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Some Minneapolis neighborhoods seeing increase in robberies, carjackings
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – There’s been a rise within the variety of robberies and carjackings reported to Minneapolis police in 4 neighborhoods within the third precinct.
The latest improve in reported robberies and carjackings has been seen within the Bryant, Bancroft, Regina and Northrop neighborhoods, in accordance with an replace from the Minneapolis Police Division’s third precinct on Monday.
Police mentioned robberies and carjackings within the third precinct have been taking place in entrance of properties and in alleys, normally because the sufferer is arriving residence or entering into their automobile. In some circumstances, the sufferer is approached whereas sitting of their automobile on the telephone.
Greater than half the robberies within the third precinct occurred between 10 a.m. and between 8 and 11 p.m. In these incidents, suspects are demanding telephones, keys, wallets and passwords.
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The alert didn’t present any statistics concerning the variety of robberies and carjackings within the precinct, however the metropolis’s crime dashboard exhibits there have been 29 carjackings and 86 robberies prior to now 28 days and 131 carjackings and 385 robberies thus far this yr within the third precinct.
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Citywide, 339 carjackings have been reported thus far this yr, together with 58 prior to now 28 days. When robberies, 1,133 have been reported in Minneapolis this yr (this determine contains carjackings), together with 215 prior to now 28 days. The variety of carjackings reported in Minneapolis this yr is up practically 23% in comparison with 2021, whereas the variety of robberies within the metropolis is up 3.4% in comparison with final yr.
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Security ideas
Police are providing ideas to assist forestall turning into a sufferer of some of these crimes. The guidelines embrace:
- Maintain your automobile doorways locked always, with police noting there have been “confirmed circumstances” the place locked doorways have stopped the theft.
- Keep conscious of your environment — utilizing your telephone whereas sitting in your automobile makes you an “straightforward goal.”
- Have multi-factor authentication on your banking and cash apps, corresponding to Venmo and PayPal.
- Plan forward and notify others of your estimated time of arrival.
- In the event you assume somebody is following you when you’re in your automobile, proceed driving and discover a secure place, corresponding to a police station or open enterprise.
- If you’re robbed or carjacked, attempt to keep in mind license plate numbers, automobile description, suspect description, and path they fled.
- Name 911 to report the incident.
Gov. Tim Walz mentioned final week he’ll maintain reinforcements in Minneapolis indefinitely to assist curb violent crime amid a staffing scarcity of Minneapolis cops. This summer season, the state and suburban cities have been helping the depleted MPD to crack down on road racing, gang exercise and violent crimes.
Minnesota noticed 21% violent crime improve in 2021, in accordance with new report [Aug. 12]
Minneapolis Police knowledge present some violent crime has plateaued. Homicides are flat from a yr in the past, whereas gunshot wound victims are down 11% and taking pictures calls have decreased 9%, in accordance with knowledge that MPD officers shared with Metropolis Council this week.
However violent crime of every kind stays effectively above Minneapolis’s long-run averages earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic. Carjackings have continued to extend this yr, up about 23% from 2021 and up greater than 250% in comparison with the three-year common.
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Extra Minneapolis police patrols planned for synagogues after Temple Israel gets threats
“It’s not progressive nor inclusive to target any group of people for hate. It is ignorant. And every one of us, regardless of your ideology or background, should be calling that out as problematic, as hateful and as not having a place in our city.”
Temple Israel Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman said she is sending a message to her congregation “to assure them that we truly feel proud to be Jewish, proud to be a Jewish community in Minneapolis, and proud to have a heritage that is strong and vibrant and beautiful.”
“Every religious community should be able to worship without fear, especially on the holiest days of their year,” she said. “A threat to any religious community is a threat to all of us.”
O’Hara said he expects protests over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza will continue and that those First Amendment activities will be protected.
“However, we absolutely will not tolerate threats of violence against members of our Jewish community,” he said. “We will not tolerate acts of destruction against property in this city, and we want everyone to know that we will ensure that all houses of worship for people of all faiths will be places where they can be safe.”
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