From Edgewater Police:
NEWS RELEASE
2/4 – 2/24/2018
AMAZING NEIGHBORS!
WE HAD FIVE NEIGHBORS SIGN UP TO BE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK CAPTAINS THIS REPORTING PERIOD – TREMENDOUS!
Edgewater Officers reported to me this week that there has been an obvious increase recently in the number of calls to Dispatch from Amazing Neighbors who have reported ongoing crime incidents immediately. These reports led to multiple arrests this reporting period thanks to your vigilance and concern for making your neighborhood and our community a better place to be!
Please consider inviting your neighbors to participate in Nextdoor Edgewater and contacting our Neighborhood Watch Coordinator Lorenzo – volunteers@edgewaterpd.com to get more information on making your neighborhood safer.
Calls for Service this reporting period
911 Emergency Calls 21 Year to date 61
Welfare Checks 14 Year to date 21
Alarm Calls 7 Year to date 17
Calls this period 485 Year to date 1334
Thank you neighbors for notifying our dispatch center at 303-271-0211 for the many calls and for our Edgewater Officers for their fine work!
Traffic Statistics
Number of Traffic stops this period 120
Number of Traffic stops year to date 383
Arrest Statistics
36 Arrests for the month of January
Free Clubs – Honda Civics and Honda Accords years 2010 and older account for almost half of our stolen vehicles in metro Denver. The Edgewater Police Department still has a few Auto Theft Prevention “Clubs” that we would like to give away to any Edgewater resident that own either an older Honda Accord or Civic. Please call Nancy Maldonado at 720-763-3013 if you’re interested in a free “Club” – we have a limited quantity.
Radar Trailer
The Police Department is in need of a volunteer to assist with the Radar Trailer. If you’re interested in assisting with traffic speed control in your community we are in need of additional volunteers for this program – please contact Frank Kyper at the Volunteer email address listed.
SCHOOL SAFETY MEETING
On March 20th, Edgewater Police Chief John Mackey, other local police chiefs, District Attorney Pete Weir, Jefferson County School Superintendent Dr. Jason Glass and other community leaders will be hosting a community forum on school safety at Lakewood High School from 6PM to 8PM. In the aftermath of the Florida tragedy, we have been inundated with calls from community … View more members and parents wanting to know what we are doing to protect schools and students. In the past 10 days, the school district has received almost 200 safe2tell reports from students and our schools have reported a heightened tension level. The Edgewater Police Department has provided extra patrols to our schools and utilized outside police agencies to supplement our staffing since the tragedy. SRO Ed McCallin and Edgewater Officers have worked alongside our Jefferson County School District’s Security Team to remain vigilant of any safety concerns in our Edgewater Schools. John-Michael Keyes from the I Love U Guys Foundation, Susan Payne, Director of Safe2Tell and Dr. John Nicoletti will also be joining us for the community meeting.
Want to make your neighborhood safer?
The Edgewater Police Department’s Nextdoor Beat Cop Program was selected as one of the top 7 programs in the United States by the Nextdoor selection team for 2017. If you’re concerned about crime in your neighborhood there is no better free program available to us than Neighborhood Watch. Neighborhood Watch coordination is nothing more than getting to know your neighbors and passing along information that the police department provides to you about the calls for service in your specific neighborhood.
Please consider inviting your neighbors to participate in Nextdoor Edgewater and contacting our Neighborhood Watch Coordinator Lorenzo – volunteers@edgewaterpd.com to get more information on Neighborhood Watch and making your neighborhood safer. Working together we can make a difference in deterring crime – thank you!
Contact Persons: Chief John Mackey 720-763-3000
Thank You Notes from Neighbors – Kudo’s
Corporal Mike Nesbitt, now with the Red Rocks CC Police Department wanted to thank the many neighbors for their nice comments and thoughts as he moved onto his new job – thank you! I visited with Mike this week while teaching at the police academy and he is very much enjoying his new community!
The department received several thanks to SRO Ed McCallin and Edgewater Officers for the extra patrols that were conducted at our Edgewater Schools these past eleven days – thank you!
Thank you to our outstanding police volunteers Frank Kyper, Lorenzo Rendon, Dave Suter, and Joel Newton, and Pauline York for the countless hours they are contributing to making our community and city a safer place to live, work and play! Chief Mackey
Neighbor’s notes and “Kudo’s” are placed in the lobby of the police station and placed in the respective officer’s personnel files – thanks for sharing!
Joel has been a resident of Edgewater, Colorado with his family since 2012. He is the Executive Director of local education nonprofit Edgewater Collective and Editor of the Edgewater Echo.
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