Last month, Southlake police warned homeowners about a mailbrthief, stating someone is going around and stealing mail.
Some of the mail was found on a street in nearby NorthbrRichland Hills. As a result, police are taking action and stepping upbrenforcement, according to CBSbrDFW.
Officers recommend that homeowners leaving town should fillbrout a “vacation house watch” form or ask police to keep an eye on their homesbrwhile they are gone.
Southlake's Criminal Investigative Division immediatelybrbegan gathering information and leads as soon as the first theft took place.brDetectives are continuing to work each case and gather new information andbrleads to help identify the individuals responsible, according to mysouthlakenews.com.
Police are explaining to residents that it is standardbrpractice for officers to patrol area neighborhoods and shopping centers 24brhours a day, seven days a week.
In March alone, officers made routine patrols of 77 homesbrwhere residents signed up to be apart of the “house watch” program.
Southlake police officers also conducted 1,627 patrols inbrneighborhoods; made 132 community policing contracts and 2,007 security checksbrof local businesses.
“The Southlake Police Department is committed to ourbrcommunity policing strategy,” said Assistant Chief James Brandon. “Thatbrmission drives our efforts to prevent crime in the City and provide the highestbrstandards of safety and security for our citizens.”
Residents are encouraged to retrieve their mail at everybropportunity, limiting the time mail is left in your mailbox. If you are goingbrto be out of town be sure to arrange to have someone collect it for you andbrkeep it in a safe place until your return.
ThebrSouthlake Police Department would like to encourage residents to becomebrfamiliar with the Sergeant responsible for policing efforts in yourbrneighborhood and please report any suspicious activity to the numbersbrlisted for your District Sergeant or call SLPD at (817) 743-4522.