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Weekly Crime Stats

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:44:25 GMT

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Weekly Crime Stats for May 25-June1st 2011

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:46:18 GMT

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Weekly Crime Stats for May 11-18th

Wed, 18 May 2011 23:31:14 GMT

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Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:27:58 GMT

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Weekly Crime Stats 03-02-11 - 03-09-11

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:04:47 GMT

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Weekly Crime Stats 02-24-11 - 03-02-11

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:57:46 GMT

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Weekly Crime Stats 02-17-11 - 02-23-11

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:50:58 GMT

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Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:15:08 GMT

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Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:46:07 GMT

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"The Beat" Sept 2010

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:02:26 GMT

Please enjoy the September 2010 Issue of Indio Police Department's "The Beat" newsletter.

Weekly Crime Statistics 08-18-2010 - 08-25-2010

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:32:49 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 08-11-2010 - 08-18-2010

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:05:19 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 08-05-2010 - 08-11-2010

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Weekly Crime Statistics 07-14-2010 - 07-21-2010

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:47:55 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 07-8-2010 - 07-15-2010

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:44:15 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 07-1-2010 - 07-7-2010

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:57:05 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 06-23-2010 - 06-30-2010

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:51:13 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 06-16-2010 - 06-23-2010

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:19:04 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 06-09-2010 - 06-16-2010

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:39:25 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 06-02-2010 - 06-09-2010

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:47:10 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 06-02-2010 - 06-09-2010

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:04:04 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 05-26-2010 - 06-02-2010

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:45:06 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 05-19-2010 - 05-26-2010

Wed, 26 May 2010 23:51:51 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 05-12-2010 - 05-19-2010

Sun, 23 May 2010 20:36:22 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 05-05-2010 - 05-12-2010

Thu, 13 May 2010 00:13:42 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 04-28-2010 - 05-05-2010

Wed, 05 May 2010 23:57:08 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 04-21-2010 - 04-28-2010

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:42:25 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 04-14-2010 - 04-21-2010

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:49:42 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 04-07-2010 - 04-14-2010

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:48:08 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 03-24-2010 - 03-31-2010

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:45:00 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 03-18-2010 - 03-24-2010

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:44:43 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 03-11-2010 - 03-17-2010

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:36:38 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 03-04-2010 - 03-10-2010

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:59:35 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 02-24-2010 - 03-03-2010

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:03:29 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 02-17-2010 - 02-23-2010

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:15:42 GMT

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Corrected Weekly Stats 1-27-10 - 2-3-10 - Link Added

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:04:26 GMT

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Weekly Crime Statistics 01-27-2010 - 02-03-2010

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:08:53 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (1-21-10 - 1-27-10)

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:53:24 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (1-13-10 - 1-20-10)

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:11:11 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (01/6/10-1/13/10)

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:04:16 GMT

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2010 US Census Tips

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:38:58 GMT

2010 Census to Begin

WARNING: 2010 Census Cautions from the Better Business Bureau

Be Cautious About Giving Info to Census Workers by Susan Johnson

With the U.S. Census process beginning, the Better Business Bureau
(BBB) advises people to be cooperative, but cautious, so as not to become a victim of fraud or identity theft. The first phase of the 2010 U.S. Census is under way as workers have begun verifying the addresses of households across the country. Eventually, more than 140,000 U.S. Census workers will count every person in the United States and will gather information about every person living at each address including name, age, gender, race, and other relevant data.

The big question is - how do you tell the difference between a U.S. Census worker and a con artist? BBB offers the following advice:

** If a U.S. Census worker knocks on your door, they will have a badge, a handheld device, a Census Bureau canvas bag, and a confidentiality notice. Ask to see their identification and their badge before answering their questions. However, you should never invite anyone you don't know into your home.

** Census workers are currently only knocking on doors to verify address information.

Do not give your Social Security number, credit card or banking information to anyone, even if they claim they need it for the U.S. . Census.

REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHAT THEY ASK, YOU REALLY ONLY NEED TO TELL THEM HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE AT YOUR ADDRESS..

While the Census Bureau might ask for basic financial information, such as a salary range,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.

The Census Bureau will not ask for Social Security, bank account, or credit card numbers, nor will employees solicit donations. Any one asking for that information is NOT with the Census Bureau.

