Arlington Heights police responded about 11:45 AM Sunday to an armed robbery at 1712 West Algonquin Road Arlington Heights, IL. Police received a report that an unknown offender displayed a handgun when he entered the gas station business and demanded money from the cashier.
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UPDATE …
At 3:45 PM Monday May 9, 2016 Arlington Heights police tweeted that they were investigating an armed robbery at the Mobil station and published an image of the suspect …
Flyer w/ info on Armed Robbery.If you can identify subject, call 911 or the AHPD non-emergency number 847-368-5300 pic.twitter.com/vI7wM8EFuP
— A.H.P.D. (@ArlHtsPOLICE) May 9, 2016
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Initially, Arlington Heights police did not provide a description of the offender, did not provide the direction of travel of the offender, and did not mention whether the offender was associated with a vehicle or whether the offender fled on foot.
The crime is reported to have occurred on Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 11:44 AM.
Anyone having information about this or any other serious crime in Arlington Heights can submit an anonymous tip via text or by telephone: Text keyword 847AHPD and your message to 847411; or call Arlington Heights Crime Stoppers at (847) 590-STOP. Callers are guaranteed anonymity and may qualify for a cash reward of up to $1,000.
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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