Incident Date:
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
The next community meeting at Ingleside Station will be held on February 18, 2014. Thank you.
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.
An 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.
Arrests:
4:41am Edinburgh/Italy Drugs
A vehicle violation caught the eye of Officers Cabillo and Anderson as they were cruising along and came up behind a Green Toyota Camry. They noticed that the vehicle was not displaying the proper registration stickers on the rear license plate. The officers decided to pull over the vehicle and its three occupants that were inside. Officer Cabillo made contact with the driver and her two male passengers. A computer check on the driver showed that she had a suspended driver’s license and one of the passengers showed to be on probation with a search condition. The officers searched the subject on probation and found a small amount of methamphetamine that he had discarded near his feet. He was upfront with the officers and told them that the drugs were his and no one else’s. The officers arrested the subject and cited the driver for the vehicle violation and suspended license. The third passenger was released without incident. The subject was charged with possession and booked. Report Number: 140059545
3:41pm 200 Blk Theresa Drugs/Warrant Arrest
A call of a man injecting himself in the stomach with a needle sent Officers Buckley and Rueca to the 1600 block of Alemany Boulevard to investigate. They searched the surrounding area and found the man as he was walking away and detained him on the 200 block of Theresa Street. They ran the subject’s name which showed he had three outstanding warrants for his arrest. Officer Buckley then searched him and found 25 used needles, drug paraphernalia and a small amount of cocaine. He was taken to Ingleside station where he was booked for the warrants and drug possession. Report Number: 140061352
Serious Incidents:
No Incidents to Report.
Vehicle and Other Incidents:
7:00am Unit Blk Brookdale Burglary
11:40am Arleta/Bayshore Hit and Run
11:48am 4400 Blk Mission Warrant Arrest
12:45pm Unit Blk Ocean Fraud
1:00pm 50 Phelan Theft from Building
1:40pm Ocean/Harold Public Intoxication
5:45pm Athens/Italy Hit and Run
Burglaries with suspect description:
No Incidents to Report.
