Sauk Village Crime

They sure are, because if they are talking about me and a heartattack because of my weight, guess again. I'm underweight. That person needs a reality check or to see a shrink for meds.

huh wrote:

<quoted text> you are nuts

remember when sauk village was a nice town to live in. seems like so long ago but it was only about 15 years ago. what is the major difference between now and than.

High crime, not enough officers, poor economy.

whatever wrote:

remember when sauk village was a nice town to live in. seems like so long ago but it was only about 15 years ago. what is the major difference between now and than.

Too many section 8's and rentals.

whatever wrote:

remember when sauk village was a nice town to live in. seems like so long ago but it was only about 15 years ago. what is the major difference between now and than.

I keep hearing how bad the village is but prior to 2006 (3 years ago) there were no murders in the village ever. Crime as a whole goes up when the economy goes down. However the total number of crimes in the village in 2007 is almost the same as it was in 2000. In 2000 there were 389 total crimes and in 2007 there were 393.
As for the Mayor's role in the changes in the police force, who know for sure but I have noticed fewer patrols near my house and on Sauk Trail.
I will venture a rumor here, I heard the mayor has limited reading skills and the real power broker is his wife.

Your crime numbers of 389 total crimes in 2000 are WAY off base. The last PUBLISHED crime statistics via the Sauk Village website for a 6 month period of 2004, are as follows. Take notice of the custodial arrests numbers carefully...

January 1, 2004 through June 30, 2004
1st six months statistics

Calls for service 20,964 first 6 months of 2004
Calls for service 16,623 first 6 months of 2003

Arrests (custodial) 626 first 6 months of 2004
Arrests (custodial) 539 first 6 months of 2003

Tickets (moving violations) 2687 first 6 months of 2004
Tickets (moving violations) 1523 first 6 months of 2003

P Tickets 1717 first 6 months of 2004
P Tickets 1514 first 6 months of 2003

Village Sticker Tickets 413 first 6 months of 2004
Village Sticker Tickets 288 first 6 months of 2003

Walking in the street 164 from Jan to Sept 2004
Walking in the street 0 from Jan to Sept 2003

But then again, the website still says Tom Lacheta is the Chief Of Police too...

Lets Get Real wrote:

I keep hearing how bad the village is but prior to 2006 (3 years ago) there were no murders in the village ever. Crime as a whole goes up when the economy goes down. However the total number of crimes in the village in 2007 is almost the same as it was in 2000. In 2000 there were 389 total crimes and in 2007 there were 393.
As for the Mayor's role in the changes in the police force, who know for sure but I have noticed fewer patrols near my house and on Sauk Trail.
I will venture a rumor here, I heard the mayor has limited reading skills and the real power broker is his wife.

Thanks to Sauk Village Voice...I did exactly what you suggested about the dogs. I received a letter from the SV police department advising me that the owner of the dogs has given away 2 of the pit bulls. They never had their vaccinations, licenses
or vet visits. He was told that remaining dogs had to have the licenses and shots. Also if he gets any other dogfs he MUST get a kennel license from the village. THANKS again for your WISE suggestion

Sauk Village Voice wrote:

Your crime numbers of 389 total crimes in 2000 are WAY off base. The last PUBLISHED crime statistics via the Sauk Village website for a 6 month period of 2004, are as follows. Take notice of the custodial arrests numbers carefully...
January 1, 2004 through June 30, 2004
1st six months statistics
Calls for service 20,964 first 6 months of 2004
Calls for service 16,623 first 6 months of 2003
Arrests (custodial) 626 first 6 months of 2004
Arrests (custodial) 539 first 6 months of 2003
Tickets (moving violations) 2687 first 6 months of 2004

Tickets (moving violations) 1523 first 6 months of 2003
P Tickets 1717 first 6 months of 2004
P Tickets 1514 first 6 months of 2003
Village Sticker Tickets 413 first 6 months of 2004
Village Sticker Tickets 288 first 6 months of 2003
Walking in the street 164 from Jan to Sept 2004
Walking in the street 0 from Jan to Sept 2003
But then again, the website still says Tom Lacheta is the Chief Of Police too...
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Here is the link to the 2000 crime report as reported in the Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/chi-crime...

And this one is the 2007 Crime Report: http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/real...
These are standardized reports which get rolled up to the state and then to the FBi.

Where you are confused Let's Get Real is that it isn't 389 TOTAL crimes, but 389 crimes PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS. You are quoting crime index statistics, and not TOTAL crimes.

Myself, I prefer the statistics for Sauk Village's crime index at www.city-data.com where in 2005 they were at 587 per 1000 residents. Which means the number needs to be multiplied by about 10 to be a "Real" number by estimating with an index.

To suggest there were 387 TOTAL crimes in Sauk Village in 2000 is not even close, when you do the math. If you clarified that number by stating it was an index base number, would be a different story, but you said TOTAL crimes, which in fact is not correct at all.

If you want an idea of "Total" crimes, do the math based on the index of per 1000 residents, to get real with real numbers.

No, thank you Gypsy for caring about the defenseless animals that were not being cared for properly and legally. They have no voice or say over their own fate, and rely on people to care like you. Because you made that call, these animals will have a better chance of being a pet for someone rather than end up in a fighting pit.

Thank you again Gypsy.

