http://www.rochester911.com/blog Rochester Emergency Incident Report Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:15:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is a new booster seat law in Minnesota, including new age and size requirements for children that should still be riding in a booster seat. This law went into effect on July 1, 2009, and you should evaluate your car seat and booster seat situation to make sure you have ... http://www.rochester911.com/blog/safety-tips/274/new-minnesota-booster-seat-law I came across an interesting article describing the issues Rochester has been facing with shootings, and increased gang violence. The article advocates prevention as a means of intervention to try and curb these activities. You can read the article at http://blog.uwolmsted.org/2009/06/the-street/ http://www.rochester911.com/blog/crime-tips/270/gang-violence-prevention-through-intervention I'll admit, I was one of the many people oogling over Apple's latest announcement of their new iPhone product, and new iPhone OS 3.0 release this past week. The iPhone and iPod lines from Apple have become a staple product for many people around the world, including people that ... http://www.rochester911.com/blog/crime-reports/263/iphone-ipod-popularity-increase-theft-risk The Buddhist temple southeast of Rochester, in Marion township, has been the target of vandalism in recent weeks. On May 24th, a cross was painted on their driveway with the phrase, "Jesus Saves". Then this past weekend property was damaged around the outside of the building. ... http://www.rochester911.com/blog/crime-reports/254/buddhist-temple-targed-by-vandals This notice was sent to all Mayo Clinic employees today, indicating that a phone scam has been targeting Rochester residents, claiming that their Mayo Credit Union credit card has been compromised, and they need to call an 1800 number to "verify the account". Please be very cautious of ... http://www.rochester911.com/blog/crime-reports/245/phone-scam-using-mayo-credit-union-name Ever since the latest Byron city council elections brought in some new blood, there have been some great strides in community engagement, communication, and transparency. Alan De Keyrel is a first term city council member in Byron, MN, and he has been bringing his expertise as an IT business ... http://www.rochester911.com/blog/local-government/221/byron-forging-new-ground-in-local-government-transparency Police Lt. Al Kuehl will be holding a community notification meeting regarding registered sex offender Christopher Michael Loving, 37. This meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. in Room 104 of Rochester City Hall this coming Wednesday, May 20th, 2009. Loving is currently classified as a "high risk" sex offender, level ... http://www.rochester911.com/blog/crime-tips/215/sex-offender-community-notification-in-rochester A recent letter to the editor in the Post Bulletin reminded me that this is something I have neglected to do. My kids are preschoolers and younger, but I believe it is still very important to teach them what to do in the event of a fire. ... http://www.rochester911.com/blog/safety-tips/195/develop-a-family-fire-safey-plan A female traveling down 7th street in Byron was stopped by someone impersonating a police officer last Thursday. It was about 1PM on March 26th that a burgundy Crown Victoria with dashboard lights stopped a female who was delivering newspapers. According to the police report, he ... http://www.rochester911.com/blog/crime-tips/189/female-stopped-by-phony-officer I received a "scam alert" from Cop Talk Live, indicating that there was a warning out to Olmsted County residents that a frozen meat truck was going door to door selling meat products. According to this alert, the meat may not be refrigerated properly, and according to a Goodhue ... http://www.rochester911.com/blog/crime-tips/179/warning-frozen-meat-truck-going-door-to-door