You are invited to Family Reading Week, an annual Armatage event filled with exciting, fun-filled activities for students and families. This year’s theme, Armatage Diner: All You Can Read, offers a smorgasbord of great books and creative readings, all in an atmosphere of fun and literacy.

At about 5:20 p.m. on January 28, 2010, police cited Gerald Lee Dettman (4/22/72) of Richfield for lurking with intent to commit a crime at a home on the 5200 block of James Ave in the Lynnhurst neighborhood.  Dettman admitted to an officer that he was looking into the rear window of a home and told the officer that he wanted to ask the resident if she needed ice scraped off of her home.  The officer noted that Dettman had no tools or equipment to do that job.

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Learn directly from investigators, trainers, precinct commanders and officers about police procedures, what it is like to be an officer and how the Minneapolis Police Department is organized at the Citizens’ Academy.

This 10-week course offered by the Training Unit of the Minneapolis Police Department is open to people who:

From January 7 to January 11, there were four residential burglaries in the Armatage and Kenny neighborhoods.  All of the burglaries occurred during the day, while the residents were gone. In all the incidents, the doors to the home were locked and were forced open.  The loss included small electronics, computers, jewelry and cash.  There is no suspect information in any of these cases.

Dear neighborhood associations and block clubs:

With approximately 2,000 miles of sidewalks and many great places to walk, Minneapolis should be a great walking city all year-round. But sidewalks that are not cleared of snow can be unsafe, remaining icy and slippery all winter. We know we have neighbors who are faced with sidewalks that need clearing so they can get around.

Cold weather and snow are here.  Here are a few safety tips that may help you get through the long, cold winter:

• Always lock the doors to your house and garage while out shoveling, clearing ice or snow-blowing.
• NEVER leave your car running with the keys in the ignition. 
• Keep a survival kit in your car.  It should contain matches, candle stubs, granola bars or other dry food, a cup, blankets, etc.
• Make sure carbon monoxide detectors are working in your home
• Remove all valuables from your vehicle, even if it is parked in the garage
• Call 911 whenever you witness suspicious activity

One of the major concerns every year in the Fifth Precinct is burglary—whether it is business, residential, garage, forced entry or non-forced entry. While we are still seeing reductions in burglary, we are not seeing as significant of reductions as we have in the past.

We feel that by working together, we can make substantial reductions in burglary in the Fifth Precinct.