SNAIL Burglars Caught In The Act

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From Sunnyvale DPS today:

Alert SNAIL resident helps DPS catch three burglary suspects.

Today at 10:30 this morning an alert SNAIL resident noticed suspicious activity and called 911 to report it. He saw three subjects, that were unfamiliar to him, loading electronic equipment into a car. He thought this was suspicious because he knows the resident at the address, but did not recognize these subjects. DPS officers came into the area within minutes. Even though the vehicle had already left, it was found parked a few blocks away. While officers were investigating this incident the three subjects exited from another house, saw the police officers and ran. Two of the suspects were captured immediately and a perimeter was set to find the third. While a systematic search was being conducted the third subject was located at a nearby residence in the backyard. These three suspects were linked to three burglaries from today. We are investigating further to see if they are responsible for any other burglaries.

I can not stress enough how important it is to report ANY suspicious activity in your neighborhood to 911. Further, this is a perfect example of knowing your neighbors and knowing who belongs or doesn’t belong at a neighbors house.

Remember to lock your side gates and all windows and doors. For further crime prevention information please visit our website at www.crimeprevention.insunnyvale.com

Tracy C. Hern
Lieutenant
Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety
Crime Prevention Unit
thern@sunnyvale.ca.gov
(408) 730-7114

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Study Issues Survey Results

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The results are in for this year’s Study Issue Survey, and I’ve typed up a report, which you can read here.  Thank you to everyone who responded.  The response this year was terrific.  And once again, you folks surprised me in at least one way with your specific responses.

This year’s results were unusual in one particular way.  In past years, many of the study issues have provoked very strong reactions among survey-takers, often polarizing, but usually with survey-takers clearly indicating a “rank” or “drop” preference for most study issues.  This year’s survey was marked with a whole lot of “meh” reactions to many issues.  A handful still generated strong reactions, but most found pretty even distributions of “rank”, “drop”, “defer”, or “left unranked” responses.

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Internship Opportunities with Assemblyman Gordon

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I received an outreach from our Assemblyman, Rich Gordon, announcing the opportunity to apply for an internship in his Los Altos district office.  This is for high school and college level students, and there are both full-time and part-time positions available.  It’s a good experience, so if you know someone who might be interested, I encourage you to have them apply.  Deadline for applications is this Thursday, January 31st.

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1/15/2012 Council Summary – Vice Mayor Swearing-In

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This was one of those short, almost entirely ceremonial evenings, although it was a bit long for some of us.

We started the evening with a long study session regarding the Lawrence Station Area Plan, which was the first study session I’ve ever run.  It was a full crowd, with the members of the City Council, the Planning Commission, the Lawrence Station Area Plan Citizens Advocacy Group, and maybe 20 other interested people in attendance.  We had a 30-minute presentation from both the Community Development Director and the Chair of the LSAP CAG, indicating the priorities they had identified and the issues they thought need to be resolved as part of this process.  I could try to summarize the study session, but the Sunnyvale Sun did a pretty good job of capturing the session, so I’ll defer to them.

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