Oak Lawn Police Ask Residents To Register Door Cameras With Village

OAK LAWN, IL — Residents and businesses who have yet to do so, are asked to please consider registering their security and door cameras with the Oak Lawn Police Department’s Camera Share program.

The brutal armed robbery at a jewelry store earlier this week sent police officers canvassing the neighborhood for home security video. Three men allegedly drilled a hole in the wall of an empty adjacent business and entered a jewelry store at Ridgeland and 87th Street. Police said the trio laid in wait for the owner to open the store, then beat and robbed him.

Registering cameras can increase the efficiency of direct video evidence collection and save police valuable time when tracking down leads in the hours immediately following a crime. Oak Lawn police are building an interactive map of security cameras accessible only to police that will:

• Provide immediate contact information to investigators for camera owners
• Enable communities to work together to create a safer Oak Lawn

Camera registration takes less than one minute via OLPD’s secure online portal. Registering your cameras does NOT allow the Oak Lawn Police Department access to your live video stream – it only enables investigators to know a camera is present at your location and easily request video evidence should an incident occur.

Text tips to 708-613-8477 or call the detectives at 708-907-4051