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Show In their annual report to the Bountiful's police assert-i assert-i that they need the help of !e citizens to fight the crime jte in the city. THE REPORT indicated M the burglary rate for the 1st year was up 22 percent pra the previous year. The tyn increase involved rjares in the private"" sidence areas. To cAirb this activity the "lice increased their jiidential patrols. They ask f neighbors to be aware of I lers homes that are unoc-pied unoc-pied for a period of time. To watchful for any suspicious Vjtivities and to report them Yjthe police. POLICE handled 6 armed f Series in the last year, this is compared to the 3 they handled in 1974. Although the rates went down from the previous year, shoplifting and vandalism are still problems in the city. Vandalism was down 7 percent per-cent and reported shoplifting cases decreased more than 10 percent. 'ONE "'-WAY the city policemen are fighting crime is with the new mobile printers the department installed. in-stalled. The teleprinter system notifies the police in the area of the location and type of crime involved. Using the old radio system many criminals would monitor moni-tor the police frequency and listen to the dispatcher send police to the area. They have no way of monitoring the new print out system. This enables the police to arrive on the scene without warning. The system enables officers to receive immediate notification notifica-tion of wanted persons, stolen vehicles, runaways etc. THE TELEPHONE system has been upgraded in many ways. One way that it has improved the police citizen situation is that it enables the citizen to talk directly with the policeman in the area. The police made this challenge to the citizens of the community. "THE FIGHT against criminal activity cannot be won by the efforts of the police alone, without cooperation and concern from the citizens. We challenge the good citizens of Bountiful to , be involved even more in 1976 and together, we can make our city safer and cleaner , than it is now." dw . , |