Hello Everyone. My name is Officer Susan Condreay and I am your PAR (Police Area

Representative) Officer for Area 23. I am looking forward to working together toward the goal of

improving the quality of life within our community. My desk/office telephone number is 303-627-

3175 and my email address is scondrea@auroragov.org. My work schedule is Monday through

Thursday from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feel free to contact me by phone or email with any

Community Policing or PAR related issues. I will be providing this newsletter to you on a monthly

basis. It will include the basic crime statistics for area 23 from the previous month, crime prevention

tips, and meeting notices.

In this information age, we are doing our best to provide you with timely and accurate information about news in Aurora.

Did you know you can read news releases and important information from the police department at the same time that

the local news stations get it from us? Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We send out all our important

stories and information through these social media sights.

We understand that your time is critical. Save time by using the above “Report a Crime” link to submit an online police

report. You can file some car accident reports, theft reports, lost or missing property reports and even damage to your

car or home. Simply follow this link and follow the directions. All the links above can be found by holding down the

“Ctrl” key on the keyboard and then “left-clicking” the mouse.

District 3 Commander, Jim Puscian: 303-627-3222

District 3 Captain, Rob McGregor: 303-627-3170

Area 23 Neighborhood Watch Coordinator, Jen Dubrow: jdubrow@auroragov.org

Police and Fire Dispatch Non-Emergency: 303-627-3100

Police and Fire Emergency: 911

Helpful Hyperlinks

District 3 Contact Information

From The Desk of Your Area 23 PAR Officer

Lt. Chris Amsler

303-627-3151

Sgt. Justin Shipley

303-627-3171

Ofc. O. Pena

Area 20

303-627-3173

Ofc. Jason Condreay

Area 21

303-627-3245

Ofc. Susan Condreay

Area 23

303-627-3175

Ofc. Jeremy Jenkins

Area 24

303-627-3176

Ofc. Rick Garcia

Area 25

303-627-3174

Ofc. Eric Trap

Areas 22 & 26

303-627-3177

Ofc. Shane Ellison

Area 27

303-627-3172

Aurora Police Department will be utilizing

https://nextdoor.com/ in an effort to facilitate virtual

neighborhood watch and help foster neighbor-to-neighbor

communications.

This is a great tool that everyone can use to share crime

prevention and safety updates, neighborhood events, and

emergency notifications. The Nextdoor website is kept private to

only those who live in your neighborhood and who have a

verified address. More than 160 police departments are using

Nextdoor.com in their cities as a successful tool to communicate

with the community. This will give our agency the opportunity to

post relevant information directed towards specific neighbors in

the community as well as any information directed towards the

entire city.

Make sure that you continue to use the proper emergency services

to report criminal or suspicious activity. Please be aware that

Nextdoor is not an appropriate way to request emergency

services. You should still call 911 for any emergency or 303-627-

3100 for non-emergency situations. We look forward to using

Nextdoor to build stronger, safer neighborhoods throughout

Aurora. Please click on the link above to register.

GUIDELINES FOR 911 - Speak slowly. Give as much information as you can to the dispatcher and answer all questions. Give the dispatcher your location and address. If you don’t know where you are, describe your surroundings. Teach your children their phone number and address. If you call 911 by mistake, do not hang up. Tell the dispatcher there is no emergency. Do not call 911 if you hear an outdoor warning siren, need directions or information, questions about court dates or traffic tickets. Please click here for more information about 911.

District 3 PAR Unit Nextdoor.com

Crime Information

If you would like a more comprehensive list of events that surround

your neighborhood you can always go to Lexis Nexis Community

Crime Map and see what is going on. Lexis Nexis Community Crime

Map has the ability to filter the following crimes: Homicide, Burglary,

Robbery, Theft, Sexual Offenses, Assaults, Property Crimes, Alarms,

Arson, Death, Family Offense, Kidnapping, Missing Person, Weapons

Offense, Quality of Life, Drugs, Liquor, Traffic, Fire,

Proactive/Community Policing, and Vehicle/Pedestrian Stops. Simply

pull up the website, select the data you are interested in, along with

your address, and it will pull up all the crime data for the time frame

you selected. If there is a particular crime that is of concern to you

please contact you’re PAR Officer and they will determine if they can

release anything about that crime.

