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Girls in Palo Alto followed by man in truck

Original post made on Oct 9, 2008

Police are searching for a man in a white pickup truck who separately followed three young girls as they walked home from school Monday, a Palo Alto police spokesman said today.


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Comments (7)

Posted by Mom
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Oct 9, 2008 at 1:14 am

We need more visible police.


Posted by Walter_E_Wallis
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 9, 2008 at 4:13 am

Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.

Another reason for intersection cameras.


Posted by parent
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 9, 2008 at 10:05 am

Ok. We REALLY need more information about the white pickup truck. Full size? Small size? Did it have any kind of tool box? did it have a shell? Older or newer? Can they PLEASE give us more details?

They need to get some decoys out there (trained police that look like young girls,) and nail this loser in a sting.

Castilleja has been in the news several times now (about 6 months ago, some guy in black approached a girl in the morning) - Walter is right about the Cameras - Castilleja, can you put cameras up to monitor your surrounding neighborhood area? You seem to be at the center of attention for creeps sniffing around your students.


Posted by Guardian Angels
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 9, 2008 at 11:02 am

Perhaps it's time to begin a volunteer Guardian Angels effort here.


Posted by Michele
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 9, 2008 at 11:17 am

I second the comment above about visible police. The police spokesman says not to walk alone any longer. I understand that after dusk, but have we really come to the point of being unsafe during the day in Palo Alto?


Posted by Walter_E_Wallis
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 9, 2008 at 11:54 am

Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.

I also believe that any woman walking alone must have a cell phone.


Posted by Resident
a resident of Professorville
on Oct 9, 2008 at 3:42 pm

This is why I don't let my kids go to school by themselves. They really need to always be in a group.


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