AND REMEMBER, THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS DECIDED NOT TO WORK WITH ACORN ON GATHERING THIS INFORMATION.. No Acorn worker should approach you saying he/she is with the Census Bureau.

Eventually, Census workers may contact you by telephone, mail, or in person at home. However, the
Census Bureau will not contact you by Email, so be on the lookout for Email scams impersonating the Census.

Never click on a link or open any attachments in an Email that are supposedly from the U.S. Census Bureau.

PLEASE SHARE THIS INFO WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

IPD Weekly Statistics (12/20/09-1/6/10)

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:30:43 GMT

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New Years Holiday Tips

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:24:30 GMT

INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT

PRESS RELEASE

Date and Time of Release: December 29, 2009 / 7:30 PM

Date and Time of Incident: N/A

Subject: New Year’s Holiday Safety Reminder

Anonymous Information: Coachella Valley Crime Stoppers 341-STOP (7867)

The Indio Police Department would like to wish you and your family a Happy New Year. We would like to offer you some recommendations and reminders during the New Year’s Holiday. Extra Indio Police Personnel will be on duty to enforce the following;

Do not drive intoxicated. Have a sober and valid license designated driver. If you are arrested for DUI you will lose your vehicle and face costly fines.

Do not discharge a firearm in celebration of the New Year. Person’s illegally discharging firearms will be arrested, booked into the County Jail, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. In addition to the fines and jail time, your firearm will be confiscated and destroyed as authorized by law.

Other Tips for a Safe Holiday

Remind your children not to play in the street at night.

Make sure you know where all your immediate family members are celebrating at, when they will be home, and telephone number you can call to reach them.

Respect your neighbors; be courteous with loud parties and music.

Any emergencies please call 911 and know where you’re calling from and be patient with the Emergency Police/Fire Dispatcher.

For more information contact:

Indio Police PIO

office (760) 391-4037 or pager (760) 776-3359

IPD Weekly Statistics (12/9-16//09)

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:20:32 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (12/2/09-12/9/09)

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:18:37 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (11/26-12/2/09)

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:27:24 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (11/11-18/09

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:20:33 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (11/4-11/09)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:32:16 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (10/28-11/4/09)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:08:22 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (10/21-28/09)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:53:32 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (10/14-21/09)

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:59:53 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (10/7/09-10/14/09)

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:32:44 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (9/30-10/07/09)

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:37:21 GMT

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IPD Statistics (09/23/09-09/30/09)

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:54:48 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (9/2/09-9/9/09)

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:17:37 GMT

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IPD Statistics (08/26/09-09/2/09)

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:06:22 GMT

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IPD Statistics (08/19/09-08/26/09)

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:00:30 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (8/5/09-8/12/09)

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:12:42 GMT

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Lock It or Lose It Campaign

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:51:05 GMT

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National Night Out

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:06:46 GMT

Come out and join the Indio Police Department for National Night Out, a crime and drug prevention event to be held at the Indio Teen Center. The event will be on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 from 6:00-8:00pm. Click on the link below for further information.

IPD Weekly Statistics (7/22/09-7/29/09)

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:59:18 GMT

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City of Indio Road Construction Projects

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:42:10 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Adrienne Dunfee

(760) 391-4017

adunfee@indio.org

Road Construction Begins in Indio

Indio, California – July 17, 2009 – Vance Corporation will begin construction of the City of Indio’s Street Rehabilitation Program Phase 7 on Monday, July 20^th. Construction activities will occur in the following locations:

• Jefferson Street – Avenue 38 to Avenue 39

• Avenue 38 – West of Madison Street

• Kenner Avenue - Towne Street to Jackson Street

• North Jackson Park Parking Lot (adjacent to Towne Street)

• Commerce Street – Avenue 45 to Citrus Avenue

• Oak Avenue – Indio Blvd. to Peach Street

• Maple Avenue - Indio Blvd. to Peach Street

• Date Avenue – Indio Blvd. to Cypress Street

• De Oro Neighborhood

• Victoria Street Neighborhood

• Avenue 49 – East of Malaga Gate

The streets in school zones are scheduled to be completed prior to opening day of the new school year. The remaining streets are scheduled to be completed by October. Motorists are advised to use caution when driving in these areas and use alternate routes whenever possible.

For further information please contact Adrienne Dunfee, Principal Civil Engineer, at (760) 391-4017.