Neighborhood Info/Events

Area 23 Neighborhood Watch Meeting

Thursday, May 23, 2019 @ 6:00PM

Mission Viejo Library

15324 E Hampden Cir

Aurora CO 80013

So You Want to Be A Cop Seminar

April 11, 2019 6 – 8 PM

23911 E. Arapahoe Rd.

Aurora CO 80016

APDRecruiting@AuroraGov.org or

1.800.637.9963

Drug Take Back

April 27, 2019 10 AM

Saddle Rock Emergency Center

Access Aurora

For any parking issues please contact

Access Aurora at 303-739-7000

Crime Prevention/General Tips of

the month:

IRS - Scammers Change Tactics:

From our friends at the IRS Washington – Aggressive

and threatening phone calls by criminals

impersonating IRS agents remain a major threat to

taxpayers, but now the IRS is receiving new reports

of scammers calling under the guise of verifying tax

return information over the phone. The latest

variation being seen in the las few weeks tries to

play off the current tax season. Scam artists call

saying they have your tax return, and they just need

to verify a few details to process your return. The

scam tried to get you to give up personal

information such as a Social Security number or

personal financial information, such as bank

numbers or credit cards. “These schemes continue

to adapt and evolve in an attempt to catch people

off guard just as they are preparing their tax

returns,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.

“Don’t be fooled. The IRS won’t be calling

you out of the blue asking you to verify your

personal tax information or aggressively

threatening you to make an immediate

payment.” The IRS reminds taxpayers to guard

against all sorts of con games that continually

change. The IRS, the states and the tax industry

came together in 2015 and launched a public

awareness campaign called Taxes. Security.

Together. To help educate taxpayers about the need

to maintain security online and to recognize and

avoid “phishing” and other schemes. The IRS

continues to hear reports of phone scams as well as

emailing phishing schemes across the country.

“These schemes touch people in every part of the

country and in every walk of life. It’s a growing list of

people who’ve encountered these. I’ve even gotten

these calls myself,” Koskinen said. This January, the

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

(TIGTA) announced they have received reports of

roughly 896,000 phone scam contacts since October

2013 and have become aware of over 5,000 victims

who have collectively paid over $26.5 million as a

result of the scam. Just this year, the IRS has seen a

400 percent increase in phishing schemes. Protect

Yourself. Scammers make unsolicited calls claiming

to be IRS officials. They demand that the victim pay a

bogus tax bill. They con the victim into sending cash,

usually through a prepaid debit card or wire transfer.

They may also leave “urgent” callback requests

through phone “robo-calls” or via a phishing email.

They’ve even begun politely asking taxpayers to

verify their identity over the phone. Many phone

scams use threats to intimidate and bully a victim

into paying. They may even threaten to arrest,

deport or revoke the license of their victim if they

don’t get the money. Scammers often alter caller ID

numbers to make it look like the IRS or another

agency is calling. The callers use IRS titles and fake

badge numbers to appear legitimate. They may use

the victim’s name, address and other personal

information to make the call sound official. Here are

some things the scammers often do but the IRS will

not do. Any one of these five things are a tell-tale

sign of a scam. The IRS will never -Call to demand

immediate payment over the phone, nor will the

agency call about taxes owed without first having

mailed you several bills. -Call or email you to verify

your identity by asking for personal and financial

information. -Demand that you pay taxes without

giving you the opportunity to question or appeal

the amount they say you owe. -Ask for credit or

debit card numbers over the phone or email. Crime

Tips -Threaten to immediately bring in local police

or other law enforcement groups to have you

arrested for not paying. If you get a phone call from

someone claiming to be from the IRS and asking for

money or to verify your identity, here’s what you

should do: If you don’t owe taxes, or have no reason

to think that you do: Do not give out any

information. Hang up immediately. Contact TIGTA

to report the call. Use their IRS Impersonation Scam

Reporting web page. You can also call 800-366-

4484. Report it to the Federal Trade Commission.

Use the FTC Complaint Assistant on FTC.gov. Please

add “IRS Telephone Scam” in the notes. If you know

you owe, or think you may owe tax: Call the IRS at

800-829-1040. IRS workers can help you. Stay alert

to scams that use the IRS as a lure. Tax scams can

happen any time of year, not just at tax time. For

more visit: “TAX Scams and Consumer Alerts” on

IRS.gov. Each and every taxpayer has a set of

fundamental rights they should be aware of when

dealing with the IRS. These are your Taxpayer Bill of

Rights. Explore your rights and our obligations to

protect them on IRS.gov.

Timeshare Reseller Scams

As consumers age, have a decline in their financial

situation, or simply change their vacation

preferences and habits, they may tire of the burden

of monthly/annual timeshare fees and assessments.

Their solution: advertise their timeshare for sale or

hire a company to advertise and sell it for them!

Unfortunately, while there are legitimate timeshare

buyers and resale companies, this is a market that

has seen its share of scams and fraudulent practices.

Here are some common timeshare reseller scams: 1.

