July 6, 2008
Police ‘noteworthies’ - July
Disclaimer: The following incidents are preliminary in nature and are subject to change after investigation. Please note that the entries listed below do not cover every incident from overnight. The listings are subject to the judgment of staff officers’ sense of what is noteworthy.
Beginning at 0600 hours on 7/3/08
And ending at 0559 hours on 7/4/08
Precinct: Northwest
Beat: 3
Incident: Aggravated Assault
Date: July 3, 2008
Time: 2335 Hours
Location: 900 block of Rome Street
Summary: Officers responded in reference to a man down. Contact was made with the victim a City resident. He reported that 5 B/Ms approached him and started beating him about the head. Victim transported to SRMC with non-life threatening injuries. No robbery was involved.
Precinct: Southeast
Beat: 5
Incident: Attempted Robbery (Individual)
Date: July 4, 2008
Time: 0008 Hours
Location: 1963 South Crater Road (Bank of America)
Summary: Units responded in a report of attempted Robbery. The victim was at the ATM when the suspect approached and demanded money.
Beginning at 0600 hours on 07-04-08
And ending at 0559 hours on 07 -05-08
Precinct: North West
Beat: 3
Incident: Aggravated Assault-Firearm
Date: 07-05-08
Time: 0134HRS
Location: 1500 block of Lincoln St
Summary: On 07-05-08 at approximately 0134hrs, a victim of a gun shot was brought to SRMC. Investigation is ongoing.
thanks for this addition to the site–it is a much needed service!
It’s a step. Will be a happy day when crime incident data are made publicly available.
checked out the police blotter on the Progress-Index site and had LOTS of information….just all from last month….I would seriously like to know about the break-in & robbery on Matoax since…it’s only 1 street over =(
re: neighborhood watch, I’ve had a request in for all crime incidents over the last 3 months b/t Johnson, Crater, North and South. Figured it might be handy to know what, exactly, we’d be watching for. Was told I’ve have the data within the week, but that week was a few weeks ago.
Chief Dixon: this is one area that is seriously in need of help. If the community is to be a partner of the PD, being its eyes and ears, the PD needs to be able to provide data upon request to interested citizens within a week, if not within one day.
Maybe Chief Dixon can find out who/how Richmond was able to implement this:
http://www.ci.richmond.va.us/departments/police/Crime_Incident_Info.aspx
We used that alot in Woodland Heights to know what was going on.
No doubt, being able to see what happened on what date at what address can help folks understand what’s going on around them, and in turn to figure out how to mitigate particular as opposed to general risks. And if this data could be filtered by Ward, neighborhood, etc., so much the better.
Especially given his comments regarding “Focused Law Enforcement” allocating resources and manpower to those areas that need it the most. That would also allow Chief Dixon, Council, the Citizens, et all to see EXACTLY where problem/opportunity areas are.
Requested data received. :-)