Area Police Department Issues 'Heads Up' for Pokemon GO Players

MILWAUKEE -- Have you seen an unusual number of smartphone-carrying young people inhabiting parks, roadways and public landmarks in recent days?

Chances are, they're playing Pokemon GO - a new game available on Apple and Android Smartphones. The game combines the traditional Pokemon playing card game with a GPS-based smartphone technology to create a "real world" adventure for game players that takes them to places in the community.

Police in Caledonia are taking notice of smartphone users, and posted to Facebook on Friday, July 8th a heads up, as more and more people begin playing this game.

It reads, in part:

I have reliable information the hall in Franksville Park is a training area and the totem pole by the Kids Connection has either a Squirtle, Snorlax or a Rhyhorn. I also have no clue what those are.

Because these people have to be in public places to play the game, you may see people in the parks or along roads staring down at their phones instead of paying attention to their surroundings. Not like that doesn't happen already.

Remember, Caledonia Parks close at sundown and County Parks, such as Cliffside are open until 10 PM.

According to a report from FOX 6, the heads up from Caledonia police came on the same day a Wyoming girl found a body floating in a river while she was trying to catch a Pokemon in the mobile game, officials confirmed.