[Cp-bulletin] INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN - Laptop Theft

[Cheryl N Vossmer]

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MIT Police

Crime Alert Bulletin - Breaking and Entering
Issued: September 9, 2010

There have been several reports of breaking and entering in campus
residences. In most case, laptop computers, cameras or credit cards have been stolen. In these cases the thief did not have to
break any doors, because in all cases, the room doors were left open or unlocked.

INCIDENTS:
MIT Police have taken reports from the following locations:

Aug. 16                  407 Memorial Dr., Cambridge          Laptop computer stolen

Sept. 2                   428 Memorial Dr., Cambridge          Debit/credit cards stolen

Sept. 3                   362 Memorial Dr., Cambridge          Laptop computer stolen

Sept. 4                   528 Beacon St., Boston                      Laptop computer stolen

Sept. 5                   64 Bay State Rd., Boston                   Laptop computer stolen

Sept. 8                   52 Massachusetts Ave.                      Laptop computer stolen

Only one of these laptops had the STOP Tag on it. We are working with a local police department on the recovery of this stolen STOP tagged laptop.

SUGGESTIONS:
Keep your doors, interior and exterior, locked at all times. If someone
is following you into a residence, and you don't recognize them, notify
the desk worker to call the MIT Police. The police would much rather
respond and find that there is nothing wrong.

Register your laptop computer with the MIT Police. The Security Tracking of
Office Property(STOP) tagging session will be held on Monday, Sept. 21 and Wednesday, Sept. 22
from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 P.M. in lobby 10. There is a $10 cash fee for this loss prevention measure.

Safety Starts with YOU! See Something Say Something - call the MIT
Police at 617-253-1212



Sgt. Cheryl Vossmer

MIT Police             617-253-1212

301 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA 02139
"Technology is not going to save us. Our computers, our tools, our
machines are not enough. We have to rely on our intuitions, our true
being." according to Scholar, Joseph Campbell.
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