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Friday, March 29, 2024

Focus on Safety – Neighborhood Safety Programs

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The Naperville Police Department has many proactive programs to help promote safety in our neighborhoods. With so many opportunities, there is sure to be a way for everyone to be involved in making our community #ASaferNaper!

Lock It or Lose It

A large percentage of the residential and motor vehicle burglaries that occur in our neighborhoods are to unlocked homes and vehicles. These are oftentimes crimes of opportunity and preventable. So, be proactive and Lock It or Lose It! Keep your vehicles locked, don’t leave valuables in plain sight and take your keys with you. Lock your home’s exterior doors and windows and don’t forget to close the garage door.

9PM Routine

Make your nightly routine about making your residence and your vehicle tougher targets for crime. Every night at 9PM, turn on your exterior lights, remove valuables from your vehicle, lock your vehicle doors, and close and lock all your home’s windows and exterior doors (including your garage door and service door from the garage).

Neighbors App

Naperville Police have partnered with the Neighbors app by Ring to allow residents to receive safety alerts from their neighbors, our department and the Ring team. Residents can also monitor neighborhood activity and share crime and safety-related videos, photos and text-based posts. The app is free, anonymous and available to anyone, even those who do not own a Ring device.

Neighborhood Watch

Neighbors looking out for one another is one of the best crime prevention strategies. Knowing your neighbors’ basic habits and belongings will help you to recognize unusual or suspicious activities. Neighborhood Watch can be formal or informal, but awareness and communication within your neighborhood are critical to keeping your neighborhood safe.

Paws on Patrol

Sniff out criminal activity while on your daily walks! Paws on Patrol is a dog walker watch program that encourages you and your four-legged friend to help reduce crime while out “on patrol” in your neighborhood. This program empowers you and your canine to enhance neighborhood safety by training you to properly identify and report suspicious activity to police.

Crime Stoppers

Have a tip on a crime? Crime Stoppers encourages members of the community to assist law enforcement in the fight against crime by calling crime information into Crime Stoppers’ anonymous tip line (630) 420-6006. Residents do not have to identify themselves and may be eligible for a cash reward up to $1,000 if their tip results in an arrest!

Naper Notify

Naper Notify lets you sign up to receive emergency and community messages through your preferred method of communication. You can receive notifications about emergencies or situations that may affect your home, a parent’s home, your child’s school or any other location of interest and importance to you as long as the location is within the boundaries of the City of Naperville.

For more information on any of these programs, please visit www.naperville.il.us/asafernaper.

Until Next Month… Stay Aware and Stay Safe.

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Julie Smith
Julie Smith
Julie Smith is Crime Prevention Specialist at the Naperville Police Department. Contact her at SmithJu@naperville.il.us or (630) 305-5450.

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