IPD Wanted Subject

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:39:31 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (7/8/09-7/15/09)

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:05:56 GMT

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Updated IPD Statistics

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:05:07 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (7/1/09-7/8/09)

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:56:12 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (6/24/09-7/1/09)

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:52:36 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (6/17/09-6/24/09)

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:52:25 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (6/10/09-6/17/09)

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:25:42 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (6/3/09-6/10/09)

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:47:01 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (5/27/09-6/3/09)

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:15:34 GMT

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Country Club / Avenue 42 Traffic Delays

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:56:08 GMT

Traffic Delays on Avenue 42 and Country Club Drive West of Jefferson Streeet

Motorists using Country Club Drive and Avenue 42, west of Jefferson Street, will experience significant delays due to paving operations between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday until the end of June. Flagmen will guide traffic through the work zone. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes such as Fred Waring Drive and Interstate 10.

IPD Weekly Statistics (5/20/09-5/27/09)

Wed, 27 May 2009 21:33:29 GMT

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IPD Makes National Headlines (Wall Street Journal)

Mon, 25 May 2009 01:47:00 GMT

Banker: ’What’d I Do Wrong, Officer?’ Cop: ’You’ve Got Algae in the Pool, Sir’

Fearing Blight, a California Town Makes It a Crime to Neglect Foreclosed Homes

By NICHOLAS CASEY

Taya Gray for The Wall Street Journal

Indio Chief of Police Brad Ramos examined a foreclosed, bank-owned home on Indio’s Ozark Court on Monday.

INDIO, Calif. -- Officials at a Citigroup Inc. office in St. Louis placed a call to this desert town recently. The bank had caught word that Indio was coming after the lending giant with fines and threats of criminal charges. The offense: an algae-infested swimming pool at 79760 Eagle Bend Court.

Citigroup wound up in charge of the foreclosed home, one of thousands of such properties it was managing across the country. But last year, Indio passed a law that allowed it to charge banks with a criminal misdemeanor if they allowed a home to fall into disrepair.

"If I need to do it, I’ll say, ’Mr. Bank President, if you don’t come and take care of your property, we’re going to come arrest you and take you to court in California,’" says Brad Ramos, Indio’s long-serving police chief.

The hard-line approach is part of this town’s attempt to gain leverage over some of the nation’s largest lenders. A couple of years ago, Indio was a real-estate bonanza. Old date farms were closing down, sprouting subdivisions in their places. Today it’s a different scene with one in 10 houses either in default or foreclosure.

The upshot is that faraway banks have become the de facto landlords of Indio, and people here say the absentee lenders are letting the whole valley fall apart. Houses "look like dust bowls," says Gene Gilbert, the mayor pro tem, who thinks a glut of run-down homes may depress his hometown’s local market long after the recession ends.

Criminalizing things like algae in a pool has given Mr. Ramos a stick to make lenders snap to attention. Without that threat, the police chief says, "far-off banks, billion-dollar corporations, they could simply ignore us."

A Citigroup spokesman says the bank never meant to ignore Indio and all along had "tried to maintain the property in good condition." After the letters from Indio, Citigroup paid a $3,450 fine to Indio and sent a cleaning crew to fix the pool at Eagle Bend Court where Citigroup had managed the foreclosure process.

Mr. Ramos has organized his department to focus on this new type of crime. Uniformed officers make weekly sweeps through subdivisions, casting about for infractions like dead landscaping. Financial institutions from Seattle to New York are finding themselves providing new services that include pruning bushes and watering cactuses.

On Austin Drive, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.’s Washington Mutual bank had a real-estate agent water some dead grass after receiving a warning from Indio. On Palm View Street, Fannie Mae spent $7,000 to remove a fallen tree and took care of a few broken windows. Indio says it’s still pursuing Bank of New York Mellon Corp., the trustee of a property on Avenida Linda Vista where weeds were "four to five feet tall."

It’s a tale of two cities. In Coachella, Calif., foreclosed homes are left to deteriorate and drag down housing prices. But in neighboring Indio, city officials have threatened banks with legal action if forecloses houses are not maintained. Nicholas Casey reports.

Lenders say that such repairs and upkeep are part of the normal course of business, and that Indio’s ordinance hasn’t prompted any special actions. A Washington Mutual spokesman said local real-estate agents send in photos of bank-owned properties so the lender can watch for disrepair from afar. A Fannie Mae spokeswoman said the lender’s first goal is to "stabilize neighborhoods." New York Mellon said its role as trustee didn’t merit citations from Indio.

