Incident Date:
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
The next community meeting at Ingleside Station will be held on April 15, 2014. Thank
You.
Attention: There will be a Town Hall meeting to discuss the officer involved shooting that occurred inside Bernal Heights Park on Friday, 03/21/2014. The meeting will take place at Leonard Flynn Elementary School auditorium, located at 3125 Cesar Chavez Street, on Tuesday, 03/25/2014, starting at 06:00pm.
Do you know a high school student interested in learning about a career in law enforcement or public service? Introduce them to the SFPAL Law Enforcement Cadet program:
Applications are available online for the 2014-15 PAL Law Enforcement Cadet Academy and Internship Program.
The PAL Cadet program includes an intensive 4-week Summer Cadet Academy (June-July) followed by an SFPD station internship and community service (August through May.) Participant’s ages 14-20 may stay in the program for as many years as they are eligible*
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The PAL Cadet program includes an intensive 4-week Summer Cadet Academy (June-July) followed by an SFPD station internship and community service (August through May.) Participant’s ages 14-20 may stay in the program for as many years as they are eligible*
Please share this information by:
- Recommending the program to students you believe may be interested and encourage them to check out the following:
- SF Chronicle article on the PAL Cadet program
- PAL Summer Cadet Academy video on YouTube
*Eligibility: must be between ages 14-20, be enrolled in high school or college, have and maintain a 2.0 GPA, reside or attend school in San Francisco and pass a criminal history background check.
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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.
Burglary Alert: A rash of burglaries have been taking place where an odd an unusual technique is being used to gain entry into garages. To date, Ingleside officers have responded to six separate burglary reports that have mostly taken place in the Noe Valley area. Officers have noticed that an unknown suspect(s) has been drilling a one inch diameter circular hole into the top center of the garage door and then using a long hook to pull on the emergency release cord, which disengages the automatic garage door opener. Once the garage door is disengaged the thieves simply lift the garage door and gain entry into the garage and/or homes. Please take steps to secure your garage door. Contact the garage door or automatic garage door opener manufacturer for any preventative safety tips that they may have. Also, if you see anything suspicious, especially at night, at your neighbors’ house or around the neighborhood, don’t hesitate to call the police.
Crime Alert: A grandmother who lives in the Bernal Heights Area was burglarized a couple days ago. Apparently, a man came to her door, saying he worked for PG&E and said he was working on a water line and needed to take some measurements in her back yard. The grandmother said no, but the subject persisted and finally convinced her to do so. The grandmother led him through her house to the backyard where he did in fact take some “measurements”. The grandmother stayed in the backyard watching what was being done. During this time, while out in the backyard, the subject was talking with someone via a walkie- talkie. After a short while the subject left and that’s when she noticed that her bedroom had been ransacked (drawers open and clothes thrown about) and found that all of her cash was missing. Clearly someone (an accomplice) followed the subject into her house when both the subject and the grandmother were in the backyard. Be aware and use caution, if someone claiming to be a PG&E worker wants to enter your home, and this was not scheduled by you, it should raise a RED flag. Ask to see some kind of official identification and/or call PG&E and see if this person does in fact work for the company. If the person can’t prove any of the above then call the police immediately. If you know an elderly person that lives alone, maybe a friend or family member, alert them to this scam and inform them not to let anyone into their house.
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
Ingleside District Nert Training
Lick Wilmerding HS
755 Ocean Ave
March 18, 6:30-10:00p: Class 1
March 25, 6:30-10:00p: Class 2
April 1, 6:30-9:30p: Class 3
April 8, 6:30p-10:00p: Class 4
school closed April 15
April 22, 6:30p-9:30p: Class 5
755 Ocean Ave
March 18, 6:30-10:00p: Class 1
March 25, 6:30-10:00p: Class 2
April 1, 6:30-9:30p: Class 3
April 8, 6:30p-10:00p: Class 4
school closed April 15
April 22, 6:30p-9:30p: Class 5
April 29, 6:30p-10:00p: Class 6
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.
The next training class has been scheduled for May 3rd, 2014, from 8:00am – 5:00pm. This class will be held at the San Francisco Police Academy, in the parking lot bungalow.
Arrests:
3:44am Ocean/Cayuga Drugs/Warrant Arrest
Sgt Smith and Sgt Nakano were cruising along in the area of Ocean and Cayuga when they spotted a subject flying down the hill on his bicycle. The sergeants noticed that the bicyclist ran the posted stop sign as he continued up Ocean Avenue. As stated in the California Vehicle Code, all bicyclists must follow all the same rules as vehicles when on the roadway. The sergeants stopped the subject and asked for his information. A computer search revealed the subject had an outstanding felony warrant for his arrest. Before transporting him to the station a search was conducted where a small amount of methamphetamine was found in one of his pockets. The subject was booked on the warrant and drug possession. Report Number: 140231878
12:04pm San Jose/Santa Rosa Drugs
Officer Duffin, a bike patrol officer, just started his shift and had just left the station making his way to his designated beat along Mission Street when he noticed a subject smoking a marijuana cigarette at the corner of San Jose and Santa Rosa. When the subject spotted Officer Duffin he extinguished the cigarette and said, “I have a cannabis card, but it’s not on me. A computer check showed that the subject had an outstanding warrant for his arrest out of Brown County Indiana. Officer Duffin placed the subject under arrest and searched his pockets more thoroughly. Inside his pockets he found more marijuana and methamphetamine. Once at Ingleside Station, the departments Central Warrants Bureau contacted Indiana who said that the warrant was no good anymore. The subject was booked anyway for being in possession of drugs. Report Number: 140233153
1:17pm Ney/Trumbull Drugs
A concerned citizen called regarding two suspicious people, a man and a woman, in a black truck, who appeared to be casing vehicles in the area of Ney and Trumbull Street. Officers Buckley and Fung arrived and found the pair standing next to the black truck that was described. The truck bed was full of miscellaneous tools and vehicle parts. The male subject told the officers that they were working on cars. Officer Buckley did a visual inspection of the truck and saw a container full of marijuana inside the cab. Based on his findings, Officer Buckley searched the entire vehicle and found drug paraphernalia inside the woman’s purse. Officer Johnson arrived and searched the female subject and found methamphetamine on her person. She was placed under arrest and taken to Ingleside Station. During an interview the female subject said she found the baggies and assumed it was some kind of narcotics. The female was booked for the possession and her male companion was released because he had a valid medical marijuana card. Report Number: 140233288
Serious Incidents:
No Incidents to Report.
Vehicle and Other Incidents:
2:00am 300 Blk Coleridge Burglary
9:00am 100 Blk Hearst Burglary
10:46am 300 Blk Moscow Recovered Vehicle
10:52am Unit Blk Regent Exhibiting Laser Scope
12:00pm 300 Blk Surrey Theft from Building
3:00pm Mission/Geneva Threats
3:15pm 300 Blk Wilde Burglary
3:19pm Unit Blk Sgt John Young Warrant Arrest
4:00pm 300 Blk Murray Vandalism to Property
5:17pm Mission/Lowell Traffic Collision
5:54pm 50 Phelan Dog Bite
6:00pm Unit Blk Meda Vandalism to Property
6:39pm Monterey/Valdez Traffic Collision
9:26pm 2600 Blk Alemany Fraud
10:53pm Duboce/Church Traffic Collision
10:48pm 100 Blk Del Vale Public Intoxication
Burglaries with suspect description:
No Incidents to Report.
