Updates

press release

Greetings from your North Syracuse Police Department. Please stay safe in this hot and humid weather. 

We would like to encourage you be sure to take your valuables out of the car and lock them, particularly when they are parked outside overnight.  Yes, there has been a few thefts from cars in the village and surrounding areas outside the village.  We also had about a dozen bronze metal flag holders stolen from the cemetery. So if you have seen or heard anything let us know.  We appreicate your eyes and ears helping us to keep the North Syracuse community safe.

The following is a little information we’d like to share about  activity of the Village Police Department so far this year.

 January to date the Police Department investigated a total of 71 property damage and personal injury accidents.  We are glad to report there were no fatalities. In the same time period we issued 404 traffic tickets including 42 Driving While Intoxicated arrests and 20 parking tickets.

 The Department responded to 2,497 calls for service, in this same time period, the most significant felony crime being   the Solvay Bank robbery last Friday, June 15, 2012.  Working in cooperation with the Sheriff’s Office the suspect was arrested that same evening. Kudos to our officers and the Sheriff’s for their quick and cooperative work effort that resulted in that arrest.

 June 20, 2012, North Syracuse Officers responded to a prowler complaint behind the Malta House. Having previous occurrences in that area of thefts from Mr. 2nd, Officers approached from different directions and caught two suspects attempting to leave with stolen property from Mr. 2nd, while a third suspect escaped on foot. Subsequent investigation resulted in the arrest of all 3 suspects, revealed the individuals were suspects in a Sheriff’s investigation in the Mattydale area earlier that day and that they were in possession of property stolen in the City of Oswego, that had not been reported yet.  A large quantity of stolen property, of substantial value, was recovered from the perpetrators residences in Constantia and Syracuse. We credit the officers alertness to the prior occurrence of thefts at Mr. 2nd, quickly  responding, and strategically coordinating their response from different directions, for the apprehension, arrest, and recovery of stolen property.  Their  follow-up investigation using current technology also identified  property that the rertailer in Oswego had not yet discovered was stolen.  The great work of our officers coupled with the eyes and ears of the citizen who called in the prowler complaint was another example  the citizens working with the police to bring a successful conclusion to undesireable conduct in the community.  Keep up the great team work Police and citizens.

The North Syracuse Police Department is interested in revitalizing the Village Neighborhood Watch Program.  To start the process we need Village residents talking with their families, friends and neighbors  to identify interested citizens and notify the police department with names and contact information.  We have made contact with the Countywide Neighborhood Watch Coordinator, Russ Mitchell, who is excited about the opportunity to work with the police department and village residents to revitalize our Neighborhood Watch Program    

 Following is some information obtained from the National Crime Prevention Council web site to familiarize you with Neighborhood Watch

 Neighborhood  Watch

 Neighborhood Watch is one of the oldest and most effective crime prevention programs in the country, bringing citizens together with law enforcement to deter crime and make communities safer. Neighborhood Watch counts on citizens to organize themselves and work with law enforcement to keep a trained eye and ear on their communities at all times of day and night.  Neighborhood Watch works because it reduces opportunities for crime to occur.  Neighborhood Watch operations working with the police can

• gain credibility in the community and are the source of necessary information for the police.
•  link the Watch group with victims’ services to get members trained in helping victims of crime.
• hold regular meetings to help residents get to know each other and to decide upon program strategies and activities.
• be the conduit to linking with existing organizations, such as a citizens’ association, community development office, tenants’ association, or housing authority.  
• canvass door-to-door to recruit members.
• ask people who seldom leave their homes to be “window watchers,” looking out for children and reporting any unusual activities in the neighborhood.
• gather the facts about crime in your neighborhood. familiarize themselves with police operations, and learn residents’ perceptions about crimes. Often, residents’ opinions are not supported by facts, and accurate information can reduce the fear of crime.
• Start a block parent program to help children confronted with emergencies while walking to and from school or playing in the area.
• Watch groups are not vigilantes and should not assume the role of the police. Their duty is to ask neighbors to be alert, observant, and caring—and to report suspicious activity or crimes immediately to the police.

Please pass the word, check with your neighbors and notify the Police Department of your interest in rejuvenating our Neighborhood Watch Program.  We look forward to hearing from you at 458-5670 during normal office hours 8-4 Monday through Friday.

Friday morning June 15, 2012, shortly before 9 a.m. North Syracuse Police Officer Jeff Tripp was dispatched to the Solvay Bank for a reported robbery. Officer Tripp arrived within a couple mintues, secured the bank as a crime scene, observed video tape pictures of the suspect and immediately notified the 911 center of the suspect information.  The 911 Center immediately broadcast Officer Tripp’s suspect information to adjacent law enforcement agencies, Sheriff’s Deputies and State Police patrols.

Chief Peverly requested the Sheriff’s Office continue follow-up of the investigation so we could return our North Syracuse Officers to patrol in our community.  Sheriff Walsh assigned a combination of several uniformed patrol deputies, evidence technicians and dectives to continue the investigation.  Early in the afternoon Sheriff’s Dectives notified Chief Peverly the suspect had been positively identified and later Friday evening the suspect was arrested.

Chief Peverly attributed the quick response and initial information gathered by Officer Tripp as being instrumental in the Sheriff’s Office’s continued investigation resulting in a quick arrest.  The coordination of police resources of the North Syracuse Police Department and Sheriff’s Office served our community very well.  

The Village has experienced several instances of Graffiti over the last two weekends. Vehicles and

buildings have been spray painted. Common to most of these incidents are the letters FAZ being painted.

Anyone with any information regarding this is asked to contact the Police Department at 458-5670