Incident Date:
Tuesday, January 28th, 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:
No Incidents to Report.
Serious Incidents:
11:10am 5500 Blk Mission Assault
Sgt Springer and Officer Opler responded to a call of a brutal attack that occurred at Mission and Lowell Street. Once they arrived the officers found a victim who was bleeding profusely from a stab wound to his neck. The officers found a witness who said he was waiting at the bus stop when he saw a suspect arguing with the victim. The argument escalated when the witness saw the suspect pull out a knife and stabbed the victim in the neck. The suspect then fled the scene accompanied by a female companion. A vehicle stopped and rendered aide to the victim by providing a towel so the victim could apply pressure until help arrived. Several units arrived and scoured the area but were unable to locate the suspect. The victim was transported to the local hospital where he received immediate surgery and remains in critical condition. The case is still under investigation. Report Number: 140082336
Vehicle and Other Incidents:
12:01am 600 Blk 28th Stolen Vehicle
12:01am 1500 Blk Noe Burglary
12:24am Russia/Paris Hit and Run
6:00am Unit Blk Newton Stolen Vehicle
6:40am 1700 Blk Church Battery
7:20am Alemany/Naglee Traffic Collision
8:57am Unit Blk Leland Burglary
9:10am 29th/Mission Fraud
9:26am 600 Blk 28th Recovered Vehicle
11:00am 400 Blk Harvard Stolen Vehicle
12:10pm 50 Phelan Theft from Building
12:30pm Unit Blk Gladys Recovered Vehicle
1:12pm 5200 Blk Diamond Heights Burglary
1:15pm 800 Blk Peru Burglary
2:08pm 300 Blk Silver Theft from Building
2:57pm Unit Blk Canyon Theft from Vehicle
3:30pm 3300 Blk Mission Shoplifting
5:30pm 3200 Blk Folsom Theft from Building
6:10pm Oshaughnessy/Del Vale Traffic Collision
8:00pm Unit Blk Oneida Stolen Vehicle
8:00pm 100 Blk Rolph Stolen Vehicle
8:20pm Unit Blk Virginia Theft from Building
10:00pm Schwerin/Sunnydale Vandalism to Vehicle
10:00pm Unit Blk Bradford Stolen Vehicle
Burglaries with suspect description:
No Incidents to Report.
