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Captain’s Comments
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
I’ve had the opportunity to meet with residents, merchants, club owners
and community organizers this past week. My priority is to meet with as
many people as possible from the South of Market and Treasure Island
community. Our partnerships are essential in order to address the
quality of life and crime problems. When partnerships are formed, trust
is developed. Trust is an essential component of Community Policing.
When the community trusts the police and the police trust the community,
ideas are freely exchanged and solutions to problems are developed and
implemented. This past week, a club owner met with me regarding
incidents of violence around a particular night club. He offered some
great suggestions in which I have implemented to address the problem. I
am open to input and believe that all members of the community have
something valuable to offer. I look forward to working with the
community, identifying problems and collectively developing responses to
those problems in the near future.
Meet Your New 6th Street Foot Beat Officers!
There are many issues on 6th Street that need our attention. These
issues include public drunkenness, drinking in public, drug sales,
street robberies, selling stolen property and garbage clean up to name a
few. My priority is to see that the 6th Street corridor crime issues are
addressed. When we as a community do not address crime proactively, it
sends a message to those who commit crime that 6th Street is place to
conduct their activity. To that end, I have assigned four officers full
time to 6th Street. Two of the four officers will be on duty, 7 days a
week, from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Officers Michelle Spears, John
Murphy, Leonard Cueba and Craig Dong have all volunteered for the
assignment. These officers will patrol on 6th Street from Market to
Howard. They will walk most of the time and on occasion, ride their
police bicycles. They will be responsible to enforce the law, work with
DPW to clean up the garbage and most importantly meet and partner with
the residents and merchants along 6th Street. They will also be active
in the Community Court Program which is held once a month at the Rose
Hotel, 125 6th Street. Please be sure to meet your 6th Street Beat
Officers either on the beat or at the next Police Community Relations
Meeting.
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS
I have met with members of the community who are concerned about
pedestrian safety on 6th Street between Mission and Folsom.
Specifically, during commute hours in the morning and afternoon.
Motorists are taking right turns at intersections without providing the
right of way for the pedestrians in the crosswalks. During the next few
weeks, Lieutenant Eric Vintero of the day watch and Lieutenant Ann
Mannix of the night watch will be conducting enforcement in order to
issue citations to motorists who fail to give the right away to
pedestrians. Please e-mail me at
david...@sfgov.org with
intersections which have similar problems that need attention.
OPERATION IMPACT
The Police Department has partnered with the California Highway Patrol
to conduct traffic enforcement throughout the City. On Thursday, May 29,
2008, the CHP (2 Sergeants and 16 Officers) focused on South of Market
resulting in 83 traffic stops, 4 drunk driving arrests, 63 citations
issued, 3 vehicles impounded, and 4 people brought to jail! We are
grateful for the work performed by the CHP, making our streets in the
South of Market area safer!
TREASURE ISLAND
Traffic safety on Treasure Island is our concern. Officers assigned to
Southern Station will continue to focus on speeding and other moving
violations. The Traffic Company has been assisting us with speeding
motorists. Lieutenant Eric Vintero is planning several enforcement
operations on the island. Lieutenant Vintero wanted to see the issue
first hand so on Saturday, June 7, 2008, he spent a few hours on
Treasure Island and wrote 10 moving violations and towed two vehicles
when the drivers drove on a suspended license. I have now assigned an
additional traffic enforcement car on Treasure Island to focus on
traffic.
Officers assigned to Treasure Island are now required to stop by the
Boys and Girls club at least once per shift. There are a few hundred
youth who reside on Treasure Island and it is essential officers
interact with the youth and serve as role models. I look forward to
working closely with the Boys and Girls club this summer.
GARBAGE CLEAN UP
We are thankful to Mohammed Nuru and his staff at the Department of
Public Works for dedicating a DPW garbage clean up truck almost
everyday. The program has been in place for a couple of years. On
certain days, the truck meets with Officer Gary Buckner or Nick Territo
who are assigned as Operation Outreach Officers. These officers escort
the truck to various locations throughout the district to have garbage
picked up which was left behind such as mattresses, couches and other
abandoned items. Please feel free to assist us with this process by
phoning 311 for garbage clean up.
NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT
On Thursday, June 5, 2008, Lieutenant Ann Mannix led the way by
supervising a Narcotics Enforcement Operation along the 6th Street
corridor and on Market Street resulting in several arrests. Excellent
job!
SOUTHERN STATION SOFTBALL TEAM
The Police Department has had a baseball league for many years. These
are teams within the Department, for example each station has a baseball
team, including a team from the Investigations Bureau. The teams play
each other in an SFPD league from March thru mid June. Southern
Station’s Team consist of Officer Marcial Marquez (Team Captain),
Officers Nelson Ramos, Daniel Reyes, Louis Wong, Greg Buhagiar, Michael
Tursi, Andrew Lucas, Tim Reynolds, Phil Gordon, Greg Latus, Edgar
Gonzalez, Rick Yick, Ashad Razzak, Sergeant John Bragagnolo and
Lieutenant Michael Flynn. The Team motivator from the sidelines is
Officer Carl Bryant.
Southern Station’s team has won 5 games and lost 5 games this season.
