, MP3 players, or jewelry.
- Understand your surroundings. Pay particular attention to places where someone could hide — such as stairways and bushes.
- Avoid shortcuts that take you through isolated areas.
- Make sure your friends and family know if you are taking a walk or running an errand.
- Be sure your body language shows a sense of confidence. Look like you know where you're going and act alert.
- If you think someone is following you, switch directions or cross the street. If the person continues to follow you, move quickly toward an open store or restaurant or a lighted house. Don’t be afraid to yell for help.
- Make sure you have your key out as you approach your door.
- Do everything you can to keep a stranger from getting into your car or to keep a stranger from forcing you into his or her car.
- Be willing to report crimes in your neighborhood to the police.
Summer Crime Summit Recap
The St. Anthony Park Community Council hosted a Summer Crime Summit on June 13th. We would like to thank Councilperson Jay Benanav, Jane Prince (Legislative Aide), Meredith Vogland (F.O.R.C.E. unit), and Va-Megn Thoj (Mayor Coleman's Office), for joining our neighborhood in creating an action plan to reduce crime this summer. Please take a look at the meeting recap, which focuses on drag racing, break-ins, and block clubs to see how you can help us build a safer neighborhood.
See past crime statistics here.
To get involved in connecting your neighbors and reducing crime, contact amy@sapcc.org or 651-649-5992.
Numbers to Know for Crime Issues and Prevention
Emergency - 911
St. Paul Police Non-Emergency - 291-1111
Traffic Sargeant Sandell - .291-1111
Citizen Services Office - 266-8989 (Report graffiti and citizen issue resolution)
F.O.R.C.E Unit. - 266-5625 (tips, block clubs and National Night Out)
Battered Women’s Crisis Line - 646-0994
Crime Victim’s Crisis Line - 612-340-5400
St. Paul Tenants Union - 221-0501
St. Paul Intervention (Dom. Violence) - 645-2824
Mayor - 266-8510
Mayor's Liaison to St. Anthony Park - 266-8524 (Joe Spencer)
Councilmember Benanav's Office - 266-8640
The St. Anthony Park community would like to continue building its reputation as a safe neighborhood. Our crime rates have been traditionally low because of high citizen participation in community activities, which help us get to know our neighbors, watch out for one another, and take responsibility for issues in the neighborhood. The core of this tradition is the block worker program. These neighbors serve as the key contact for new neighbors, the community council, and residents who need a hand with organizing on the block. The SAPCC would like to see this tradition continue so we encourage neighbors participate in the block worker program. To become a block worker, please contact us at 651-649-5992 or amy@sapcc.org. Gun locks available at our office
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