Incident Date:
Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
The next community meeting at Ingleside Station will be held on January 21, 2014. Thank you.
F.Y.I: In anticipation of the San Francisco 49’ers winning the playoff game on Sunday, January 19, 2014, the San Francisco Police Department is asking that residents, who normally have their garbage picked up on Monday morning, not to leave their garbage cans out on Sunday evening. The Police Department is anticipating large celebrations throughout the city and is trying to avoid having disruptive people setting garbage or trash cans on fire or using discarded glass bottles or large objects as weapons or projectiles. Just one step, you as a resident, can do to help make it safe for citizens on the street.
Go Niners !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greetings San Francisco Garden Community -
After a competitive bidding process, the SFPUC College Hill Demonstration
Garden Project was awarded to seasoned Landscape Architects Pam Nagle and
Jeni Webber. And, for the past few months, their firms have been working
closely with the SFPUC to finalize the build-out plans as well as a
projected vision for the SFPUC's new eco-literacy demonstration garden and
outdoor education center. The new demonstration gardens will be built
adjacent to the water reservoirs on Elsie Street at Santa Maria just South
of Cortland in Bernal Heights neighborhood, San Francisco.
Since September, their firms, Pam Nagle Landscape Architect and Jeni Webber
and Associates have been developing a very forward-thinking
sustainability-focused physical design with an even more progressive plan
for youth engagement and educational programming on site. And we need your
input.
The "One Water, One City (One World)" Program is putting a call out to
solicit community input on the programmatic side of the College Hill
Demonstration Gardens. What would you like to see happen in Bernal Heights
related to urban garden education and the promotion of global
sustainability?
How do you envision youth and other community engagement happening on site?
Please join other interested community members for a...
What: COLLEGE HILL DEMONSTRATION GARDEN COMMUNITY MEETING
When: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
Where: @ the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center - 515 Cortland Ave, San
Francisco, CA 94110
Who: All interested community members, urban farmers, gardeners,
neighbors, etc.
Why: Because we need your input!
For more information please email: markosmajor@gmail.com
We look forward to cultivating the environmental stewards of the future
with your input -
Best with compost -
Markos Major
Climate Action Now! Manager415.503.7639
markosmajor@gmail.com
Rules and pointers for pedestrians and drivers
Pay attention to reduce your chances of being in an accident
The most important safety tip to reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities is to pay attention. You can significantly reduce your chances of being in a collision with a motor vehicle by obeying traffic rules and being aware of dangers posed by cars in your vicinity. Make eye contact with drivers if possible and make sure that they can see you.
Both drivers and pedestrians have certain safety responsibilities that depend on both circumstances and common sense.
Drivers must:
- Yield to pedestrians when crossing a sidewalk or entering an alley or driveway
- Yield to pedestrians who have started crossing at an intersection or crosswalk on a "walk" signal or a green light, if there is no walk signal
- Yield to pedestrians who are crossing the highway within a marked or unmarked crosswalk at an intersection where there are no traffic lights or control signals
- Not overtake and pass any vehicle that stops at an intersection or crosswalk to permit a pedestrian or bicyclist to cross the roadway safely
Pedestrians must:
- Yield to drivers when crossing a road where there is no intersection or crosswalk or where the pedestrian does not have a green or "walk" signal and where vehicles have a green signal
- Not suddenly move into the path of a closely approaching vehicle that does not have sufficient time to yield for a pedestrian
- Walk on and along the left side of a highway when not walking on a sidewalk. Note: This law does not apply to bicycles. Bicycles operate under the same laws as other legal vehicles on the road and should always stay on the right side of the road.
Crime Alert: Many people are out and about enjoying this unseasonably warm weather during these winter months, but many people are focused on their electronic devices and unaware of their surroundings. Burglary trends are on the rise as well as robberies, especially in the Excelsior District. If you’re walking along and headed to or from your destination, be vigilant of your surroundings. Don’t let yourself be a target and have valuable items exposed for everyone to see. If you leave any windows or doors open to help cool down during the warm weather, remember to shut and lock them before you leave your home. Burglary suspects are on the look-out for an easy way into your house. They will climb, crawl, scale and squeeze themselves through any opening to get to your valuable belongings. Don’t hesitate to call the police if you see anything suspicious.
The San Francisco Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT) is free training from the San Francisco Fire Department in how to help yourself and your neighbors prepare for and respond to a disaster by working together. The 20-hour training, taught by First Responders, includes personal preparedness, light search and rescue, disaster medicine, shutting off your utilities, and how to participate as a member of a neighborhood response team. NERT also offers continuing training for graduates and activities that support building robust neighborhood teams. For more information, visit the NERT website at http://sfgov.org//sffdnert, or contact Lt. Erica Arteseros at (415)970-2022 or sffdnert@sfgov.org
Are you someone who is interested in disaster preparedness and wants to help out your community while working hand in hand with law enforcement? Then the ALERT program is for you!
What is the A.L.E.R.T. Program?