Even before the mortgage crisis erupted in full, big cities like Cleveland and Buffalo had fashioned laws of their own to browbeat banks into taking care of urban blight. Now some small towns are also taking matters into their own hands.

Indio’s neighbors Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs and Cathedral City each pushed ahead with laws much like Indio’s. The town’s own ordinance was fashioned off a 2007 law from Chula Vista, a city south of San Diego which began fining lenders up to $1,000 a day for unsightly or dangerous code violations such as broken windows.

"These lenders speak one language -- money," says Doug Leeper, the Chula Vista code-enforcement manager, who says he has issued around $1.4 million in fines against lenders. So far, he’s collected half the fines and has plans to wrangle the rest through tax liens when the homes are eventually resold.

Indio’s gruff Mr. Ramos, however, is pushing it beyond tax liens, equating the matter to "arresting the guy that robs a bank." Any softer approach would put the city’s home prices in further free fall, he says.

A former railroad pit stop, Indio was founded a century ago deep in the Mojave Desert’s Coachella Valley. For decades, it scraped by as the "Date Capital of the World." But about 10 years ago, life began to change.

The booming Los Angeles housing market -- centered more than 100 miles away -- expanded to claim the Coachella Valley as its eastern frontier. Indio’s population, about 49,000 in the 2000 census, swelled to an estimated 81,000 today. A new land rush was on.

Longtime residents worried that the boom times wouldn’t last. Mr. Ramos recalls looking at a map of developments pouring across old date fields and thinking: "I know our median income. Who is keeping up with the payments?"

By last year, some of the city’s new developments were turning into pockets of decay and neglect. Million-dollar homes were being stripped of metal. New houses in gated communities became the domain of squatters.

In March of last year, Mr. Gilbert penned a new law requiring banks to register homes the moment they went into foreclosure so the city could monitor if they were being maintained. Fines could pile up past $25,000 if the properties were found to be in disrepair. In a bold move that took its measures beyond mere civil offense, failure to comply was deemed a criminal misdemeanor that could lead to an arrest.

City officials say they ginned up a campaign to notify the banks about the new law, but few took action. "The banks were trying to test us to see if we were serious about this," says Jason Anderson, a code-enforcement officer in Indio.

Countrywide, one of the biggest lenders in the area, initially just tried to make the problem go away by writing checks, say city officials. Instead of attending to the upkeep on the properties, they’d ask, "How big was the fine?" Mr. Anderson recalls.

City officials say Countrywide has since become one of the most proactive lenders, contracting local real-estate agents to monitor properties and paying for gardeners to handle the upkeep. "There’s considerable financial incentive for the bank" to maintain properties, a Countrywide spokesman said.

Write to Nicholas Casey at nicholas.casey@wsj.com

IPD Weekly Statistics (5/13/09-5/20/09)

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:10:02 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (5/6/09-5/13/09)

Thu, 14 May 2009 02:14:24 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (4/29/09-5/06/09)

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:25:48 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (4/22/09-4/29/09)

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:43:05 GMT

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I-10 / Jackson Street Ramp Closure

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:20:43 GMT

Wednesday Ramp Closures at I-10/Jackson Street Interchange

The westbound on-ramp and eastbound off-ramp to Interstate 10 at Jackson Street will be closed between the hours of 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM on Wednesday, April 29^th. The closures are necessary to re-seal and re-stripe the pavement. Detours will be posted. Motorists should use Monroe Street or Golf Center Parkway as alternate routes.

IPD Weekly Statistics (4/15/09-4/22/09)

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:15:40 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (4/1/09-4/8/09)

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:52:59 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (3/25/09-4/1/09)

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:06:23 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (3/18/09-3/25/09)

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:44:22 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (3/11/09-3/18/09)

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:39:32 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (3/4/09-3/11/09)

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:02:30 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (2/25/09-3/4/09)

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:02:00 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (2/18/09-2/25/09)

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:54:10 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (2/11/09-2/18/09

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:40:36 GMT

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IPD Weekly Statistics (2/4/09-2/11/09

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:01:21 GMT

IPD Crime Control Process

Jackson Street Bridge Construction Update

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:54:53 GMT

Jackson Street Bridge Over Indio Boulevard

Re-opened At Noon Today

Indio, California – February 10, 2009 – Repairs have been completed on the Jackson Street Bridge over Indio Boulevard and the bridge has been re-opened to it’s normal operation of two lanes of traffic in each direction.

