| COMMUNITY POLICING UNIT Serving our seniors The Community Policing Unit is in the process of starting a program called “SOS”. The “Serving Our Seniors” program will involve area youth that will be for hire to assist our seniors and/or disabled residents with tasks such as mowing lawns, shoveling snow, painting fences or other chores that kids might do. The Police Departments only job will be to match up teenagers looking for work with the seniors or disabled persons wanting to hire them. Everything else that needs to be arranged, including price negotiations, tools and equipment needed to do the job, scheduling, etc. is then left up to the teenager and the person he or she is working for. It will be a way for seniors to meet and hire teenagers from their neighborhoods who are willing to shovel snow, mow lawns, run errands or do other small jobs. It will be a way for teenagers who want to earn some extra cash to be put in touch with the senior’s citizens or disabled persons from their neighborhoods who want to hire them. Everyone should remember that the purpose of the program is to provide a service both to the senior and disabled persons seeking to hire assistance and for area youth looking for employment. Youth should remember that the seniors they may be dealing with will be on a fixed income, so please be fair with your pricing. Customers should remember that for many area youth involved, this is their first experience in the world of entrepreneur ship, so please be fair with your pricing. Teenagers who sign up for the program will be given the name and telephone number of the senior or disabled person who wishes to hire them. The youth should then call the customer and find out what type of work needs to be done. They can schedule the work, find out what equipment is needed, and get an idea on how much they will be paid. Teenagers should also visit the customer’s house to verify exactly how big the job will be. Most importantly, teenagers and customers alike should always remember to be fair honest and loyal to one another. Customers should not work with anyone unless they have received their name from the SOS program. This program is still in the preliminary stages. Please contact any member of the Community Policing Unit with any suggestions or comments. If there is a strong interest in the program, information on registering will be posted on this web page Lieutenant Raso may be reached at 686-2204 ext. 208 and Corporal Chris Thomas who may be reached
at 686-2204 ext. 215. Any questions or concerns related to community policing contact the following officers at 856-686-2208.
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OPERATION IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM Operation Identification is part of the New Jersey Crime Watch Program designed to help prevent burglary. Here is how it works. You engrave your New Jersey Drivers License number onto valuables such as TV’s, compact disc players, cameras and stereos. Then you place a small Operation Identification sticker on exterior doors and windows warning housebreakers that all valuables on the premises are marked for easy identification. Everyone is urged to participate. The program is designed to help protect your business as well as your home. Law enforcement officers know that the average burglar is an opportunist. In most cases (unless he’s a professional who knows there is a big haul in the offering at a particular location), he doesn’t care whether he breaks into your house or a neighbors. He just wants to get in FAST and steal what he can sell for easy cash. The Operation I.D. sticker on your door warns the housebreaker to stay away. Burglars know that if they’re caught with marked merchandise, its solid evidence against them. Fences don’t like to handle marked items either. So chances are the burglar will leave your home alone and move on to easier pickings. In addition, Operation I.D. helps you recover your property if its lost or stolen. How do you join Operation Identification? 1) Contact the Community Policing Unit and they will loan you free of charge an electric engraver. They will also provide Operation Identification stickers. 2) Engrave your valuables with the letters “NJ” followed by the New Jersey Operators Number which appears on your drivers license. 3) Place the sticker on exterior doors and windows. 4) It is also a good idea to record the model and serial numbers of valuable items, including credit cards and keep in a safe place. This helps when notifying your insurance company or describing to police what was lost if a burglary occurs Which items should you engrave? The best rule of thumb is this: Mark anything of value that a burglar (or two)could cart away. Where should they be engraved? Part of Operation ID’s objectives are to warn burglars away. So don’t try to hide the fact that an item has been engraved. Mark items as conspicuously as possible without defacing them. Obviously, some valuables such as jewelry, antiques and silverware cannot be marked without reducing their value. A color photograph is usually sufficient evidence to prove ownership, although it does not enable police to trace a stolen item. Contact the Deptford Police Community Policing Unit with any questions. |