Tuesday, June 21, 2011

St. Louis Park Police Crime Alert


St Louis Park Police have seen an increase in the past two weeks of business burglaries occurring in office buildings on the Parkdale Office Complex and other buildings around the complex, which is located at 5402 Parkdale Dr (near Gamble Drive and Park Center Blvd). They have occurred over the weekends at night. Unknown how party is getting into buildings, possibly through a main door by force (prying of door with screwdriver or other tool). Forced entry was then used on some of the internal suites by the unknown suspect smashing the glass with possibly a fire extinguisher to gain access to the unoccupied suites. Once inside, the party takes laptop computers and other electronic devices. SLPD is unsure who the suspect is, but it may be the party in the attached Bloomington PD crime alert.  Ken Sysko is the Community Outreach Officer for this case.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Suspect Sought by Golden Valley Police Known to Frequent SW Minneapolis

Golden Valley police are actively searching for a chronic swindler and con artist.


Mark Christopher Bell 12/15/1960 is an active criminal who currently has eight outstanding warrants for theft by swindle, theft and other related crimes. He has a lengthy criminal history that includes narcotics offenses and forgery. He frequents southwest Minneapolis and has been arrested here several times.



Mr. Bell typically goes door-to-door asking for money saying he needs help because his car has broken down or his vehicle has been impounded. He often states that he was on his way home from church when the incident occurred.


Mr. Bell is a black male, 50 years old, 6’00”, medium to heavy build, with a mustache and short black hair which is graying around the hair line. He is usually well dressed and very polite.


His most recent contacts with the police have been in Golden Valley. There have been possible sightings of Mr. Bell in southwest Minneapolis and St. Louis Park as well.


Should you see or come in contact with Mr. Bell please call 911 immediately.


Below is a booking photo of Mark Bell from January 2011.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Terrorism, Social Media & You

On June 10th, 2011 InfraGard has partnered with the Mall of America to present the Terrorism, Social Media & You Conference. Our online registration closes on Friday, so you only have 5 days left to sign-up!! If you miss the online registration, you can register at the door for an additional cost.

Our conference will feature, Gordon Graham, nationally recognized expert on risk management, whose work has had tremendous impact on the risk management effectiveness of law enforcement operations and private sector companies around the country and Dr. Jarret Brachman, internationally recognized counterterrorism specialist, author, public lecturer and former CIA Analyst and Director of Research at West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center.

We will also have a presentation from Weber Shandwick on their newly launched Social Crisis Simulator, FireBell. FireBell creates an authentic, real-time experience of being under attack on social media channels.

And we will hear from Mall of America’s Bridget Jewell, Bloomington Police Department’s Brant Richardson and the Eden Prairie Police Department’s Ryan Kapaun in a case study approach to analyze real crisis to see how social media changes crisis communication while exploring the changing nature of human response in crisis, and what organizations need to know to strategically employ and observe social media during these events.

Conference Website: http://terrorismsocialmediaandyou.wordpress.com/