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Personal Safety Tips
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
Not every stranger who comes
into your neighborhood is a criminal by any means. There are
many door-to-door sale men, repairmen, and servicemen moving
around our neighborhoods all the time. But criminals
DO
take advantage of this by pretending to be legitimate workmen.
The Soldotna Police Department would rather investigate than
be called when it is too late. Your call could save a life,
prevent an injury, or stop a criminal act.
BE ALERT, BE
CONCERNED, and
CALL!
9 - 1 - 1
FOR ALL EMERGENCIES ON THE KENAI PENINSULA
24 HOURS A DAY! 7 DAYS A WEEK!
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY CONCERNING PERSONS
Twelve scenarios are listed
below, briefly describing suspicious activity related to
persons. The possible crime(s) in each scenario will be listed
on the next page and can be accessed by clicking on the
solutions bar. Before clicking on the bar for the answers,
though, test your knowledge by writing down the possible
crime(s) you feel best describe the scenario. Good Luck!
1. Going
door to door in a residential area, especially if one or more
persons goes to the rear of the residence.
2. Waiting or loitering in front of a house or business, if
business is closed or house unoccupied.
3. Forcing entrance, or entering your neighbor's house, when it
is unoccupied.
4. Person running, especially if something of value is being
carried.
5. Person carrying property that is not wrapped, at an unusual
hour.
6. Much human traffic to and from a certain residence if it
occurs on a daily basis.
7. Person screaming.
8. Person loitering around cars or going car to car peering into
them, especially in parking lots or on the streets.
9. Persons loitering around schools, parks, or secluded areas.
10. Persons offering items for sale at a very low price.
11. Strangers loitering or driving through a neighborhood
several times.
12. "Delivery Man" with the wrong address or one who asks if
someone else lives there.
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY CONCERNING VEHICLES
In this section we will provide ten (10) brief scenarios or
descriptions of circumstances. Your job is to determine what,
if any, possible crimes may being committed. Don't worry if
your answers are exactly right. Often activity involving
vehicles is harmless and innocent. However, sometimes what
appears to be the most innocent can prove to be the most
dangerous! If it is suspicious to YOU, then
call the police. Let them check it out. If it turns out to be
innocent, then the parties involved can be assured that there
is someone caring enough to check it out!
1. Vehicle
moving slow, without lights or driving in an aimless manner.
This is suspicious in any location, including residential
streets, schools and playgrounds.
2. Parked or occupied vehicles containing one or more
persons, especially significant if observed at an unusual
hour.
3.
Vehicles being loaded with
valuables if parked by a business or unoccupied residence.
4. Abandoned vehicle parked on your block.
5. Vehicle containing weapons.
6. Vehicle where someone is being forced into it, especially
females or juveniles.
7. Vehicle where a business transaction is being conducted
around schools or parks.
8. Locked vehicle that someone is attempting to forcibly
enter, especially in a parking lot.
9. Persons detaching mechanical parts or accessories from a
vehicle.
10. Objects thrown from a vehicle.
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