Northbound traffic had been reduced from two lanes to one lane since May 2008 when structural deficiencies were discovered during a routine inspection. Indio Boulevard, beneath the bridge, will remain restricted to one lane in each direction until the contractor demobilizes next week.

For further information please contact Grant Eklund, City Engineer, at (760) 391-4017.

IPD Weekly Statistics (1/28/09-2/4/09)

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:13:50 GMT

Here are the weekly statistics used during the Indio Police Department’s COMPSTAT crime control process.

BEAT	PATROL DISTRICTS	PATROL LIEUTENANTS
1	Old Town	Phil Han 391-4114
2A	Shadow Hills	Rich Bitonti 391-4194
2B	Shadow Hills	Rich Bitonti
3	Polo	Mike Perry 391-4116
4	Polo	Mike Perry
5	West	Johnny Romero 541-4305

Indio Police Weekly Crime Statistics Week of: 01/28/09-02/04/09

CRIME STATS	CURRENT WEEK	PRIOR WEEK
BURGLARY	16	20
AUTO THEFT	7	8
THEFTS	48	61
VIOLENT CRIME	4	3
MISCELLANEOUS CRIME	34	34
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
CITATIONS	85	170
TRAFFIC COLLISIONS	20	19
TOWED VEHICLES	37	37
ARRESTS
THEFT RELATED	2	Information not available last week
DRUGS (H&S)	11	Information not available last week
ASSAULTS	6	Information not available last week
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE	4	3
WARRANT	16	Information not available last week
JUVENILE	5	Information not available last week
OTHERS	6	Information not available last week
CRIME INSTANCES BY BEAT
Beat 1	9	14
Beat 2A	5	7
Beat 2B	31	21
Beat 3	27	33
Beat 4	20	22
Beat 5	29	35
TOTAL CRIME STATS	110	129

Highway 111 Construction Update

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:19:05 GMT

Indio, California – February 2, 2009 – The City of Indio continues to work to improve Highway 111 between Jefferson Street and Madison Street. The City has now completed the majority of the utility work and road widening work. However, some work remains.

The median landscaping is 75% finished, with completion scheduled for March. The traffic signal at the intersection of Highway 111 and Shields Road is currently being installed, with a turn-on date scheduled for February 23^rd.

Additionally, the widening of the existing bridge on Highway 111 just east of Jefferson Street has started. When completed, the widened bridge will allow for a right-turn lane, three (3) through lanes, and dual left-turn lanes on all legs of the intersection of Highway 111 and Jefferson Street. The bridge, when completed in August, will also have sidewalks on both sides.

The City is making every effort to keep traffic flowing smoothly along Highway 111 while construction occurs. The bridge contractor is required to keep at least two (2) through lanes of traffic on Highway 111 open at all times during the daytime. Because of this, night work will begin this week and will occur periodically until the project is completed in order to minimize traffic disruptions.

IPD Weekly Statistics (1/21/09-1/28/09

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:10:01 GMT

Here are the weekly statistics used during the Indio Police Department’s COMPSTAT crime control process.

BEAT	PATROL DISTRICTS	PATROL LIEUTENANTS
1	Old Town	Phil Han 391-4114
2A	Shadow Hills	Rich Bitonti 391-4194
2B	Shadow Hills	Rich Bitonti
3	Polo	Mike Perry 391-4116
4	Polo	Mike Perry
5	West	Johnny Romero 541-4305

Indio Police Crime Statistics Week of: 01/21/09-01/28/09

CRIME STATS	CURRENT WEEK	PRIOR WEEK
BURGLARY	20	11
AUTO THEFT	8	8
THEFTS	61	60
VIOLENT CRIME	3	8
MISCELLANEOUS CRIME	36	34
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
CITATIONS	170	85
TRAFFIC COLLISIONS	19	13
TOWED VEHICLES	37	19
ARRESTS
THEFT RELATED	Not Available this week	4
DRUGS (H&S)	Not Available this week	12
ASSAULTS	Not Available this week	3
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE	3	12
WARRANT	Not Available this week	10
JUVENILE	Not Available this week	5
OTHERS	Not Available this week	3
CRIME INSTANCES BY BEAT
Beat 1	14	21
Beat 2A	7	3
Beat 2B	21	19
Beat 3	33	24
Beat 4	22	27
Beat 5	35	29
TOTAL CRIME STATS	129	123

IPD Weekly Statistics (1/14/09-1/21/09

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:21:44 GMT

Here are the weekly statistics used during the Indio Police Department’s COMPSTAT crime control process.

