Newsletter From The CMPD -- Providence Division:
Update on Vehicle Break-Ins
Last week, an alert was sent to subscribers stating that incidents of vehicle break-ins were on the rise in the Providence Division. The division saw a spike in activity the week of 8/17 to 8/23, with several incidents reported in the Dilworth community. In response to that activity, officer scheduled were altered and additional officers were deployed to the Providence Division, Response Area 1, with a concentration on the Dilworth neighborhood. Additional resources from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s motorcycle unit were also deployed in the Providence Division.
Warrants were obtained for two individuals suspected of breaking into cars in the area and both were subjects were arrested last week. Interviewing one of the subjects, he provided information that should lead to additional charges and cases closed by arrest in the Providence Division and other patrol divisions as well. This subject stated that he would drive through parking lots looking for items of value left in plain sight in vehicles. Without ever exiting his vehicle, he could easily spot items such as GPS units mounted on dashboards or windshields. He would enter vehicles with that item in mind, but once in the vehicle, he would also explore the interior looking for other items of value. This testimony only reinforces the importance of removing all valuables from your vehicles.
This past week larcenies from auto in the Providence Division, Response Area 1 dropped by 33% from the previous week and vehicle break-ins in the Dilworth area fell by 46%. For the Providence Division as a whole, larcenies from auto are down by 23% year to date, compared to 2008 and property crime overall is down 23% year to date.
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