Category: Crime & Safety

More Vehicle Break-Ins

Last night we had another vehicle break-in on Seafoam Avenue. This is the second break-in on Seafoam in just over a week. This is in addition to the break-ins on Tide Avenue. It is recommended to keep your doors locked and all valuables out of sight to help prevent crimes of opportunity. If you have experienced a theft or witness a crime please call the police dispatch at 831-646-3830.

Vehicle Break-Ins

Over the weekend approximately four to five vehicles were broken into on Tide Ave. Unattended items in the vehicles were taken. If you see suspicious activity in the neighborhood call 911 or the Police Department non-emergency line at 831-646-3830. Vehicle break-ins in our neighborhood are not new, but can be deterred by following some of the advice offered by the police department below.

* Don’t leave spare keys in your vehicle. An experienced thief knows all the hiding places.
* Replace knob-type door lock buttons with tapered ones.
* Install an alarm system that will sound when someone attempts to break in, move, tilt, or start your vehicle. Always activate the system when leaving the vehicle.
* Check your vehicle if you hear the alarm sound. But don’t try to stop a person attempting to break in. Get a good description of the person and call 911.
* When you lock your vehicle with a Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) fob make sure that all the doors are locked before leaving your vehicle, especially in public parking lots. There has been an increase in the use of jammers to prevent the RKE signal from activating the door locks.

Emergency Training This Saturday

This Saturday, February 22nd from 0845-11:30 there will be a get-together at the Monterey Fire Station on Pacific. The training topics to be covered include:
CERT Emergency First-Aid
TRIAGE
Rescue techniques
This is a great way to meet your neighbors and learn a bit more about safety in our community.

Mass Warning and Notification System Test

The Navy has plans to test its Giant Voice Mass Warning and Notification System. Expect to hear what sounds like someone on a loud speaker, sirens, wails, and broadcasting of various canned disaster messages.

This test will include Tsunami warning sirens, HAZMAT Shelter-in-Place, as well as several live voice broadcast from individual speakers and all speakers at once to fully test the system. Before each announcement or siren you will here “Test, this is a test of the Navy Mass warning and notification system, please disregard all alerts”

The speakers for the alert system are located at on LaMesa Village, FNMOC, and the NPS Campus. Areas immediately outside the installations, (Monterey, Seaside, and Del Rey Oaks, etc) will hear the sirens and voice warnings.

The testing will be conducted between October 22 to October 30.