BEAT	PATROL DISTRICTS	PATROL LIEUTENANTS
1	Old Town	Phil Han 391-4114
2A	Shadow Hills	Rich Bitonti 391-4194
2B	Shadow Hills	Rich Bitonti
3	Polo	Mike Perry 391-4116
4	Polo	Mike Perry
5	West	Johnny Romero 541-4305

Indio Police Crime Statistics Week of: 01/14/09-01/21/09

CRIME STATS	CURRENT WEEK	PRIOR WEEK
BURGLARY	11	11
AUTO THEFT	8	6
THEFTS	60	8
VIOLENT CRIME	8	5
MISCELLANEOUS CRIME	34	31
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
CITATIONS	85	102
TRAFFIC COLLISIONS	13	16
TOWED VEHICLES	19	19
ARRESTS
THEFT RELATED	4	3
DRUGS (H&S)	12	3
ASSAULTS	3	Not available
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE	5	3
WARRANT	10	11
JUVENILE	5	2
OTHERS	5	3
CRIME INSTANCES BY BEAT
Beat 1	21	8
Beat 2A	3	3
Beat 2B	19	25
Beat 3	24	20
Beat 4	27	22
Beat 5	29	17
TOTAL CRIME STATS	123	95

IPD Weekly Statistics (1/7/09-1/14/09

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:15:54 GMT

Here are the weekly statistics used during the Indio Police Department’s COMPSTAT crime control process.

BEAT	PATROL DISTRICTS	PATROL LIEUTENANTS
1	Old Town	Phil Han 391-4114
2A	Shadow Hills	Rich Bitonti 391-4194
2B	Shadow Hills	Rich Bitonti
3	Polo	Mike Perry 391-4116
4	Polo	Mike Perry
5	West	Johnny Romero 541-4305

Indio Police Crime Statistics Week of: 01/07/09-01/14/09

CRIME STATS	CURRENT WEEK	PRIOR WEEK
BURGLARY	11	21
AUTO THEFT	6	7
THEFTS	8	37
VIOLENT CRIME	5	13
MISCELLANEOUS CRIME	31	18
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
CITATIONS	102	112
TRAFFIC COLLISIONS	16	17
TOWED VEHICLES	19	31
ARRESTS
THEFT RELATED	3	11
DRUGS (H&S)	3	12
ASSAULTS	Not Available this week	12
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE	3	7
WARRANT	11	2
JUVENILE	2	4
OTHERS	3	5
CRIME INSTANCES BY BEAT
Beat 1	8	10
Beat 2A	3	5
Beat 2B	25	24
Beat 3	20	21
Beat 4	22	15
Beat 5	17	21
TOTAL CRIME STATS	95	96

IPD Weekly Statistics (12/31/08-1/7/09)

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:03:18 GMT

Here are the weekly statistics used during the Indio Police Department’s COMPSTAT crime analysis process.

BEAT	PATROL DISTRICTS	PATROL LIEUTENANTS
1	Old Town	Phil Han 391-4114
2A	Shadow Hills	Rich Bitonti 391-4194
2B	Shadow Hills	Rich Bitonti
3	Polo	Mike Perry 391-4116
4	Polo	Mike Perry
5	West	Johnny Romero 541-4305

Indio Police Crime Statistics Week of: 12/31/08-1/7/09

CRIME STATS	CURRENT WEEK	PRIOR WEEK
BURGLARY	21	Not Available
AUTO THEFT	7
THEFTS	37
VIOLENT CRIME	13
MISCELLANEOUS CRIME	18
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
CITATIONS	112
TRAFFIC COLLISIONS	17
TOWED VEHICLES	31
ARRESTS
THEFT RELATED	11
DRUGS (H&S)	12
ASSAULTS	12
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE	7
WARRANT	2
JUVENILE	4
OTHERS	5
CRIME INSTANCES BY BEAT
Beat 1	10
Beat 2A	5
Beat 2B	24
Beat 3	21
Beat 4	15
Beat 5	21
TOTAL CRIME STATS	96

1-10 and Jackson Traffic delays

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:04:53 GMT

Traffic Delays at Interstate 10 and Jackson Street Interchange

Traffic at the I-10/Jackson Street interchange will be impacted by paving operations on Wednesday, January 7^th, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.

