GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The Green Bay Police Department has a new way to help protect your valuable property in the event your home is burglarized.
The program is called S.N.A.P and it stands for Serial Number Awareness Program.
Captain Brad Florence says it’s been up and running for about 8 months.
“If you’re an unfortunate victim of a burglary, we’d be able to look up your name, find out what kind of property was taken but we’d have the serial number and then we can work with the pawn shops to try to retrieve that property,” said Florence.
Police say a large portion of stolen property is resold and keeping the serial numbers of your valuables, especially electronics, will make it easier to track the stolen items.
Florence warns burglaries can happen at any time.
“It’s not just a seasonal thing, it (burglaries) happens all year long. It does happen a little bit higher during the summertime months because obviously it’s warmer out at night.”
You can record your valuables by accessing the GBPD’s secure website at snap.gbpolice.org.
Find out information about burglaries and how to protect your property by watching the latest episode of Green Bay Crime above.
