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Police Work With Local Businesses to Warn, Inform
By Ben Gullet | September 5A rash of break-ins in Chapel Hill during recent weeks has brought collaborative efforts between businesses and police to the forefront. Roughly four months ago the Chapel Hill Police Department, through its community service department and a brainstorming session headed by Police Chief Gregg Jarvies, created an e-mail listserv to update businesses of pertinent information from the police. For example, the service department will e-mail the listserv about recent crimes, customers writing bad checks and false solicitors. Art Englebardt, a crime prevention specialist with the police