Central District Newsletter-February 17, 2009

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Central Station Resource List

EMERGENCY: 911
Non-Emergency: 553-0123
Cell phone 911: 553-8090
Customer Service Center: 311
Central Station: 315-2400
Web: www.sfgov.org/police
Captain James I. Dudley 315-2480 james.dudley@sfgov.org
Anonymous Tip-Line 392-2623 SAFE 553-1984 www.sfsafe.org
Graffiti Abatement 278-9454
Graffiti Fax 278-9456 .
Central Events: 315-2440 Sergeant John Colla
Central Permits: 315-2423 Officer Scott Gaines
Code Abatement: 315-2417 Sgt. Mark Hernandez
Deputy City Attorney: 554-3820 Jill Cannon
Dept. Parking & Traffic: 553-1943
DPW: 695-2020 Dispatch
Quality of Life Liaison: 315-2400 Officer Kim Koltzoff
Homeless Issues: 315-2400 Off. Jay Shastri or Cathy Daly
Chinatown Beat: 315-2400 Off. Leon Sorhondo & Stewart Ng- Days
Off. Sam Yuen - Nights
Union Square Beat: 315-2400 Officer Carl Payne & Tom Cunnane- Days
Officer Ed Carew- Nights
Wharf Beat: 315-2400 Officer Noel DeLeon & Bob Merino-Days
Officer Tom Costello & Kevin Richins-Nts
North Beach 315-2400 Officer Mark Alvarez & Mike Kangrga- Nts
Officer Matt Fambrini & Jim Deignan
Community Liaison: 421-6443x16 Tel-Hi- Danika Choe

Call 3-1-1/TTY: 415-701-2323. If outside of San Francisco, call 415-701-2311/TTY: 415-701-2323 to reach any of the following: Abandoned Vehicles----DPT Dispatch ----DPW Street Cleaning-----Graffiti Hotline--Mobile Assistance Patrol (MAP)-----Pothole Repair----Street Signs (missing/damaged)---Street Lighting, etc.

311 Goes ONLINE! Log on now on the sfgov.org website to lodge complaints.

Megan’s Law Website Access:
The general public can find out information on sexual predators on line by going to the DOJ website: www.meganslaw.ca.gov or at the SFPD link at www.sfgov.org/police. You may check specific names or zip codes to locate those listed in the database.

Join the SFPD: www.sfgov.org/police

The Community Police Academy is a 15-week program that meets once a week and is designed to inform and teach interested participants various aspects of municipal policing, including patrol and investigations procedures, vehicle operations, arrest and control techniques, firearm procedures and emergency communications.
The Academy’s goals are to develop community awareness through education and to develop a closer understanding and working relationship between the San Francisco Police Department and its communities. Members of the community are encouraged to join and learn about the San Francisco Police Department. Participants can ask questions and offer comments within each class. The next class is scheduled to start on February 17, 2009. We now also have a Youth Community Police Academy, geared towards high school students and will last 10 weeks, starting on March 24, 2009.
The Community Police Academy participants are selected by the program coordinator after an application process. Enrollment is limited to twenty-five students per class.

For more information, including application process, please contact Ms.Lula Magallon at (415) 401-4720 or Officer Maria Oropeza at (415) 401-4701 or visit our website:
http://www.sfgov.org/site/police_index.asp?id=80269

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Crimes of Note:
On 2/13/09 at 10:30 PM near O’Farrell and Leavenworth, Officers Josh Timalu and Angel Lozano, while working narcotics abatement, observed a suspicious vehicle with two broken side mirrors. The vehicle was stopped and was just reported stolen from the Tenderloin area. The 45 year old white male suspect from SF was also found to be on active probation.

2/15/09 2:15 AM at Columbus and Vallejo, a victim was beaten and left face down on the street after arguing with strangers. Suspects were detained but the victim and witnesses could not determine if they were the ones who beat him

On 2/16/09 at 1:30 AM Several Officers responded to the 600 block of Jackson Street on the report of a shooting. A 21 year old male from Oakland was on scene, wounded with an apparent gunshot to the abdomen. The suspect, a 17 year old from SF was arrested and the gun was found nearby, abandoned in a garbage can. Several other suspects were detained as well.

