Arlington Heights police received a report about 9:09 PM Tuesday of a vehicle burglary at Jameson’s Charhouse, 1331 West Dundee Road Arlington Heights, IL. Police received a report that an unknown offender or offenders forced entry into a victim’s black 2011 Jeep SUV by breaking the rear driver’s side window and removing a black Apple iPad, valued at $800. The Apple iPad was reported to have been in plain view on the back seat.
A second vehicle burglary also occurred at the same location. Unknown offender(s) also forced entry into a victim’s black 2014 Nissan Murano by breaking the rear driver’s side window and removing a black Apple MacBook valued at $1400; a black Swiss backpack valued at $150; two MacBook chargers valued at $150, Bose headphones valued at $300, a Briggs and Riley suitcase valued at $200, and miscellaneous clothing.
Both crimes are reported to have occurred on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 between 07:30 PM and 09:08 PM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 1:38 (hours: minutes).
Arlington Heights Police released information about these crimes on Thursday November 13, 2014 at 11:04 AM — about 37:56 (hours: minutes) after the crime was reported. Please note: The elapsed time of police notification to the public is based on an estimated crime report time.
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IMPORTANT ALERT …
Cardinal Note: As of June 5, 2013 — up to and including the date of this article — police incidents related to the above police agency are not reported in real time or within a prompt time period. Police protecting their realm of investigation and police activity, have chosen to use secret military-grade encrypted radios to withhold their police communications, which were previously open to the public and news media via monitoring of public safety scanning radios — with no known negative results locally.
The delayed knowledge or entirely blacked out knowledge resulting from encrypted police communications may protect certain police operations and investigations, but it also puts the public at risk in situations such as when armed and dangerous offenders are at large and when other similar situations occur, such as when desperate offenders of property crimes are eluding police. In other cases, the delayed or blacked out information inhibits or prohibits the possibility of the public providing early witness accounts before a criminal trail goes cold. Citizens are much more likely to recognize or recall suspicious or criminal activity if they are aware of the criminal incident within minutes or hours of its occurrence. The most serious incident involving dire results would be a trail that is allowed to go cold in the case of child abduction.
The lack of real time information from public police dispatch also weakens an effective neighborhood watch program mostly working to prevent property loss, but also working to prevent possible violent crimes.
Lack of real time information from police dispatch also delays public awareness or eliminates public awareness of general hazards and traffic or other situations in every day living in an otherwise economically thriving community.
Police have alternate ways to transmit tactical, operational or investigative information, while still keeping their main public dispatch channels open for the best balance of public safety and police safety.
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