US media: The New York City Police 5 Substation held a Chinese community police meeting to remind the public to prevent theft and fraud

Source: China Overseas Chinese Network

According to the American Overseas Chinese News Network, on November 3, local time, the New York City Police 5 Branch held a Chinese community police meeting in the New York Chinese Public Office, and craig nilsen, deputy director of the 5th Branch, announced the security situation to the community, while reminding the public that the holiday season is coming, attention should be paid to preventing pickpocketing and various types of fraud, and if you see suspicious situations, you should report to the police in time.

According to the statistics of the 5 sub-bureaus, a total of 88 crimes have occurred in the past 28 days, an increase of 46.7% compared with the same period in 2020. Among them, there were 1 murder, 1 rape, 13 robberies (an increase of 160% over the same period in 2020), 13 felony attacks (13.3% lower than the same period in 2020), 17 burglaries (an increase of 88.9% over the same period in 2020), and 42 major thefts (a 50% increase over the same period in 2020).

Nielsen said that many of the recent robberies have occurred in The FDR Park in Chinatown, and the community has also reported the growing problem of homeless people in the park to the police, saying that the police will continue to cooperate with the Park Bureau personnel to focus on the park area. As the holiday season approaches, the traffic in Chinatown will gradually increase, and Nelson reminds the public to pay attention to obeying traffic rules, especially cyclists should obey traffic lights to reduce the chance of car accidents.

Substation 5 police officer SaeYa Ka-jae said that only one of the recent robberies involved Chinese, and the police are still pursuing the suspects. He also pointed out that burglaries mostly occur in the Soho area, suspects mainly target restaurants or clothing stores, and businesses and residents should pay attention to locking doors and windows to ensure that criminals will not enter through the basement or fire passage to commit theft.

Ye Jiajie said that the holiday season at the end of the year is approaching, and the police have recently received a number of cases of mail and cheque fraud, and he reminds the elderly to consult young people when writing cheques, and strive to use electronic transfers to prevent postal cheques from being stolen and tampered with. He also reminded the Chinese people not to carry a lot of cash during the festival, which is easy to attract the attention of criminals. (Yang Chengyu)