The
mission of the Roy City Police Department
is to work with all citizens to preserve
life, maintain human rights, protect property
and promote individual responsibility and
community commitment.
A Note from Chief Greg
Whinham . . . . . .
The newest
scam floating around the Internet is called
phishing - attempts to steal personal
account information. Phishing starts when
criminals send you e-mails that say things
like "your e-bay account needs
updating". It could be your bank,
internet access, mortgage loan, or other
accounts that they bail you with. The e-mail
contains either a link or on internet address
that looks like a legitimate link to eBay
or the account website referred to in the
e-mail.
In reality
the link or address will take you to a website
that looks authentic, but is fraudulent
and running on some overseas server, where
scammers try to get you to provide credit
card and personal information. Phishing
attacks have gotten more sophisticated and
once you log on to their site, a program
may download and launch in the background
that can send the phisher screen shots of
your computer, including passwords.
If you receive
an e-mail telling you that an account of
any type needs updating, do not follow any
links within the e-mail or use any of the
contact numbers it may provide. If you have
an account with the institution the e-mail
is supposedly from, contact them either
by phone or by e-mail address that you validate
as being legitimate from a source outside
of the e-mail you received.
Never
give information to anyone who contacts
you soliciting it, you should initiate the
contact.
The following
resources are available to learn more about
how to protect yourself from identity theft
and financial fraud:
Chief
Greg Whinham took over the the position of
Chief for the Roy City Police Department in
September of 2001.
The
Roy City Police Department has a total of
thirty-eight sworn officers.
The department
is comprised of the Chief, two captains,
six sergeants, four detectives, three school
resource officers, a DARE officer and twenty-one
patrol officers.
The Roy
City Police Department participates in the
consolidated Weber County Dispatch center.
Located in Ogden at 22nd and Grant avenue,
the center provides dispatching services
for all of Weber County.
Service
Many new
services are being offered by the Roy City
Police Department as we move towards a community
policing philosophy. These include Neighborhood
Watch, Dare, Reserve Officers, and resource
officers within the high schools and the
junior highs.
Crime By
the Numbers; Check out what crimes occurred
in each area of the city during the last
month. This is a great page for Neighborhood
Watch groups that want to keep an eye on
crime in their "HOOD". The tools
we currently use to track crime are undergoing
extensive changes at the present time, they
will be back up and greatly improved in
2002.
Neighborhood
Watch The goal of Neighborhood Watch is
to improve safety and increase livability
throughout Roy City. Visit this page and
find out what Neighborhood Watch can do
for you, and how to start one. Many of our
Neighborhood Watch groups are publishing
newsletters and web pages.
Adopt-A-Park
Roy City has the finest parks of any city
in Utah, they are now some of the safest.
Cops on bikes and Neighborhood Watch members
with cell phones patrolling the parks will
preserve the integrity of our parks for
future generations.
Our partnerships
with citizens, schools and local businesses
will continue to make Roy a great place
to live.
