Incident Date:
Sunday, February 9th, 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:
12:20am 800 Blk Sunnydale Drugs
A resident called police to say a man he knew was violently pounding on the front door of his home. Ingleside Officers Ma and Casey arrived and were interviewing the resident when the suspect walked up to the officers and said he wanted to file a police report. Ma and Casey noticed the man smelled of alcohol, his speech was slurred, and he had difficulty standing up. The resident blurted out; “That’s the man”, meaning that’s the man who tried to break into my home. The victim signed a Citizen Arrest Form and the suspect was arrested. A search of the suspect turned up a quantity of methamphetamine in one of his pockets at which point the suspect proclaimed his innocence by stating, “…..These aren’t my pants”. Nevertheless, he was taken to Ingleside Station and booked for a drug violation and malicious mischief vandalism. Report number: 140116145
5:45pm 5100 Blk Mission Firearm
Five men, standing in a circle on the sidewalk, surrounding a single male, caught the attention of Ingleside Sgt. Alvarez and Officer Thompson. Everyone’s eyes in the group were focused on the hands of the man in the middle. Sgt. Alvarez and Officer Thompson stopped to investigate and found that the man in the middle was rolling a marijuana cigarette. The officers asked the group to stand still and keep their hands out of their pockets but the man in the middle wouldn’t cooperate. Officer Thompson asked the man if he had anything illegal with him, and he replied, “A firearm…in my waistband”. At that point, the officers quickly handcuffed the man and removed the firearm. He was arrested and taken to Ingleside Station and booked accordingly. Report number: 140117949
8:21pm Geneva/Mission Drugs
Loud music, very loud music, coming from a vehicle caught the attention of Ingleside Officers Cabillo and Canning. The officers were driving southbound on Mission Street when they heard loud music coming from a Lexus behind them. The officers slowed down and let the car pass to confirm the vehicle and the irritating noise. After driving a short distance the officers pulled the driver over to ask him to turn down the sound. While talking to him, Officer Cabillo noticed a quantity of marijuana in the car, an open bottle of vodka, and some prescription narcotics. The driver was taken to Ingleside Station and booked on a variety of charges. Report number: 140118282
8:23pm Harvard/Silliman D.U.I/Drugs
A man with a suspended driver’s license and on probation for D.U.I was arrested again for driving drunk. Ingleside Officers Zahn and Carrasco were dispatched to a traffic collision at Harvard and Silliman Streets. When they arrived they found two cars heavily damaged and one of the drivers refusing to speak with the officers. The driver of the second car said the other motorist blew through a stop sign and collided with his car. The errant driver of the first car was taken to General Hospital for treatment of his injuries. While en route, medics discovered a quantity of marijuana in one of his pockets and hidden on his body. At the hospital he was booked for D.U.I, transporting drugs, narcotics for sale, various vehicle code violations, driving with a suspended license and driving while on probation for D.U.I. Report number: 140118301
Serious Incidents:
2:30am Mission/Concord Aggravated Assault
Ingleside Officers Hermosura and Bautista were dispatched to San Francisco General Hospital to interview a shooting victim. The man told the officers that he was walking home on Mission Street, near Concord, when a White vehicle stopped and a man exited the car with a shotgun. The victim, while running away, heard one shot and felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder and arm. A friend took him to the hospital for treatment. He said he didn’t recognize the man who shot him and he couldn’t give a more accurate description of the suspect’s car. Report number: 140116402
8:20pm 600 Blk Cayuga Attempted Robbery
A woman arriving home from work was the victim of an attempted robbery. The woman told Officers Guzman and Campos that she was driving slowly looking for a parking space near her home when she noticed another car, with three men inside, slowly following her. She found a parking space in front of her home and sat in the car a short while to smoke a cigarette. While sitting there one of the suspects walked by her passenger side window, crouched down to look at her, and then stood up and walked away. After about five minutes, she exited her car and rang her front bell. Her home has a security gate in front of the entrance door. Just before her sister opened the front door, the woman noticed a man running at her with his arms open attempted a “bear hug” as he lunged at her. Simultaneously as her sister opened the door, the woman victim screamed and the suspect stopped and then escaped westbound on Cayuga. While rushing into her home, the woman noticed a second suspect running past her front door in the same direction as the first man. Report number: 140118260
Vehicle and Other Incidents:
9:22am 200 Blk France Threats
11:10am 100 Blk Cayuga Recovered Vehicle
11:40am Mt. Vernon/Alemany Hit and Run
7:00pm 200 Blk Monterey Battery
7:53pm 1700 Blk Sunnydale Assault
10:32pm Mission/Bosworth Hit and Run
11:19pm Paris/Excelsior Traffic Collision
Burglaries with suspect description:
No Incidents to Report.
