Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Mar. 30, 2014

Incident Date:
Sunday, March 30th, 2014
                                                                                                                            

The next community meeting at Ingleside Station will be held on April 15, 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*

Please share this information by:
The deadline for applications is Friday, April 4, 2011 at 5:00pm.  Online application (or downloadable paper application) and flyers are available at www.sfpal.org/cadets.  For questions contact Lorraine@sfpal.org or 415-401-4669.

*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.

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
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:

No Incidents to Report.


Serious Incidents:

2:07am       Naples / Rolph              Attempted Robbery/Assault
Two friends walking home were confronted by eight or nine other men one of whom asked for their “wallet and money”. One of the victims started arguing and then fighting with the robbers prompting one of the suspects to pull out a knife and stab the victim several times in the chest, leg and arm. The suspects then fled in different directions after witnesses and one of the victims called police. Ingleside Officers Hauscarriague and Garon-Fermo were the first of over a dozen officers to arrive and rendered first aid to the victim while calling for medical assistance. Interviews with several witnesses, along with the victims, led to a good description of the violent robber. The case has been assigned and is still under investigation. Report number: 140264744


3:11am       Unit Blk Justin              Robbery
A robber silently approached two women from behind who were only 40 feet from their front door. The suspect said, “Give me everything you have”, but the women ignored his demands and kept walking until they reached their front steps. When they started going up the steps they heard the unmistakable sound of a bullet being loaded in the chamber of a handgun.  When the women turned around, they saw the suspect holding a semi-automatic weapon. One of the victims surrendered a satchel she was carrying containing house keys, cash, and her driver’s license. The suspect, along with four other men, who suddenly appeared next to him, then fled into St. Mary’s Park. The victims were not harmed during the incident.  Report number: 140264829


Vehicle and Other Incidents:

12:12am           3300 Blk Mission                     Recovered Vehicle
  2:53am           Wilde/Rutland                           Hit and Run
  7:45am           Unit Blk John Young Ln            Threats
  9:32am           2600 Blk Bayshore                   Recovered Motor Home
10:00am           100 Blk Burlwood                    Recovered Vehicle
12:00pm           100 Blk Ellington                      Vandalism to Property
12:30pm           1700 Blk Sunnydale                 Vandalism to Vehicle
  1:38pm           300 Blk Monterey                    Theft fromVehicle
  2:15pm           Mission/Geneva                        Traffic Collision
  4:00pm           Athens/Geneva                         Stolen Vehicle
  6:59pm           3300 Blk Mission                     Warrant Arrest
  8:00pm           5100 Blk Mission                     Battery
  9:00pm           500 Blk Arlington                     Vandalism to Vehicle
  9:00pm           300 Blk Juanita                         Fraud
  9:40pm           200 Blk Russia                         Stolen License Plate
10:30pm           100 Blk Schwerin                     Stolen Vehicle


Burglaries with suspect description:

No Incidents to Report.