On 2/16/09 on the 1000 block of Kearny, at 9:18 AM a disgruntled customer at an adult entertainment venue was angered because he lost money in a viewing machine. The 40 something black male suspect, 5’11 tall and 190 grabbed a broom and dustpan and swung it at the desk clerk, striking her in the hands and head. The suspect fled onto Broadway.

On 2/17/09 at 1:14 AM at Washington and Taylor, Officers Vien Lam and Anna Patterson responded to a call of a car jacking robbery. The 58 year old white male suspect had robbed a taxi driver at knife point while the taxi was in transit. The driver fled the cab and the suspect climbed from the back seat to the driver’s seat when he drove the cab into a wall. Witnesses grabbed the suspect and held him for police at the scene.

Narcotics arrests:
2/13/09 3:50 AM 800 block of Geary- Undercover operation Officer Angel Lozano netted 2 suspects selling crack cocaine.

2/13/09 at 11:30 PM at Pacific/Jones Officers Korte and Ferrando arrested an individual with 21 individually wrapped ‘rocks’ of crack cocaine and recovered $800 in cash.

2/13/09 at 5:35 PM, on the 800 block of Hyde, Officers Nico Discenza, Plantinga and Perez arrested a suspect with suspected black tar heroin and crack cocaine.

2/16/09 at 9 PM at Geary and Hyde Street, Operations Officers Angel Lozano, Matt Sullivan, Jeremy Cummings, Charles August and Eric Tapang arrested a suspect selling ‘crack’ cocaine.

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Reward! Check out the www.sfgov.org/police website for rewards for Homicide information, Graffiti information and when giving tips on illegal guns in San Francisco. Rewards are enumerated from $250 for Graffiti to $1,000 for guns to and up to $10,000 or more for information leading to the arrest on some homicides.
Traffic Safety Tips- Car Seats and Cell Phones from SF DPH
Traffic Safety Message 1 – Don’t stop using booster seats too early!
The U.S. government (www.boosterseat.gov) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (http://www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm) recommend the use of booster seats until a child is 4’ 9”. Some people make the decision to stop using boosters based on age or weight – but the real issue is where the belt crosses the body and the neck (neither of which is based on age or weight).
Traffic Safety Message 2 – Talking on your cell is like driving drunk!
Message from a parent: “At my children’s school, I’ve been noticing a persistent trend of parents on the cell phone as they drop off their kids in the morning. This has been on my mind a lot after reading that using a cell phone (including hands free devices) puts you at the same increased chance for an accident as driving legally drunk. See the NYT article at http:// www.nytimes. Com/2009/ 01/13/health/13well.html. I’m sure we’d all be up in arms about drunk drivers at school, but cell phones are so common that we don’t think about the impairment they cause.”
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Current Crime Trends
Graffiti vandals have scarred North Beach and Chinatown of late. Please call 911 if you see acts of graffiti or other vandalism in progress. Use 311 to report the mess to get it cleaned up asap. There is a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of graffiti vandals of up to $250.
Zero Graffiti for a Beautiful City! Save the date: 4/23/09 at 3 PM
Look for a coordinated community effort by DPW with the location to be announced. For details on all the ways that citizens can help, contact Merle Goldstone, Public
Information Officer with DPW. Her contact info: Merle.Goldstone@sfdpw.org Office 641-2625.
SAFE stands for Safety Awareness For Everyone and it is a valuable crime prevention organization. Grab and Run Shoplifters have been active of late, especially near our retail areas of the district. Plainclothes officers have made good arrests at locations where patterns of the thefts have occurred. Merchants can help yourselves by being alert, greeting patrons and by checking out the SAFE website for tips on loss prevention. SAFE can also do a security survey and report on businesses and homes. Check them out at www.sfsafe.org .

Broadway Corridor Stats
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Friday February 13, 2009
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Felony Arrests 0
Misdemeanor Arrests 0
Drunk Related Arrests 0
Moving Citations 0
Parking Citations 13
Vehicles Towed 8

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Saturday February 14, 2009
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Felony Arrests 0
Misdemeanor Arrests 1
Drunk Related Arrests 2
Moving Citations 1
Parking Citations 18
Vehicles Towed 13
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