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Attention:  Seal Coating / Home Improvement Scams

Seal Coat Scams/Home Improvement Scams In the past our department has taken several reports of seal coating scams. The targets of the scams have been elderly residents. Here are a few crime prevention tips to help you protect yourselves and safeguard your property: • Never contract any job on impulse…no matter what the good reason or “today only” bargain seems to be. • Never let solicitors into your home. • The #1 trap to avoid is the old “left over materials” line. Someone stops by and says they have some materials left from another job and offer you a great deal right now. • Beware of “fancy” trucks with small rollers or equipment carried on light “utility” type trailers and “drag box” asphalt spreaders that pull behind the truck. (Sealer tanks should always be cylindrical shaped never square and should have continuous agitation.) • Beware of companies that aren’t local. Does it really make sense for a contractor with out- of-state license plates or coming from long distances to be at your door? • Does the deal sound too good to be true? If it does, it probably is. • Beware of individuals making statements like “How’s your husband”, “I did a job for your husband a couple of years ago”, “I went to school with your son” – these are common lines that are used on seniors to let their guard down. If you observe any suspicious persons or suspicious activity in your neighborhood dial 911. If you have any questions, please contact the Mundelein Police Department at (847) 968-4600

Traffic Safety

Traffic Safety: School is back in session – school zones are clearly posted with a 20-mile per hour speed limit. Properly restrain all children ages 12 and under. Put kids in the back seat of all vehicles – especially in cars equipped with passenger-side air bags. Choose the safest walking route to school for your children with the fewest streets to cross, lowest traffic volume, and most controlled intersections. Stop for school buses that have their stop signs displayed.

Attention:  PREMISE ALERT PROGRAM

Effective August 28, 2009, the Illinois Premise Alert Program Act (96-0788) became law.  This Act is to ensure that consistently high levels of public safety services are available to all members of the State, including people who may require special consideration in order to access services.  This program shall seek to afford people with disabilities and/or special needs the same level of public safety services while alerting public safety responders to individuals with special needs. 

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                    Please fax the completed form to:

                    847-968-3756

                    or mail it to:

                    Communications Supervisor

                    Mundelein Police Department

                    221 North Lake Street

                    Mundelein, IL  60060

Attention:  INTERNET SCAMS

It has come to our attention that residents within the village and those in surrounding villages have fallen victim to a variety of internet scams.   Click here for more information.

Attention:  SNOW REMOVAL ORDINANCE

After last winter’s heavy snows, the Village Board adopted a new ordinance in response to a large number of complaints regarding snow piles blocking public sidewalks.  This occurs primarily with commercial snow removal operations on private property. In plowing parking lots, large snow piles are created that block the sidewalk. Village Ordinance 08-02-11 prohibits this type of activity. Specifically, the shoveling or plowing of snow from a private driveway, parking lot, etc. onto a street or sidewalk in such a way that it interferes with use of the street or sidewalk is prohibited.

Attention:  IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ALERT

 Seal Coating Scams Community Alert to Seal Coating Scams

Attention:  REMOVE GPS/RADAR UNITS FROM VEHICLE WINDOWS

Community warning reminder, for all residents to remove all GPS/Radar units from their front windows of the vehicles when shopping or parked in the driveway of the residence. And also to lock all car doors and to remove the valuables, cell phones lap top computers and purses from plain view.

Attention:  TIPS ON CALLING 911       

Tips for making calls to 911

Why the 911 Telecommunicator Ask Certain Questions

Common Phone Scams and Ways to Avoid Them

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

REMINDERS, NOTICES, AND PUBLICATIONS:

Illinois Traffic Safety Challenge Award

Mundelein Wins Governors Home Town Award (Posted 10-22-08)

Drive Carefully - Schools are Open  (Posted 08-06-08)
 

Attention - Lottery Scam  (Posted 09-07-07)

Attention - Seal Coating Scams  (Posted 09-07-07)

2008 National Night Out - Summary  (Posted 09-24-08)

Traffic Crash Investigation  (Posted 08-01-07)

Mundelein Wins National Award  (Posted 07-06-07)

Coyotes, Foxes, and Nuisance Wildlife  (Posted 12-17-03)

It is that time of year again when these animals start to come out and make their presence known.  Please attempt to animal-proof your home to prevent nuisance wildlife such as skunks, raccoons, possums, and squirrels from entering and making it their own.  Coyotes and foxes live in the Mundelein area.  Take a moment to educate yourself about their habitat and typical behavior patterns by visiting the link at the top of this paragraph.

POLICY / PROCEDURE:

Biased Based Policing Public Act - Racial Profiling Law

La Actua Publica de Prejuicio de Polica - La Ley de Retratando de Perfil Racial

Note:  Racial Profiling Statistics - Mundelein     Racial Profiling Statistics - IDOT

Other statistical reports are available upon request.