SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT TAKING
BACK UNWANTED
PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS
On October
22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the San Francisco Police Department and the
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another opportunity
to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous
expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for
disposal to any San Francisco Police Department District Station. The service
is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
This initiative addresses a vital
public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets
are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription
drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental
poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of
abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from
the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their
usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet
or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.
Arrests:
2:18am 200 Blk Geneva D.U.I
A traffic collision revealed evidence of a serious crime.
Ingleside Officers Toomey, Landis, and George were dispatched to a collision
involving a newer Honda Civic and another SFPD unit with Ingleside Officers
Ortega and Ragusa. The other vehicle was driven by a man who admitted to having
consumed a significant amount of alcohol prior to the collision. The officers
found several open bottles of alcoholic beverages scattered around the vehicles
interior. His female passenger had a long arrest record for several serious
crimes. However, what most interested the officers was a large amount of live
and spent.380 ammunition in the vehicle. A few hours earlier, Mission District
officers investigated a shooting involving the same caliber of weapon. The
officers decided to tow the vehicle to impound and held for additional
investigation. The driver was cited and released pending additional
investigation and his passenger was released at the scene. Report number:
160827736
6:10pm 50 Phelan Ave. Narcotics
The report of a man throwing items around in the locker room
prompted dispatch to send San Francisco Community College Officers Flood and
Victorino. When the officers arrived they found the suspect standing near an
open suitcase with various items including a bolt cutter, hammer, screwdriver,
and spark plug attached to a shoelace, lying on the floor. Realizing that these
items are sometimes used for car burglaries, the officers placed the suspect in
handcuffs. A search of his clothing revealed a hypodermic needle and a small
plastic bag containing methamphetamine. While the officers were on their way
back to their station a call came in that their suspect’s companion was on his
way to the college’s Wellness Center. Community College Officer Palacios
travelled to the Wellness Center and located the suspect who had in his
possession weapons and a quantity of methamphetamine and PCP. He was placed in
handcuffs and transported to the College police station. Report number:
160830068
Serious Incidents:
8:15am 800 Blk
Ellsworth Shooting
The sound of gunshots prompted dispatch to send Ingleside Officers
Morrow and Thompson to investigate. When they arrived on scene they found
numerous .40cal shell casings lying on the ground and a bullet hole in the
window of a nearby residence. A witness told the officers that she heard
yelling outside her home and then, a short time later, five gunshots. The
officers canvassed the area and found no other witnesses or any gunshot
victims. Report number: 160827980
Vehicle and Other Incidents:
02:00am 200 Blk
Juanita Stolen Vehicle
05:00am Carrizal/Velasco Stolen Vehicle
09:20am Unit
Blk Cameo Burglary
12:03pm 500 Blk
Portola Theft from Building
02:15pm Unit
Blk Alder Burglary
03:35pm Unit
Blk Eastwood Trespassing
04:45pm 50
Phelan Avenue Theft from Building
05:00pm 100 Blk
Coleridge Stolen
Vehicle
05:39pm 4000
Blk Mission Fraud
07:27pm Mission/Ocean Assault
07:45pm 100 Blk
Leland Vandalism to Property
10:00pm 200 Blk
Moffitt Theft from Vehicle
11:00pm 2800
Blk Alemany Theft from Vehicle