Gypsy wrote:

Thanks to Sauk Village Voice...I did exactly what you suggested about the dogs. I received a letter from the SV police department advising me that the owner of the dogs has given away 2 of the pit bulls. They never had their vaccinations, licenses
or vet visits. He was told that remaining dogs had to have the licenses and shots. Also if he gets any other dogfs he MUST get a kennel license from the village. THANKS again for your WISE suggestion

The police Dept. just raided a drug house down the street from me. At 5:30am waking up screaming and percussion grenades is not good, but seeing them take those a** holes off the block and shut down the drug sales is worth it.

Thank you for this post Moleman. Because if not for your post, we may not know that these events take place in Sauk Village. It shows that the Police are doing their job, and also shows that there is this type of activity in town. Though the raid was most likely carried out by Cook County or another agency in conjunction with SVPD, it shows that they are working on ridding Sauk Village of this type of element. Thanks again for the post.

Moleman wrote:

The police Dept. just raided a drug house down the street from me. At 5:30am waking up screaming and percussion grenades is not good, but seeing them take those a** holes off the block and shut down the drug sales is worth it.

Tear the whole town down and make it farm land I say

first murder in sauk village was in 1963

Lets Get Real wrote:

I keep hearing how bad the village is but prior to 2006 (3 years ago) there were no murders in the village ever. Crime as a whole goes up when the economy goes down. However the total number of crimes in the village in 2007 is almost the same as it was in 2000. In 2000 there were 389 total crimes and in 2007 there were 393.
As for the Mayor's role in the changes in the police force, who know for sure but I have noticed fewer patrols near my house and on Sauk Trail.
I will venture a rumor here, I heard the mayor has limited reading skills and the real power broker is his wife.

Too bad "sucks to you" has wrong information. I think they are getting their stats off the internet. Remember, several people posted on other forums about SV about how things are NOT reported. And what do they consider a crime? Murder, rape, burning down buildings? What about the smaller crimes, vandalism, curfew, speeding, drunk driving, theft, writing bad checks, blowing stop signs, kids walking in the streets, neglect of a child, abuse of a child, littering? Aren't all of those crimes? It looks good for their 389 crimes, but if you are going to add all the crime rate up, add ALL not just a few selected ones. Add the home invasions, attempted invasions, stealing, walking in the streets, curfew, loud music, after all, according to the Village, they are crimes you get tickets for, so they are crimes. It would be interesting to know, of those 389 reported crimes, just how many were from Sauk Village and how many were people from other towns and how many were actually tried and convicted.

sucks to you wrote:

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Again, making SV look good. Are you positive the raid was carried out in CONJUNCTION with SV police, or did Cook County do the raid and notify SV police of it taking place. That is what has happened numerous times in the past. In fact, Chief Lacheta stopped just short of admitting that in an open board meeting not so long ago. He stated about how this drug bust was done and this and that, but stopped short of saying it was SV bust, because it wasn't it was Cook County. Cook County doesn't need SV's pd help, they inform them as a courtesy. And isn't it sad, very very sad, Cook County comes in to make drug busts that SV can't do? How does county accomplish it? SV has it's own officers that can't get the bust, county can? Why? I'm sure people want to know.

Sauk Village Voice wrote:

Thank you for this post Moleman. Because if not for your post, we may not know that these events take place in Sauk Village. It shows that the Police are doing their job, and also shows that there is this type of activity in town. Though the raid was most likely carried out by Cook County or another agency in conjunction with SVPD, it shows that they are working on ridding Sauk Village of this type of element. Thanks again for the post.
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Jeanine wrote:

Again, making SV look good. Are you positive the raid was carried out in CONJUNCTION with SV police, or did Cook County do the raid and notify SV police of it taking place. That is what has happened numerous times in the past. In fact, Chief Lacheta stopped just short of admitting that in an open board meeting not so long ago. He stated about how this drug bust was done and this and that, but stopped short of saying it was SV bust, because it wasn't it was Cook County. Cook County doesn't need SV's pd help, they inform them as a courtesy. And isn't it sad, very very sad, Cook County comes in to make drug busts that SV can't do? How does county accomplish it? SV has it's own officers that can't get the bust, county can? Why? I'm sure people want to know.
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Hahaha good info, you're really quite astute. Did you ever think County may have stepped in because the SVPD doesn't have its own SWAT or tactical team? No, you didn't. You just bad mouthed the PD as per usual. It really is amazing how little you really know.
We should really talk about why you hate the PD so much. I would really like to know. How has the PD wronged you?

informed and educated wrote:

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Hahaha good info, you're really quite astute. Did you ever think County may have stepped in because the SVPD doesn't have its own SWAT or tactical team? No, you didn't. You just bad mouthed the PD as per usual. It really is amazing how little you really know.
We should really talk about why you hate the PD so much. I would really like to know. How has the PD wronged you?

she did just about every cop on the sv payrole....and then she got fired.... she is just a tad bitter.... she really needs professional help.... just my opinion

OH PLEASE don't get her going again we really don't want to hear it all over again. And no matter what you say to her she known everything.What i find funny is that she left the village about two years ago and she talking like she lives here.SOMEONE NEED TO GET A LIFE.(J.C.)

toofunny wrote:

<quoted text> she did just about every cop on the sv payrole....and then she got fired.... she is just a tad bitter.... she really needs professional help.... just my opinion

Oh ok i see. If every cop on the payroll used me as a cu m dumpster i guess i'd be upset too.