8 April, 2016
The Hopkinton Police Department is asking community members to take an active role in helping us prevent crime. Unfortunately, our community has been targeted by organized thieves who target vehicles in parking lots. Aside from these thieves most of the property stolen in town is the result of crimes of opportunity involving unlocked cars and homes. We are asking everyone to partner with us to prevent property crimes.
Don’t make your valuables an easy target!
- Lock your vehicle every time
- Don’t leave electronics or other valuables visible in your vehicle
- Place valuables in your trunk when you set out on your journey
- Always lock the doors and roll up windows
SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING
We need your help to stop thieves in their tracks. Please report any suspicious activity:
"Suspicious Activity" would include:
- Persons walking up and down aisles of parking lots looking into cars or trying door handles
- Vehicles cruising parking lots at very slow speeds for extended periods while observing parked cars
- Persons making any kind of mark or placing anything ON parked vehicles
- Persons sitting in running parked cars for protracted periods
- Vehicles dropping one person off while continuing to cruise the same area. We'd prefer to check on an innocent citizen going about their business than to not check and end up taking theft-from-vehicle reports
