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Hello Everyone. My name is Officer Susan Condreay and I am your PAR (Police Area
Representative) Officer for Area 23. I am looking forward to working together toward the goal of
improving the quality of life within our community. My desk/office telephone number is 303-627-
3175 and my email address is scondrea@auroragov.org. My work schedule is Monday through
Thursday from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feel free to contact me by phone or email with any
Community Policing or PAR related issues. I will be providing this newsletter to you on a monthly
basis. It will include the basic crime statistics for area 23 from the previous month, crime prevention
tips, and meeting notices.
In this information age, we are doing our best to provide you with timely and accurate information about news in Aurora.
Did you know you can read news releases and important information from the police department at the same time that
the local news stations get it from us? Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We send out all our important
stories and information through these social media sights.
We understand that your time is critical. Save time by using the above “Report a Crime” link to submit an online police
report. You can file some car accident reports, theft reports, lost or missing property reports and even damage to your
car or home. Simply follow this link and follow the directions. All the links above can be found by holding down the
“Ctrl” key on the keyboard and then “left-clicking” the mouse.
District 3 Commander, Jim Puscian: 303-627-3222
District 3 Captain, Rob McGregor: 303-627-3170
Area 23 Neighborhood Watch Coordinator, Jen Dubrow: jdubrow@auroragov.org
Police and Fire Dispatch Non-Emergency: 303-627-3100
Police and Fire Emergency: 911
Helpful Hyperlinks
District 3 Contact Information
From The Desk of Your Area 23 PAR Officer
Lt. Chris Amsler
303-627-3151
Sgt. Justin Shipley
303-627-3171
Ofc. O. Pena
Area 20
303-627-3173
Ofc. Jason Condreay
Area 21
303-627-3245
Ofc. Susan Condreay
Area 23
303-627-3175
Ofc. Jeremy Jenkins
Area 24
303-627-3176
Ofc. Rick Garcia
Area 25
303-627-3174
Ofc. Eric Trap
Areas 22 & 26
303-627-3177
Ofc. Shane Ellison
Area 27
303-627-3172
Aurora Police Department will be utilizing
https://nextdoor.com/ in an effort to facilitate virtual
neighborhood watch and help foster neighbor-to-neighbor
communications.
This is a great tool that everyone can use to share crime
prevention and safety updates, neighborhood events, and
emergency notifications. The Nextdoor website is kept private to
only those who live in your neighborhood and who have a
verified address. More than 160 police departments are using
Nextdoor.com in their cities as a successful tool to communicate
with the community. This will give our agency the opportunity to
post relevant information directed towards specific neighbors in
the community as well as any information directed towards the
entire city.
Make sure that you continue to use the proper emergency services
to report criminal or suspicious activity. Please be aware that
Nextdoor is not an appropriate way to request emergency
services. You should still call 911 for any emergency or 303-627-
3100 for non-emergency situations. We look forward to using
Nextdoor to build stronger, safer neighborhoods throughout
Aurora. Please click on the link above to register.
GUIDELINES FOR 911 - Speak slowly. Give as much information as you can to the dispatcher and answer all questions. Give the dispatcher your location and address. If you don’t know where you are, describe your surroundings. Teach your children their phone number and address. If you call 911 by mistake, do not hang up. Tell the dispatcher there is no emergency. Do not call 911 if you hear an outdoor warning siren, need directions or information, questions about court dates or traffic tickets. Please click here for more information about 911.
District 3 PAR Unit Nextdoor.com
Crime Information
If you would like a more comprehensive list of events that surround
your neighborhood you can always go to Lexis Nexis Community
Crime Map and see what is going on. Lexis Nexis Community Crime
Map has the ability to filter the following crimes: Homicide, Burglary,
Robbery, Theft, Sexual Offenses, Assaults, Property Crimes, Alarms,
Arson, Death, Family Offense, Kidnapping, Missing Person, Weapons
Offense, Quality of Life, Drugs, Liquor, Traffic, Fire,
Proactive/Community Policing, and Vehicle/Pedestrian Stops. Simply
pull up the website, select the data you are interested in, along with
your address, and it will pull up all the crime data for the time frame
you selected. If there is a particular crime that is of concern to you
please contact you’re PAR Officer and they will determine if they can
release anything about that crime.
