Incident Date:
Sunday, March 9th, 2014
The next community meeting at Ingleside Station will be held on March 18, 2014. Thank you.
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
- Encouraging students to attend an upcoming information session to ask questions and find out more at the Police Academy at 350 Amber Drive, San Francisco, on
- Saturday, March 15th from 10-11 am
*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.
Thanks for spreading the word!
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:
1:46am Paris/Brazil D.U.I
Ingleside Officers Lustenberger, Chew and Sergeant’s Greer and Nakano were standing in front of their patrol cars, with emergency lights flashing, on Brazil Street conducting an investigation when they noticed a vehicle approaching them that wasn’t slowing down. Fearing the vehicle was going to collide with one of their patrol vehicles, the officers yelled a warning at each other and quickly ran to the sidewalk. The vehicle managed to stop only a few feet from one of the patrol vehicles. The driver then put his car in reverse and started to back away but Sgt. Greer and Officer Chew told the driver to stop and place his car in “park”. The driver complied and showed both officers a valid driver’s license. However, the officers also noticed the driver’s breath had a strong odor of alcohol, could not sit up straight, his face was flushed, his eyes were watery and red, and his speech was slurred. He exited the car and the officers conducted a field sobriety test, which the driver failed. A breath test showed the driver had a blood alcohol level three times the state maximum of 0.8%. The suspect was arrested for D.U.I and his car was impounded. Report number: 140201150
6:20pm Ocean/San Jose Drugs/Firearms
A motorist ignoring a pedestrian’s right of way resulted in the arrest of a felon with a long record of convictions. Ingleside Officers Seavey, Barajas, Padilla, and Sgt. Alvarez were stopped behind a BMW at a red light at Alemany and Lyell Streets when the driver suddenly made a right turn from the wrong lane in front of a pedestrian crossing the street in the crosswalk. The officers stopped the driver to warn him of the violation. When they asked for his license, the driver admitted he didn’t have one. He also told the officers he was on active parole for a firearms offense. A subsequent search of his vehicle turned up a quantity of crystal meth in some clothing lying on the backseat. In the center console was a cellular phone with pictures of the driver holding two black semi-automatic handguns in his hands. A passenger in the suspect’s car was hiding almost $4000 cash in her clothing. A check of the state criminal database showed the suspect had several felony convictions for firearms and narcotics. Later during the investigation, the officers went to his residence and searched the room he rented in an Ingleside District home and found a large quantity of crystal meth packaged for sale, a scale for weighing narcotics, and two handguns, one of which was stolen, along with ammunition. The driver was taken to Ingleside Station and booked on several felony charges. The passenger was released. Report number: 140202857
Serious Incidents:
7:18am Cordova/Munich Robbery
A woman walking to the bus stop while on her way to work was the victim of a violent robbery. The woman told Ingleside Officers Curry, Trujillo and Morgante that she left her home shortly after 7 in the morning when she passed an older model grey 4-door sedan, with two men inside, parked on the 400 block of Cordova. When she passed the car she heard the engine start and, as she reached the intersection of Munich and Cordova, a man got out and grabbed her purse. The victim held on to her purse and the suspect’s began violent pulling on the straps spinning the screaming victim onto the ground. After a short struggle, the suspect managed to pull the victim’s purse from her grasp, along with a bag containing shoes. He then ran back to the waiting getaway car which sped down Cordova towards Geneva. The victim suffered cuts and abrasions on both knees. The loss was a cell phone, MUNI pass, house keys, and clothing. Report number: 140201423
Vehicle and Other Incidents:
12:01am 200 Blk Circular Theft from Vehicle
12:01am 200 Blk Circular Stolen Vehicle
3:20am 500 Blk Sawyer Warrant Arrest
7:12am 100 Blk Evelyn Hit and Run
12:00pm 2100 Blk Geneva Vandalism to Property
2:30pm 200 Blk London Fraud
3:00pm 100 Blk Madrid Fraud
3:33pm 4100 Blk Mission Warrant Arrest
4:11pm 400 Blk Rolph Recovered Vehicle
4:30pm Miguel/Arlington Hit and Run
5:19pm Unit Blk Red Rock Recovered Vehicle
5:50pm Geneva/Prague Warrant Arrest
6:00pm 3700 Blk San Bruno Stolen Vehicle
6:53pm 3400 Blk Cesar Chavez Stolen Vehicle
7:14pm 100 Blk Prague Theft from Vehicle
8:00pm 200 Blk Bright Hit and Run
8:30pm 4100 Blk Mission Passing Counterfeit Money
8:35pm 100 Blk Cortland Hit and Run
10:00pm Unit Blk Calgary Theft from Vehicle
11:00pm 300 Blk Harkness Stolen Vehicle
Burglaries with suspect description:
No Incidents to Report.