On Wednesday, January 7^th, motorists using Jackson Street at Interstate 10, or any of the 4 on/off ramps, will experience significant delays (15 minutes or more) and ramp closures during portions of the day. Please avoid this interchange if at all possible. Detours will be posted and motorists should use Monroe Street or Golf Center Parkway as alternate routes.

Jackson Street Bridge Construction

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:56:45 GMT

Beginning today and effective until January 23rd, all traffic on Jackson Street over Indio Boulevard will be shifted to the west side of the bridge and will be limited to one lane southbound and one lane northbound. This shift is necessary so the city’s contractor can complete repairs to the east side of the bridge structure. This work is not associated with the ongoing work further south on Jackson Street at Hwy 111.

Grant D. Eklund, P.E.

City Engineer

City of Indio

100 Civic Center Mall

Indio, CA 92201

760-391-4018 office

760-342-6590 fax

BURRTEC Chistmas Tree Pick-Up

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:52:13 GMT

The drivers will be picking up the Christmas trees on the regular scheduled service day for trash pick up. The tree needs to be out at the curb on the side of your containers by 6am. If the tree is longer than 6ft we request that it be cut in half. If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me.

Thanks,

Veronica Canero

Burrtec Waste & Recycling Svc

53600 Polk St

Coachella, Ca 92236

760-393-0635 Office

760-393-0653 Fax

Residential Home Survey

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:56:12 GMT

This survey is designed to be a do-it-yourself security assessment of your home. While no home is absolutely burglar-proof, you can discourage burglars by beefing up your home and neighborhood security.

Yes	No	Fix	NEIGHBORHOOD
Do you know and communicate with the neighbors living on all sides of you?
Is there an active Neighborhood Watch program in your community?
Do you belong to the Neighborhood Watch Program?
Do your neighbors watch your home when you are away?
Are the common areas such as sidewalks, mailboxes, and courtyards adjacent to your home well lit?
Yes	No	Fix	EXTERIOR OF YOUR HOME
Are your house numbers large enough to be seen (4 to 6 inches) and visible from the street?
Are shrubs, bushes, and other plant growth within 4 feet of a sidewalk, driveway, door, or gate maintained at a height of 2 feet or less?
Are shrubs, bushes, and other plant growth 4 to 8 feet from a sidewalk, driveway, door, or gate maintained at a height of 4 feet or less?
Are trees trimmed so that the lower branches are at least 6 feet above ground?
Do you use thorny/spiny plants as ground cover along fences and under windows?
Are you using decorative rock or stone that makes noise when someone walks on them adjacent to your home?
Has fencing, paving, landscaping, or some other means been used to identify when a person moves form community property to public property?
Is there a fence around your property and are the gates kept locked?
Are items such as bicycles, wagons, lawn mowers, ladders, etc. locked up when not is use?
Are entryways, sidewalks, and porches to the home illuminated at night?
Are exterior lights controlled by photo cells rather than switches?
If you have motion detecting lights are they positioned to avoid false activations?
Are low mounting lights protected so light bulbs cannot be unscrewed?
Yes	No	Fix
Are exterior telephone lines protected so they cannot be easily cut?
Are exterior utility boxes (electricity, cable, telephone) padlocked to prevent unauthorized access.
Are vehicles kept locked when not in use?
Yes	No	Fix	Garage
Is the overhead garage door kept closed when not in use?
If you do not have a garage door opener, is the garage door kept locked?
Are keys removed from the vehicles when they are parked in the garage?
Are valuables kept away from garage windows or are the windows frosted?
If a key pad is used for entry into the garage, is the code changed often?
Are doors from the garage to the home kept locked?
Yes	No	Fix	Doors
Are exterior doors including the door from the garage to the home of solid construction or metal encased?
Do the exterior doors fit tightly in the door jamb?
Are door locks at least 40 inches from glass windows or are double keyed cylinder dead bolt locks used?
Do exterior doors have wide angle 180 Degree viewers?
If exterior doors swing outward and have exposed hinges, have the pins been welded or otherwise secured in place?
Are exterior door strike plates secured to the house using at least 3 inch screws?
Have screws been installed in the top track of patio sliding glass doors to prevent the door from being lifted off the track (screws should extend ½ to ¾ inch below the door frame)?
Have locking “Charlie” bars been installed in the center of sliding doors in lieu of wooden dowels in the bottom track?
Are exterior doors kept locked, even when someone is home?
Are door locks in good repair?
Are keys removed from double cylinder deadbolts?
Was the residence re-keyed the last time an occupant moved in or out?
Are keys to the home not hidden outside?
Are deadbolt locks with a minimum of 1” throw installed on all exterior doors (including garage pedestrian doors)?