Neighborhood Info/Events
Area 23 Neighborhood Watch Meeting
Thursday, May 23, 2019 @ 6:00PM
Mission Viejo Library
15324 E Hampden Cir
Aurora CO 80013
So You Want to Be A Cop Seminar
April 11, 2019 6 – 8 PM
23911 E. Arapahoe Rd.
Aurora CO 80016
APDRecruiting@AuroraGov.org or
1.800.637.9963
Drug Take Back
April 27, 2019 10 AM
Saddle Rock Emergency Center
Access Aurora
For any parking issues please contact
Access Aurora at 303-739-7000
Crime Prevention/General Tips of
the month:
IRS - Scammers Change Tactics:
From our friends at the IRS Washington – Aggressive
and threatening phone calls by criminals
impersonating IRS agents remain a major threat to
taxpayers, but now the IRS is receiving new reports
of scammers calling under the guise of verifying tax
return information over the phone. The latest
variation being seen in the las few weeks tries to
play off the current tax season. Scam artists call
saying they have your tax return, and they just need
to verify a few details to process your return. The
scam tried to get you to give up personal
information such as a Social Security number or
personal financial information, such as bank
numbers or credit cards. “These schemes continue
to adapt and evolve in an attempt to catch people
off guard just as they are preparing their tax
returns,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
“Don’t be fooled. The IRS won’t be calling
you out of the blue asking you to verify your
personal tax information or aggressively
threatening you to make an immediate
payment.” The IRS reminds taxpayers to guard
against all sorts of con games that continually
change. The IRS, the states and the tax industry
came together in 2015 and launched a public
awareness campaign called Taxes. Security.
Together. To help educate taxpayers about the need
to maintain security online and to recognize and
avoid “phishing” and other schemes. The IRS
continues to hear reports of phone scams as well as
emailing phishing schemes across the country.
“These schemes touch people in every part of the
country and in every walk of life. It’s a growing list of
people who’ve encountered these. I’ve even gotten
these calls myself,” Koskinen said. This January, the
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
(TIGTA) announced they have received reports of
roughly 896,000 phone scam contacts since October
2013 and have become aware of over 5,000 victims
who have collectively paid over $26.5 million as a
result of the scam. Just this year, the IRS has seen a
400 percent increase in phishing schemes. Protect
Yourself. Scammers make unsolicited calls claiming
to be IRS officials. They demand that the victim pay a
bogus tax bill. They con the victim into sending cash,
usually through a prepaid debit card or wire transfer.
They may also leave “urgent” callback requests
through phone “robo-calls” or via a phishing email.
They’ve even begun politely asking taxpayers to
verify their identity over the phone. Many phone
scams use threats to intimidate and bully a victim
into paying. They may even threaten to arrest,
deport or revoke the license of their victim if they
don’t get the money. Scammers often alter caller ID
numbers to make it look like the IRS or another
agency is calling. The callers use IRS titles and fake
badge numbers to appear legitimate. They may use
the victim’s name, address and other personal
information to make the call sound official. Here are
some things the scammers often do but the IRS will
not do. Any one of these five things are a tell-tale
sign of a scam. The IRS will never -Call to demand
immediate payment over the phone, nor will the
agency call about taxes owed without first having
mailed you several bills. -Call or email you to verify
your identity by asking for personal and financial
information. -Demand that you pay taxes without
giving you the opportunity to question or appeal
the amount they say you owe. -Ask for credit or
debit card numbers over the phone or email. Crime
Tips -Threaten to immediately bring in local police
or other law enforcement groups to have you
arrested for not paying. If you get a phone call from
someone claiming to be from the IRS and asking for
money or to verify your identity, here’s what you
should do: If you don’t owe taxes, or have no reason
to think that you do: Do not give out any
information. Hang up immediately. Contact TIGTA
to report the call. Use their IRS Impersonation Scam
Reporting web page. You can also call 800-366-
4484. Report it to the Federal Trade Commission.
Use the FTC Complaint Assistant on FTC.gov. Please
add “IRS Telephone Scam” in the notes. If you know
you owe, or think you may owe tax: Call the IRS at
800-829-1040. IRS workers can help you. Stay alert
to scams that use the IRS as a lure. Tax scams can
happen any time of year, not just at tax time. For
more visit: “TAX Scams and Consumer Alerts” on
IRS.gov. Each and every taxpayer has a set of
fundamental rights they should be aware of when
dealing with the IRS. These are your Taxpayer Bill of
Rights. Explore your rights and our obligations to
protect them on IRS.gov.
Timeshare Reseller Scams
As consumers age, have a decline in their financial
situation, or simply change their vacation
preferences and habits, they may tire of the burden
of monthly/annual timeshare fees and assessments.
Their solution: advertise their timeshare for sale or
hire a company to advertise and sell it for them!
Unfortunately, while there are legitimate timeshare
buyers and resale companies, this is a market that
has seen its share of scams and fraudulent practices.
Here are some common timeshare reseller scams: 1.
