Peaks Island Shift Log 8-11-12
0700- Officer Rose on duty
0800-Met boat, FF shift swap
0800-FF with fire boat to Cliff Island
0930-Met boat/routine patrol
1000-Responded to Island Ave for reported break-in
1030-Met boat/routine patrol
1100-Ladder 12 garage door chain broke, temp repairs done
1200-Medcu call to the lions club for medical call, transported Pt to MMC
via fire boat
1245-Follow up to a burglary investigation
1430-Met boat/routine patrol
1515-Medcu call to St Christopher's Church for a medical call, Pt to MMC
via fire boat
1645-Responded to Island Ave for reported attempted break-in
1745-Met boat/routine patrol
1915-Worked on garage door to prepare for night
2030-Met boat/routine patrol/assisted renters in locating their cabin
2130-Met boat/routine patrol
2245-Met boat/routine patrol
0600-Criminal mischief complaint on Seashore Ave, Damage to mailbox
***Three common themes to the attempted burglaries that we had today were;
the houses were vacant, dark yards and no inside lights.
If you plan to be away, a good idea would be to have one of our island
electricians install an outside motion detector light in the dark areas of your
yard. Most of the time one quality motion sensing light can cover a large area.
http://www.rabweb.com/productLines.php?majorGroup=STL
I addition to that, a timer placed on a lamp inside of the home will help
deter unwanted thieves. Some examples of these can be found at http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/catalog/servlet/Search?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&keyword=light%20timers&Ns=None&Ntpr=1&Ntpc=1&selectedCatgry=SEARCH+ALL and
