Operation I.D. Participation Encouraged

LONGVIEW — The Longview Police Department is encouraging citizens to participate in Operation Identification. Operation Identification (Operation ID) is a citizens’ burglary prevention program for use in homes and businesses. The Operation ID program involves marking property with an identifying number as a means of discouraging burglary and theft. It also provides police with a way to identify property should it be stolen and recovered. In communities where it has been properly implemented, police say, Operation ID has shown dramatic results in burglary reduction. Operation ID has also been instrumental in the recovery of citizens’ property and the arrest of suspects, according to police. Authorities say if a citizen’s property is marked properly and is stolen or found and turned in to the police department, then the likelihood of the citizen getting his or her property returned increases dramatically.

For more information on this program offered by the Longview Police Department you can contact Sgt. Chris Clark at hclark@longviewtexas.gov or (903)237-1155, or contact the Police Area Representative for your area. You can visit http://www.Longviewpolice.com for more information on this and a variety of other programs offered by the Police Department.