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Show ) acre Psrofiecfiioira J i ROSELYN KIRK "ft appears to be 'tftement between a alt Lake resident who j the Cameiot Trailer ' -1 S North Highway 91, I -': North Salt Lake police 'Jfat whether adequate ' - protection is available : in Cameiot Trailer A l!" Petersen, 624 ". said as a resident 1 "tier park, "We feel "getting the sur-JVwessary. sur-JVwessary. She said ; rataus of the area had iitd a petition to the Jfat more police pro-.needed pro-.needed to prevent ? 'Sjlt Lake Police 11 tlson said, on the , y; 'hat Cameiot ,-'ark is patrolled than other e nave had ..W this has result-ra result-ra patrolling." !E ,T'rn said -Lke Plice have 1 ,1 that citizens in I P citizen watch 18 Prevent burglaries. He pointed out that the vacation vaca-tion watch program is available availa-ble to any residents in the area. "If a resident goes on vacation, he can notify police who will watch that home until un-til he returns," Chief Wilson said. ; North Salt Lake police have five policemen and one detective, detec-tive, including Chief Wilson. They patrol a seven square mile area or 135 miles of road in North Salt Lake on an unset patrol pattern. CHIEF WILSON said that burglaries in the Cameiot Trailer Park area, as in other areas of the city, can best be corrected by citizen's watch groups, better lighting and vacation watches. He advised that citizens should notify the police if their suspicions are aroused. He said that 30 to 40 preventative groups have been organized to maintain a watch on the streets in North Salt Lake. According to Chief Wilson, several burglaries have occurred oc-curred in the last several months in the Cameiot Trailer Park, but said most burglaries have been solved. Albert Madsen, 609 Sagamore Street, Cameiot Trailer Park, is charged with five felonies in conjunction witn about $20,000 in stolen goods," reported taken from several areas in the county. MRS. Petersen had pointed out that many of the residents in the area were afraid to go anywhere because they felt their property might be burglarized. She said, as a resident, she and her husband had installed the traditional protection devices such as light timers and inscribed their valuables with a serial number, but thought that only more police protection could resolve the problem.. Mrs. Petersen and Chief Wilson said that mobile homes pose more of a threat as far as burglary is concerned con-cerned because they are easier to break into. Chief Wilson said that correct door locks are helpful in cutting down break-ins. CHIEF Wilson cautioned that if a watch group be formed by neighbors in that area, that they should merely watch the street and call the police, but take no further action. He said over 1,200 people have been contacted in connection with a crime prevention program. |