You advertise your timeshare interest for sale on

Craigslist or other Internet classified advertising site

and you get a hit from interested buyer. The buyer

insists on using a particular resale or transfer

company that happens to charge you a processing or

application fee of several hundred to several

thousand dollars. After you pay the fee the “buyer”

suddenly disappears or sends you an excuse (“loss of

job” is a favorite one) as to why they are now unable

to purchase your timeshare. Of course, the resale or

transfer company “regrets to inform you” that the

fees you already paid are non-refundable. 2. You

receive a call or an email from a resale or transfer

company claiming that they have a willing buyer

ready to purchase your timeshare interest. All you

need to do is advance closing costs and/or pay other

taxes, fees or costs in order to speed up the closing.

They promise to hold all of these fees in escrow until

closing or promise that you will be reimbursed these

fees by the buyer when the sale closes.

Unfortunately, the “sale” is continually delayed for

one reason or another until both the supposed

buyer and the resale or transfer company disappears

– with your money. 3. A resale or transfer company

offers to buy your timeshare interest and, again, you

are required to pay some form of advanced fee to

accomplish the sale. You are told that the transfer

has been completed, but the resale or transfer

company never notifies your resort management

company or homeowners association and never files

any of the proper documentation with the applicable

real estate recording office. You are now in default

on payment of your maintenance and other fees

(you didn’t think this “buyer” was going to pay them,

did you?) and foreclosure proceedings are started.

BEFORE you contract with any timeshare reseller or

transfer company: ▪ Contact your resort or

condominium management company or

homeowner’s association and find out whether they

offer re-purchase or reselling programs and whether

they have any experience with the reseller or

transfer company you are considering. ▪ Do your

homework— Review the company’s business report

and complaint history from the Better Business

Bureau. Search for the company or individual on the

Internet to see what kind of experience and

reputation they have. ▪ Timeshare interests in

Colorado are considered to be interests in real

property and any person offering to sell, exchange,

buy or rent a timeshare interest, or offering to list a

timeshare interest for sale must be licensed as a real

estate broker by the Colorado Division of Real

Estate. Ask whether the reseller or transfer company

is properly licensed, in which state they are licensed,

and their license number. Then, check them out with

that state’s licensing agency (many states allow you

to do this online). Here are some basic warning signs

and tips to help protect you from these scams: ▪ You

receive unsolicited offers or sales pitches, especially

when they include promises like “we have a buyer

waiting for your timeshare,” we guarantee you will

make a large profit on the sale,” or similar

statements. ▪ The reseller or transfer company only

uses a PO box or other mail forwarding service and

won’t give you an actual physical address

(independently check any address out on the

Internet to make sure it’s not a vacant lot or other

phony address) ▪ You are asked to make an

immediate payment by wire transfer, money order,

or prepaid gift or money card. ▪ The offer suggests

that you are about to be hit with a historic increase

in resort or condominium fees or assessments, or

similar appeals to scare you into acting quickly. ▪

Don’t be misled into paying for appraisals,

inspections or other services– scammers use these

to avoid state prohibitions on collecting up-front

fees and these services are rarely needed to

complete a timeshare resale or transfer. ▪ Be wary of

any solicitation or offer of purchase that requires

you to use a resale, transfer, or escrow company of

the buyer’s choice – especially where that company

requires upfront fee. ▪ If you own a timeshare

interest in a foreign country, be wary of any claims

by a reseller or transfer company that you must first

pay huge sums for taxes or other government

charges. Do some independent research and verify

any foreign fees or taxes are legitimate BEFORE you

agree to pay anything to some third party. ▪ Due to

the huge availability of vacation ownership options,

the resale value of your timeshare is likely to be

lower than what you paid. Claims of huge or

guaranteed profits are usually too good to be true.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: ▪ Under Colorado law, time

share resellers or transfer companies are required to

provide you with a detailed transfer agreement with

their name, telephone number and physical address

(no PO boxes), a description of the method or

documentation by which the transfer of the resale

time share will be completed, and the date by which

all acts sufficient to transfer the resale time share in

accordance with the time share resale transfer

agreement are estimated to be completed. ▪ Under

Colorado law, they must also disclose that they are

prohibited from collecting any fees, costs, or other

consideration from you until the timeshare resale or

transfer company provides you with a copy of the

recordable deed or other equivalent written

evidence clearly demonstrating that the resale

timeshare has been transferred in accordance with

the transfer agreement.

Area 23 Crime Stats –3/1 to 3/31: Assault: 10

Burglary: 1

Larceny From Auto: 6

Motor Vehicle Theft/Attempt/Recovery : 6

Robbery : 1

Damaged Property: 3

Traffic Crashes: 27

Traffic Contacts: 112