Downers Grove Police Dept. detectives have identified those believed responsible for a series of residential burglaries, Police Chief Robert Porter told the village council at its Nov. 3 meeting.
He credited the community-wide notification system for alerting residents of the danger and generating many responses.
“We’ve identified a core group of individuals from another community that we believe is responsible,” Porter said. He declined to comment further detail due to the ongoing investigation.
Porter credited the notification system as a “nice tool for us.” It was the second time the system was used by police, the first being an alert to residents of a neighborhood where a rash of car burglaries had taken place.
Porter also encouraged the community to remain vigilant during the holiday season when there is an uptick in residential burglaries. “Please continue to watch our for your neighbors and call 911 when you see something out of order.”
Coyotes on the rise
In other business, the council was asked by Commissioner William Waldack to address the town’s burgeoning coyote population “before we start losing little animals or maybe some people.”
Waldack asked the council to refer the matter to the Environmental Concerns Commission as a first step. Acknowledging that the problem would have to be addressed on a larger basis than just Downers Grove, Waldack suggested it could be brought to the attention of the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference.
1,000 FOIA requests
Waldack also raised concerns about the large number of Freedom of Information Act requests submitted to the village. He estimated the annual FOIA requests — 500 each are submitted to the village clerk and the police department — could cost as much as $100,000 to process.
“I’m not asking for it to stop. And we can’t,” he said, encouraging residents to keep the costs in mind and to seek other, less formal, means of getting information if possible. if get info asking for, there is perfectly good reason for it, cost justify it. Keep in mind.
Leaf pick up delayed
Finally, Deputy Village Manager Mike Baker noted that Arc Disposal had been unable to pick up all of today’s bagged leaves due to “an extremely heavy volume of yard waste.” The company will make the pick ups tomorrow as required by its contract with the village.
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If someone takes the coyotes away please also have them take the rabbits with them. Rabbit control has been very good this year. But alot of pesky squirrels. I guess that’s because coyotes generally don’t climb trees where the squirrels bunk down for the night. We need more hawks.