Arlington Heights police received a report about 3:32 AM Thursday of a stolen vehicle and snow plow blade from a parking lot at Pavlis Furs, 725 East Rand Road Arlington Heights, IL. Police received a report that an unknown offender or offenders stole the victim’s white 2004 Dodge Ram along with a red, 8-foot blade, Boss snow plow and a blue, 8-foot blade, Daniels snow plow. The truck and plows were parked in the parking lot.
The offender(s) also removed a red, 8-foot blade Western snow plow that had been attached to different truck in the parking lot.
The offender(s) also forced entry into the victim’s gray 2002 Ford F-350 and attempted to gain entry to a white Haulmark trailer.
The cost to repair the damages and replace the stolen items was unknown at the time of the police report.
The crime is reported to have occurred between Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 4:30 PM and Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 3:31 AM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 11:1 (hours: minutes).
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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