The San Francisco Police Department has developed a volunteer citizen disaster preparedness program. The Auxiliary Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) is modeled after and works in partnership with the San Francisco Fire Department's Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT). The ALERT program will train members of the public to assist law enforcement in essential tasks after a major disaster. Such tasks may include: traffic control, foot patrol of business and residential areas, and reporting criminal activity. Volunteers must be at least 16 years of age and live, work, or attend high school in San Francisco.
Three steps to becoming an
A.L.E.R.T. volunteer:
1. Complete NERT training and receive certification. To register for NERT training courses please visit www.sfgov.org/sfnert
2. Once NERT certified, forward a copy of your NERT ID card to the ALERT program. sfpdalert@sfov.org
3. After clearing a basic background check the individual is eligible to register for ALERT training.
A informational meeting will be held on March 6th, 2014, at 7:00pm. The meeting will be held at the San Francisco Police Academy in the parking lot bungalow. This is NOT a mandatory meeting for interested volunteers. Come have your questions answered.
The next ALERT training class has been scheduled for Jan. 18th, 2014, from 8:00am-5:00pm. This class will be held at the San Francisco Police Academy, in the parking lot bungalow.
Arrests:
6:32pm Cambridge/Trumbull Resisting/Warrant Arrest
Officers Uang and Hopkins were cruising along the area of Cambridge and Trumbull when they spotted someone they knew. The officers noticed a subject walking on the sidewalk and immediately recognized him from prior contacts. The officers knew he had an outstanding warrant, so they decided to stop and make contact with him. The officers stopped their patrol vehicle and yelled out his name. The subject acknowledged the officers by turning towards them, and immediately started running away. Officer Uang bailed out of the patrol car and gave chase. The subject ran a short distance and tried to conceal himself inside a pile of brush, but was unsuccessful because Officer Ocreto, who was responding as backup, found him in no time. The subject was taken into custody and booked on the warrant and resisting/delaying. Report Number: 140039945
6:50pm 600 Blk Athens Vehicle Tampering
A victim had just arrived home with a friend and proceeded to park his car in front of his house. The victim said they went inside for a brief time and left the driver door unlocked. When the victim came outside he noticed a female suspect sitting inside his vehicle. The victim confronted the suspect and physically removed her from the car. The victim began following the suspect as she tried to walk away from the scene. The victim tried calling the police and spotted a patrol car that happened to be driving by the area. The victim flagged down Officers Lucchetti and Pereira and told them what had occurred. The officers caught up to the suspect and detained her. After the investigation was completed, it was revealed that nothing was taken, therefore the suspect was cited for tampering with a vehicle and then released. Case Number: 140040027
Serious Incidents:
7:15pm 200 Blk Murray Robbery
A victim and his girlfriend were walking and headed home when they were approached from behind by four suspects. The victims told Officers Campos and Ocreto that one of the suspects then said, “Excuse me”. Both the victim and his girlfriend turned around and saw than one of the males was pointing a handgun directly at them. The suspect then said, “Give me all your s***, it ain’t worth it, give me all your s***”. The male victim feared for his life and immediately dropped his shoulder bag and emptied out his pockets dropping his wallet and cell phone. His girlfriend feared for her life as well and dropped her purse containing her Ipod, money and eye glasses. The suspect with the gun then ordered them to lie on the ground and count to fifty. Both victims did as they were told. The suspects collected the items and ran away in an unknown direction. Several units searched the area and were called out by a resident in the area who had just found a wallet and several credit cards. Officer Fulgado responded to the address and found that the discarded items belonged to the male victim. The items were collected in hopes of obtaining fingerprints from CSI. Report Number: 140040061
8:45pm Unit Blk Tioga Robbery
Another victim told Officers Cuenca and Cvetovac that she had just been a victim of a robbery. The victim said she was walking to her car which was parked near Tioga and Alpha Street. The victim had her purse slung over her right shoulder with her keys in her hand when she heard the sound of footsteps running towards her from behind. She told the officers that she thought it was her adult son running towards her, therefore did not turn around to see who it was. An unknown suspect suddenly pushed her from behind in an attempt to have her fall to the ground. The victim was able to remain on her feet and began fighting off the suspect who was trying to steal her purse. The suspect was to strong and was able to rip the purse from her shoulder. The victim said she chased after the suspect, but was unable to keep pace with him. The suspect got away with her purse, wallet, money, driver’s license, cell phone and credit cards. The victim was not injured and refused any medical treatment. Report Number: 140040180
Vehicle and Other Incidents:
7:24am 100 Blk Naglee Stolen Vehicle
8:02am Francis/Mission Recovered Vehicle
8:33am 100 Blk Flood Recovered Vehicle
8:35am Unit Blk Flood Theft from Vehicle
8:50am 1000 Blk Sunnydale Recovered Vehicle
9:00am 50 Phelan Theft from Building
12:13pm 500 Blk 29th Fraud
2:30pm 500 Blk Banks Recovered Vehicle
3:00pm 400 Blk Andover Burglary
5:00pm 400 Blk Arlington Stolen License Plate
6:10pm 50 Phelan Theft from Building
7:00pm 4100 Blk San Bruno Stolen License Plate
7:52pm Unit Blk Cielito Battery
11:11pm Unit Blk Manor Recovered License Plate
Burglaries with suspect description:
No Incidents to Report.