You advertise your timeshare interest for sale on
Craigslist or other Internet classified advertising site
and you get a hit from interested buyer. The buyer
insists on using a particular resale or transfer
company that happens to charge you a processing or
application fee of several hundred to several
thousand dollars. After you pay the fee the “buyer”
suddenly disappears or sends you an excuse (“loss of
job” is a favorite one) as to why they are now unable
to purchase your timeshare. Of course, the resale or
transfer company “regrets to inform you” that the
fees you already paid are non-refundable. 2. You
receive a call or an email from a resale or transfer
company claiming that they have a willing buyer
ready to purchase your timeshare interest. All you
need to do is advance closing costs and/or pay other
taxes, fees or costs in order to speed up the closing.
They promise to hold all of these fees in escrow until
closing or promise that you will be reimbursed these
fees by the buyer when the sale closes.
Unfortunately, the “sale” is continually delayed for
one reason or another until both the supposed
buyer and the resale or transfer company disappears
– with your money. 3. A resale or transfer company
offers to buy your timeshare interest and, again, you
are required to pay some form of advanced fee to
accomplish the sale. You are told that the transfer
has been completed, but the resale or transfer
company never notifies your resort management
company or homeowners association and never files
any of the proper documentation with the applicable
real estate recording office. You are now in default
on payment of your maintenance and other fees
(you didn’t think this “buyer” was going to pay them,
did you?) and foreclosure proceedings are started.
BEFORE you contract with any timeshare reseller or
transfer company: ▪ Contact your resort or
condominium management company or
homeowner’s association and find out whether they
offer re-purchase or reselling programs and whether
they have any experience with the reseller or
transfer company you are considering. ▪ Do your
homework— Review the company’s business report
and complaint history from the Better Business
Bureau. Search for the company or individual on the
Internet to see what kind of experience and
reputation they have. ▪ Timeshare interests in
Colorado are considered to be interests in real
property and any person offering to sell, exchange,
buy or rent a timeshare interest, or offering to list a
timeshare interest for sale must be licensed as a real
estate broker by the Colorado Division of Real
Estate. Ask whether the reseller or transfer company
is properly licensed, in which state they are licensed,
and their license number. Then, check them out with
that state’s licensing agency (many states allow you
to do this online). Here are some basic warning signs
and tips to help protect you from these scams: ▪ You
receive unsolicited offers or sales pitches, especially
when they include promises like “we have a buyer
waiting for your timeshare,” we guarantee you will
make a large profit on the sale,” or similar
statements. ▪ The reseller or transfer company only
uses a PO box or other mail forwarding service and
won’t give you an actual physical address
(independently check any address out on the
Internet to make sure it’s not a vacant lot or other
phony address) ▪ You are asked to make an
immediate payment by wire transfer, money order,
or prepaid gift or money card. ▪ The offer suggests
that you are about to be hit with a historic increase
in resort or condominium fees or assessments, or
similar appeals to scare you into acting quickly. ▪
Don’t be misled into paying for appraisals,
inspections or other services– scammers use these
to avoid state prohibitions on collecting up-front
fees and these services are rarely needed to
complete a timeshare resale or transfer. ▪ Be wary of
any solicitation or offer of purchase that requires
you to use a resale, transfer, or escrow company of
the buyer’s choice – especially where that company
requires upfront fee. ▪ If you own a timeshare
interest in a foreign country, be wary of any claims
by a reseller or transfer company that you must first
pay huge sums for taxes or other government
charges. Do some independent research and verify
any foreign fees or taxes are legitimate BEFORE you
agree to pay anything to some third party. ▪ Due to
the huge availability of vacation ownership options,
the resale value of your timeshare is likely to be
lower than what you paid. Claims of huge or
guaranteed profits are usually too good to be true.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: ▪ Under Colorado law, time
share resellers or transfer companies are required to
provide you with a detailed transfer agreement with
their name, telephone number and physical address
(no PO boxes), a description of the method or
documentation by which the transfer of the resale
time share will be completed, and the date by which
all acts sufficient to transfer the resale time share in
accordance with the time share resale transfer
agreement are estimated to be completed. ▪ Under
Colorado law, they must also disclose that they are
prohibited from collecting any fees, costs, or other
consideration from you until the timeshare resale or
transfer company provides you with a copy of the
recordable deed or other equivalent written
evidence clearly demonstrating that the resale
timeshare has been transferred in accordance with
the transfer agreement.
Area 23 Crime Stats –3/1 to 3/31: Assault: 10
Burglary: 1
Larceny From Auto: 6
Motor Vehicle Theft/Attempt/Recovery : 6
Robbery : 1
Damaged Property: 3
Traffic Crashes: 27
Traffic Contacts: 112
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