Yes	No	Fix	Windows
Have secondary locks been installed on windows capable of being open?
Are window air conditioners anchored and protected to prevent removal from the out side?
When you are away, are windows covered to protect valuables from being seen from outside?
Are windows kept closed and locked no more than 6 inches even when someone is home?
Yes	No	Fix	Alarm Systems
Does your home have an intrusion alarm system?
Is the alarm system monitored by a professional
Has everyone with a key to the home been trained to properly arm or disarm the alarm system?
Does the alarm system have a battery back-up system in case of a power failure?
Does the alarm system have a cellular or radio back-up system in case of a telephone outage?
Do you have an Indio City Alarm Permit as required?
Yes	No	Fix	Miscellaneous
Does the home have a safe for storage of firearms and valuables?
Have valuable papers been secured in a safe deposit box?
If you have a safe, is it bolted to the house to prevent removal?
Do you have an accurate inventory of your valuables that includes make, model, and serial number?
Have you engraved items of value with a unique number that would help identify your property should it be stolen?
Is there a cellular phone in the house in case the telephone lines are cut or inoperative?
Is there a corded phone in the house in case a of power outage that disables cordless phones?
Are alternative entry points (skylights, crawl spaces, vents, etc.) secured and locked?
Have you removed identifying information from your key rings incase they are lost or stolen?
Are interior lights visible from the outside left on at night when the home is unoccupied?
Are documents with personal information shredded before being placed in the trash?
Yes	No	Fix
Is a radio or television left on and playing when the home is unoccupied?
Yes	No	Fix	Vacation Checklist
Are home deliveries stopped and arrangements made for a trusted neighbor or family member to pick-up mail, newspapers, and packages?
Are trusted neighbors asked to watch your residence when you are away?
Are arrangements made to have the lawn mowed when you are away?
Are arrangements made to have garbage cans placed for pick-up and returned to the house on pick-up days?
Do you provide emergency contact information to a trusted neighbor or family member when you are away?
Is the ringer on the phone turned off or down when you are away?
Is the automatic garage door opener deactivated when you are away?
Do you use a timing device for your interior lights when you are away?
Are you careful not to tell people your schedule if there is no need for them to know?
Are you sure not to change our answering machine message to reflect that you are away?
Do you listen to your messages daily on your phone machine so the “beep” does not indicate you are gone and the mail box is full?

IPD Weekly Statistics (12/10/08-12/17/08)

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:43:32 GMT

Here are the weekly statistics used during the Indio Police Department’s COMPSTAT crime analysis process.

BEAT	PATROL DISTRICTS	PATROL LIEUTENANTS
1	Old Town	Phil Han 391-4114
2A	Shadow Hills	Rich Bitonti 391-4194
2B	Shadow Hills	Rich Bitonti
3	Polo	Mike Perry 391-4116
4	Polo	Mike Perry
5	West	Phil Han

Indio Police Statistics 12/10/08-12/17/08

CRIME STATS	CURRENT WEEK	PRIOR WEEK
BURGLARY	17	12
AUTO THEFT	9	20
THEFTS	66	46
VIOLENT CRIME	3	4
MISCELLANEOUS CRIME	20	35
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
CITATIONS	70	N/A
TRAFFIC COLLISIONS	18	17
TOWED VEHICLES	23	25
ARRESTS
THEFT RELATED	3	1
DRUGS (H&S)	10	12
ASSAULTS	3	1
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE	6	3
WARRANT	12	5
JUVENILE	2	1
OTHERS	0	11
CRIME INSTANCES BY BEAT
Beat 1	23	17
Beat 2A	2	2
Beat 2B	28	19
Beat 3	19	33
Beat 4	30	26
Beat 5	15	24
TOTAL CRIME STATS	117	119