Thanks to a little prodding from Carol Silvernail I did some research on Reported Crimes in the Puyallup area after Carol asked me if there was a specific Pierce County web site which dealt with reported crimes.  I found https://matterhornwab.co.pierce.wa.us/publicgis/?theme=0  .  This site is not quite as easy to use as CrimeReports but it covers the Puyallup area. I pulled the below reports from the Pierce County site. It looks like our area had less crime than most of the areas around us.  Follow these links for the information:

(1) Pierce County in General    https://mattflask.co.pierce.wa.us/report?path=*Sheriff*Crime_Report_by_City_for_previous_12_months-CityName&val=Pierce%20County&time=2019-05-26T20:47:24-07:00

(2)  Our Neighborhood   https://mattflask.co.pierce.wa.us/report?path=*Sheriff*Crime_Report_By_NAT_for_previous_12_months-NATName&val=Sunrise%20Terrace&time=5/26/2019-13:45:51

It said police released surveillance video from a nearby camera that showed the mother getting thrown out of the car and crying for help on the street.

The above was excerpted from an article I just read.  It concerned a young girl who was kidnapped while walking with her mother. The mother tried to get her daughter out of the kidnapper’s car, and was thrown out by the kidnapper. The girl was rescued unharmed.  More and more often I have seen mention of the police receiving information about a serious crime by checking video from cameras in the vicinity.  It perfectly illustrates the fact that home video cameras are useful to the police.

If something happens to you or your neighbor, the police are more likely to be able to find out who is responsible if they have good clear video of the incident.  If you do not have a surveillance system or your system is over four years old you should consider getting one for your home.  By today’s standards, anything with cameras less than 5 MegaPixels is considered old and if you are looking for a system, 5MP cameras should be your baseline.

All,

In case you did not know of its existence, there is a web site which reports crime in your area.  It is not all inclusive as some police departments do not report to this site, but it gives an idea of what is happening around our area.  I say “around our area” because Puyallup does not report to this site.

Here is the short link to the main page: https://www.crimereports.com/

Below is a link which will take you directly to the area for Pierce County:

https://www.crimereports.com/home/#!/dashboard?lat=47.16112394046272&lng=-122.35061645507812&zoom=12&incident_types=Assault%252CAssault%2520with%2520Deadly%2520Weapon%252CBreaking%2520%2526%2520Entering%252CDisorder%252CDrugs%252CHomicide%252CKidnapping%252CLiquor%252COther%2520Sexual%2520Offense%252CProperty%2520Crime%252CProperty%2520Crime%2520Commercial%252CProperty%2520Crime%2520Residential%252CQuality%2520of%2520Life%252CRobbery%252CSexual%2520Assault%252CSexual%2520Offense%252CTheft%252CTheft%2520from%2520Vehicle%252CTheft%2520of%2520Vehicle&start_date=2019-03-03&end_date=2019-03-17&days=sunday%252Cmonday%252Ctuesday%252Cwednesday%252Cthursday%252Cfriday%252Csaturday&start_time=0&end_time=23&include_sex_offenders=false&current_tab=list&shapeIds=&position_id=hyxk-v3np-row-rdux_e7gm__aa6i&shape_id=false

This morning I received the information below from one of our neighbors.  It shows that Porch Pirates and Mail Thieves are actively working our Neighborhood.

****************************************************************************************     I just walked, and found several empty home shopping boxes across from Bob Alston home, on 118th st. east, which I assume were stolen from the addressee on 122nd St. east at 136th ave east.  Also, 2 mailboxes were open, yesterday at John Wenzens next door to us, and today at the Egge home off corner of 134th Ave East and Military.  Both are locking mailboxes and assume they got nothing. Both are the type once door is open there is a keypad type lock inside.  I assume we have thieves  patrolling again..!

Also the new reports of another pit bull on loose on the cul-de-sac (first one off 122nd st. east and Military)  caution to all walkers.

Today (5 Jan 2019) I received an alert on my RING app that a young blond woman had approached a home, quickly searched under the doormat then ran away. The home owner speculated that she was searching for keys to the home. If you MUST secrete house keys, please pick somewhere other than under the doormat, flower pot, etc. right near the door.  One thing I did notice was that the homeowner who posted the clip was relying on only the RING video to provide video of people approaching their front door. The video was clear. Unfortunately the RING was situated so that the motion detection triggered too late to show the face of the woman.  It would have been nice if another video camera was positioned so that it would detect motion and record when the woman approached the home and her face was visible.

Also just plain Porch Pirates are getting more active of late. The problem is that police forces frequently do not follow up on complaints because of lack of manpower, lack of evidence, etc .  Therefore the Porch Pirates get a free pass.  One recent report states that at least 23 MILLION Americans have become the victims of these unscrupulous scum. I searched the web for Porch Pirated GPS and found this: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/porch-pirates-police-use-bait-packages-gps-to-catch-thieves/ I hope our local police do something like this.

I have received information from several neighbors that there are two apparently aggressive dogs running loose in the Neighborhood. This is based on the fact that the dogs ran toward them, barking aggressively.  However the dogs stopped short of contact with the neighbors. The neighbors who contacted me said that the dogs were wearing collars. They were spotted at different times at 11722, 11712, 11602 and 11603 136th Ave. E.  We do not know who the dogs belong to. The owner may not know that the dogs are getting out.

If anyone knows the owner of these dogs please contact me at (253)840-0411 or kahalljr@comcast.net , so that the owner can be informed of the situation. Pictures of the dogs are below.

Again we want to remind you that package thieves are more active at this time of the year. With new hires in the package delivery vans, less care seems to be taken to try to hide the package from the street.  One woman wrote that it was one minute from the time the delivery man dropped a package at her neighbors until it was stolen.  Unfortunately, while the person reporting the theft had cameras, they were not pointed to observe the theft, and the neighbor did not have cameras.

This morning I got a notice of an attempted break-in in the Riverside Road area of Puyallup today at 6:45 AM.  The homeowner heard the attempt, and in her own words “grabbed a gun and called the police”.  She said it was no more than 15 minutes after her husband left for work, and speculates that the bad guy was watching her house.  She described the man as white, 6 ft tall with a dark hoodie and pants.

Mike & Carolyn Olson 12302 137th Ave. E. have reported a theft. ” A men’s silver bike, a backpack blower and wooden box with beer pulls were stolen from our front porch and side yard shed around July 20th,  we did file a police report I have pictures of box and beer pulls this all most likely happened around July 20 give or take a few days.”

Hollis Barnett has informed me that a hanging basket was stolen from his front porch on the afternoon or evening of 4 July and Dr. Alston had a bicycle stolen from his front porch three weeks ago (which would have been around 13 July).