City Hall's Notes From 12/3 Block Captains Meeting

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From: Tuttle, Michael [mailto:Michael.Tuttle@lakewoodoh.net]
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 1:15 PM
To: Tuttle, Michael
Subject: Notes from 12/3 meeting

Notes From 12/3 Block Captains meeting



Lakewood’s Judge Patrick Carroll addressed the meeting. Please forward the summary of his remarks.
1. The Lakewood Court handled approximately criminal and traffic 8,000 cases so far in 2013. Of that number, 26 were felonies [generally punishable by a jail term of six (6) months or more], 2,000 misdemeanors [generally punishable by a jail term up to six months] and 200 DUI’s. The rest of the court load consisted of traffic violations. All traffic and criminal cases include assessment of court costs if guilty, of $90.00 per case. This court costs is the lowest in the county.
2. If you see something suspicious, call the Lakewood Police Department or 911. The police would rather come out on a wrong call than write reports on real cases the next day.
3. Lakewood is part of a county wide Mental Health Initiative. Judge Carroll works with several agencies to help offenders with mental health issues, looking to provide treatment rather than punish offenders for the overall safety of the community.
4. The best way to stop a potential theft is to LOCK UP your cars, even when your car is in your driveway or garage.
5. When you have visitors [juveniles or adults] or contractors in your home, lock up or put away your medications. This includes babysitters. I was in court two years ago. A resident regularly had a neighbor over for coffee. After one such visit she discovered that her child’s Ritalin supply was gone. The neighbor was given a sentence based on her going to rehab. Percocet and similar drugs may go as high as $8-$12 on the street. Many kids get their first taste of prescription drugs from the family medicine cabinet.
6. If you are having packages delivered and you will not be home, send them to your work address or to a neighbor that you know will be home. Thieves will drive down the street and pick up any packages they can carry and sort out what is valuable later.
7. Get a license for all your bikes. Your ward officer will do it for free. I scratch in my telephone number on the bottom of my grill and everything else I think might walk away.
8. Guard your cell phone. They are easy to steal. Never put it down when you are out and walk away. It will probably walk away too. Also be careful to not leave a cell phone in an open purse. The cell phone is usually on the top and easy to remove if you are distracted.
9. If you get a call from a sales person or telephone solicitor, do not give out any personal or financial information. If you are in any doubt about their legitimacy, tell them to mail you the request. I got a call from a “veterans Organization” when I told them to mail me the request, they hung up.
10. Heroin is now the drug of choice on the street. It is cheap and fairly easy to get. There were seven cases in the Lakewood court for the month of July, 2013 that were dismissed due to drug overdose death. Not all of the defendants were Lakewood residents.



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