When I run Harriet, I also park on a residential street. I only bring my drivers license, change for a pay phone and my house and car key (leather necklace winter large safety pin summer). This may not keep my window from getting smashed but at least I avoid the stolen credit card nonsense.
Bill Dooley Kenny -----Original Message----- From: Jay Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 6:50 PM To: Daniel Kramer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] Theft at Lake Nokomis I also jog around Lake Nokomis. This is a habitual problem. I regularly see the glittering green rubble of another smashed window courtesy of the wallet and purse snatchers. I am sure that they are watching and waiting until you get halfway around the lake. and then they do the smash-and-grab. I bet this also goes on at Calhoun and Harriet, but I see it at Nokomis. In addition to wanting you too far away to do anything they also want to be able smash your window with privacy. I have run at Nokomis virtually every day for 15 years, and have never had a window smashed. My strategy: I park on a residential road that abutts the lake, directly across the street from a house. Usually I park on Woodlawn, Edgewater, or 54th Ave. A neighbor could be looking through the window, or be drawn to the sound of tinkling glass, and so the risk to the smash and grabbers is too high. I think you are in the most danger of getting nailed if you park along the side of the parkway or in the small remote parking lot at the north end of the lake, where they are most likely to get some privacy while helping themselves to your goods. I have also seen cars broken into at the main parking lot, (ironically) usually when there aren't a lot of people there I hope this helps you from being victimized again. Jay Clark Cooper Daniel Kramer wrote: > > Last Friday I had my car broken into and my wallet stolen as I was jogging > around Lake Nokomis. I believe I was watched the entire time as I arrived, > put on my shoes, dropped my things in my trunk, and then left to run. This > is the second time in three years this has happened to me at Nokomis. > > I am writing to the list to get some advice. I called my credit card > company, and they notified me of an unauthorized charge at a local > SuperAmerica on my card only 20 minutes after the event. I called the > SuperAmerica, and they told me they have video tape both inside and at the > pump. However, the police told me they are unwilling and/or unable to > investigate any further. SuperAmerica will not release the tape to me. I > am tired of being a passive victim!! Do I have any alternatives or am I > left only to move to the rear of the long line of ignored and apathetic > victims of lesser crimes? > > Dan Kramer > Bancroft > > Daniel Kramer > Ph.D. Candidate > University of Minnesota > Conservation Biology > Room 180 > McNeal Hall > St. Paul, MN 55108 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
