My name is Rick Carlson and I live on Roslyn Street . Last night my wife
and I went out to dinner at Cucina Colore in Cherry Creek. This was
around 8pm.

When we returned to our car, which was parked in the restaurant lot, we
found that the passenger window had been broken and the glove
compartment had been emptied. I usually don’t keep anything of value in
the glove compartment and even keep my insurance card and registration
someplace else to limit an identity theft problem.

When we got home, we discovered 2 police cars at our driveway and that
our home had been burglarized. Apparently, the thieves had found, I’m
guessing a car repair receipt, with our address on it (this is what they
were looking for) and came to our house while they knew we would be away
for an hour.

The thieves broke the lock on the back yard gate and then jimmied open
the patio door.

Fortunately, and this is th e moral of the story, we had a monitored
alarm system which we had armed. Even though we had an ADT Alarm sign by
the gate, the thieves still took their chances that the alarm might not
be set. If we had not set the alarm they could have had free reign in
the house and things would have been a lot worse. As it was, with the
alarm going off, they ran up to the Master Bedroom and grabbed all of
the jewelry and some other small items, before taking off.

A couple of things worth mentioning. When (not if) you get an alarm
system, make sure you get the necessary paperwork to obtain a permit
from the City of Denver . You need to pay $25 EVERY YEAR for this
permit. MAKE SURE you follow-up with the alarm company and give them the
permit number. Then, call the alarm company AGAIN and verify the permit
number they have matches what is actually on the permit from the police.
My alarm Company, ADT gave them the incorrect number when they called in
the alarm and Denver would not dispatch the police because the numbers
didn’t match. Fortunately, the thieves didn’t know this, and assumed
that the police were on the way. The person on my call list arrived at
the house and saw the broken gate and called 911, but its’ not a good
situation when the first person on the scene is a pedestrian.

Without an alarm, this situation would have been much worse and I can’t
overemphasize the need for a monitored alarm system.

The officers on the scene, who were great by the way, said that this was
the first time they had heard about an intrusion happening in this
manner. However, when he called dispatch, they informed him that 2 more
cars had been broken into, this time a the Cherry Creek Grill lot, and
again, the only thing missing from the cars was paperwork. No word on
the outcome of those situations. Some lessons here as well.

Like I said this could have been much worse and so we’re thankful that
the situation didn’t get very far.

Regards,

Rick Carlson

Even though this has not happened in CCN, Commander Kroncke at Denver Police District 3 would like to make you aware of the latest home break-in tactic used by criminals in the areas surrounding Cherry Creek. For homes for sale with a lock box, the criminals are breaking the lock box to extract the house key and then rob the home. If you should have neighbors or friends selling their home, please make them aware of the problem.

Commander Kroncke also mentioned that the primary criminal on these house break-ins has been arrested using DNA evidence, but it is always best to be aware of any stranger lingering around any house in your area and call the police on suspicious activities. In addition, if you will be away during holiday times for an extended period, the police will make additional trips along your street, if you notify District 3.

For any questions, the phone number for District 3 is 720-913-1300.

Resident Parking Survey Being Conducted

The CCN neighborhood resident parking permit program was initiated several years ago due to the implementation of the Business Improvement District (BID) kiosk parking ticket system. The primary purposes of the BID kiosk system were to free parking spaces for retail customers by preventing BID employees from using the spaces and to generate parking revenue for the City. To prevent the BID employees from using neighborhood parking and to protect parking for resident use, the CCNNA Board worked with Councilwoman Robb and the BID to create the CCN resident parking permit program.

Presently, parking on the west sides of the streets from Columbine to Madison and from 2nd / 3rd Avenues to 6th Avenue as well as the north sides of 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th parking have restricted CCN resident permit parking from 8 AM to 7 PM. The east and south sides of streets and avenues have 2 hour restricted parking for anyone. Residents are also allowed 2 visitor passes per address that can be used in resident permit areas for guests and service. Additional temporary visitor passes can be obtained from Councilwoman Robb’s office.

Since the reserved neighborhood permit parking spaces are not fully utilized during the day, the BID staff have been discussing with Councilwoman Robb’s staff possible changes to the CCN Resident Parking Permit Program. It is not clear if the BID is proposing the elimination of or a modification to the parking program so resident parking can be used for BID customers, visitors, and / or employees.

In order to know clearly how residents feel about the resident parking program, a short parking survey is being conducted. To take the survey, just use the following link.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=AWPP9sIUuSuidhHgcBNdBw_3d_3d

Your input, ideas, and suggestions are critical! Please take the short time to participate.

As was mentioned in an earlier post office update email, the recent meeting with the post office officials on the closing of the CCN post office was most disappointing.  The USPS officials did not appear interested in maintaining a post office in CCN.  Even with Rep. DeGette’s insistence that the absence of CCN post services was not an option for USPS, there does not seem to be any support from USPS.

Today it was learned that another meeting will be held in Rep. DeGette’s Washington office with additional USPS representatives next week to discuss the CCN post office situation.  The CCNNA Board feels that it is time that all CCN residents sent their support for a CCN post office and/or services to both Rep. DeGette and Councilwoman Robb.

Please take a minute to send your email to thank Rep. DeGette and Councilwoman Robb for their support and to continue to fight to preserve our postal services.  The email addresses are as follows: (more…)