Don't Let Porch Pirates (or Package Pilferers) Steal Your Gifts!

 Provided by Cpl Stephen Rannacher, sdrannacher@co.pg.md.us, 240-507-8110

The Cost of a 125 MPH Drive on MD 210

Incident:

• It was a moving RADAR stop in the area of the 10000 blk Route 210 (North) near car dealership
• It was a female driver with a child (approx. 7 yrs. old) in front seat and not in car seat or belted.
• There was also a dog in back seat
• Driver said rushing to hospital because mother being transferred to hospice.
• Child in front seat due to fearing dog that was in the rear. No reason for why not seat belted in
• Driver’s license also suspended

Cost: 

• Fines totaling $2,273
• 5 Must Appear citations, each jailable for up to a year

Postal Inspectors Investigate Mail Theft Complaints in Maryland

(Click on the image for Jodie Fleischer's News4 report)

• In many cases, inspectors acknowledge, thieves are accessing mail in blue boxes using stolen “arrow keys” — a type of universal key used by mail carriers and collectors that can unlock several blue mailboxes, apartment panels or parcel lockers in any given area. It’s illegal for anyone but a postal worker to possess them.
• An August audit by the Office of Inspector General for the United States Postal Service criticized the agency’s management of the keys as “ineffective,” noting, “The number of arrow keys in circulation is unknown, and local units did not adequately report lost, stolen, or broken keys or maintain key inventories.” 
• Report mail theft on the U.S. Postal Inspection Service website.

Traffic Enforcement on Route 210

 Officer Enforcement per Major Jim Keleti:

On 11/20/2020 the Traffic Enforcement Section from the Special Operations Division was tasked with conducting Saturation/Speed enforcement along Indian Head Highway.  Below are the results for the enforcement.

Officers Working: 17

Hours: 2100-0200

Vehicles stopped: 86

Speed Citations: 30 (highest 125mph)

Other Moving citations: 143

Written Warnings: 48

SERO's: 23 [Service Equipment Repair Order]

DUI/DWI Arrests: 3 (BrAC: .08%, Refusal, Refusal and high CDS)

Warrant Service: 1

Vehicle searches: 3

Vehicle impounds: 2

Speed Camera Summary based on data from Captain Hendershot:

Stay safe and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

There's no one someone won't miss

(Click on the image for a 1 minute video)

Don't Pass Grandma the Virus Over a Turkey Dinner

(Click on the image for Cynthia DeMarco's MD Anderson report)

". . .the risk of COVID-19 infection is still very real — and should be weighed carefully before you make your Thanksgiving plans.
“We are all ready and eager for life to return to normal,” says Rachel Lynn, M.D. “But 2020 is still nowhere near normal. So, this holiday season is an opportunity to create new traditions, rather than returning to ways of old.”

• Keep Thanksgiving celebrations as small as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Find safer ways to enjoy cherished traditions
• Minimize your chances of COVID-19 exposure

District VII Holiday Initiative - Your Help Is Requested

Package Theft Prevention Tips

Save the Date - Save a Life - Prioritize Safety over Speed

Join us on November 15, 2020 as we memorialize loved ones we have lost on Prince George's County roadways [112 lives lost on highways in our County in 2019]. This is a chance to advance Vision Zero work to prioritize safety over speed and encourage all roadway users to do their part to help end traffic-related incidents and fatalities.

Smoking, Not Wearing a Mask, and Speeding Have Something in Common

(Click on the image for Marshall Allen and Meg Marco's ProPublica report)

• If we’re surrounded by people who behave a certain way, she said, we are more likely to behave the same way.
• A well-known historical example of people being directed by social norms is smoking, Robinson said. For decades the societal norm said smoking was cool, even after it was known to kill people. That contributed to a lot of people smoking, willing to take the risk. Then the norm flipped and smoking became uncool, and fewer people smoked. “We take a lot of cues from our environment,” Robinson said. “If I see a lot of people wearing a mask, I wear a mask.”

If you are surrounded by people who are speeding - do you speed?