They went to the playoffs and won. On Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 12:00
p.m., at the Silver Terrace field (Silver and Bayshore) they will be
playing against Inspectors from the Investigation’s Bureau for the
championship. I am proud of the team. If your schedule allows, please
feel free to attend the game and cheer for our winning Southern Station
Team!
SOUTHERN STATION ARREST/CITATION STATISTICS
|-----------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+--------+--------+-----------|
| 6/3-6/9 | Tue | Wed | Thur | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | TOTALS |
|-----------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+--------+--------+-----------|
| Felony | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 59 |
|-----------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+--------+--------+-----------|
| Misd. | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 47 |
|-----------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+--------+--------+-----------|
| Narcotics | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 39 |
|-----------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+--------+--------+-----------|
| Cites | 49 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 61 | 19 | 59 | 374 |
|-----------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+--------+--------+-----------|
Daily Arrest Log
6/3/08 1:14AM 8th/Minna: Officers Cotter and Frost contacted a subject
who had an outstanding warrant.
6/3/08 1:48AM 8th/Brannan: Sergeant Espinoza arrested a subject for
driving while intoxicated.
6/3/08 10:36AM Gough/Haight: Officer Buckner was on patrol when he saw
subject urinate on the public sidewalk. The suspect also had
drug paraphernalia in his possession.
6/3/08 11:35AM 1298 Howard: Officer Buckner responded to the service
station located at 1298 Howard regarding a trespasser. Officer
Buckner contacted a subject who had a warrant and drug paraphernalia in
his possession.
6/3/08 6:25PM 4th/Mission: Officer Ueber cited a driver for an illegal
turn and driving on a suspended license. The car was towed.
6/3/08 7:40PM 845 Market: Bristol Farms. Officers Ueber and Morales
arrested a subject for petty theft with a prior conviction.
6/3/08 9:40PM 7th/Mission: Officer Edison cited a driver for driving on
a suspended license. The car was towed.
6/3/08 9:45PM 88 6th St: Officer Murphy cited a driver for driving on a
suspended license. The car was towed.
6/3/08 10:28PM 1175 Market: Officers Bartley and Tack were on patrol
were patrol when they a subject urinate on the public sidewalk.
The subject also had marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his possession.
The Officers cited and released the subject.
6/4/08 1:45AM 6th/Mission: Officer Dickson cited a subject for driving
on a suspended license. The car was towed.
6/4/08 4:38AM 1050 Market: Officer Frost cited a subject for driving on
a suspended license. The car was towed.
6/4/08 8:34AM 13th/Mission: Officer Territo and Buckner were on patrol
when they saw a subject using a sign to solicit from vehicles
stopped at a traffic light. The Officers determined that the subject had
been arrested/cited 56 times in the past for this violation. The subject
was booked at County Jail.
6/4/08 9:30AM 964 Market: Officer Doherty and Holder arrested a subject
who attempted to pass a fraudulent check.
6/4/08 1:05PM 5th/Harrison: Officer Carew was on patrol when he saw a
subject on the freeway off-ramp soliciting from vehicles stopped
at the traffic light. The Officer determined that the subject had been
arrested/cited 18 times in the past for this same violation.
6/4/08 1:08PM 6th/Market: Sergeants Yee and Tom cited a subject for
driving on a suspended license. The car was towed.
6/4/08 2:30PM 776 Market: Rite Aid. Officers Griffin and Canton arrested
a subject for petty theft with a prior. The subject also had an
outstanding warrant.
6/4/08 3:00PM UN Plaza: Officers Buhagiar and Razzak arrested a juvenile
subject for sales of rock cocaine and possession for sales of
rock cocaine. They also arrested a second subject for possession of rock
cocaine.
6/4/08 3:00PM 1301 Market: Officer MacKenzie responded to the Rite Aid
Store located there regarding a stabbing. A store employee
was stabbed in the arm by a theft suspect. The suspect was booked at
County Jail and the employee was transported to the hospital for
lacerations to his left forearm.
6/4/08 3:30PM 25 Taylor: Officers Bryant and Yick arrested a subject for
possession of rock cocaine.
6/4/08 4:36PM 289 8th St: Officers Ueber and Morales arrested a subject
who stole a wallet from a patron of the Hole in the Wall Bar.
6/4/08 5:00PM Mission/south Van Ness: Officer Buckner cited a subject
for soliciting from vehicles. The subject had 31 prior
citations/arrests for this same violation.
6/4/08 5:23PM 555 9th St: Nordstrom Rack. Officers Auyoung and Yamamoto
arrested a subject for grand theft.
6/4/08 6:35PM 55 4th St: Marriott Hotel. Officers Chew and Pedroza
arrested a subject for trespassing.
6/4/08 7:26PM 976 Market: Officers Cotter and Frost arrested a subject
on an outstanding warrant.
6/4/08 8:45PM 1500 Blk Howard: Officers Cadenazzi and Cronin arrested a
subject who assaulted hi girlfriend.
6/4/08 10:55PM 1155 Market: Officer Bartley and Tack were on patrol when
the saw a subject drinking from a beer in public. The
subject also had an outstanding warrant.
6/5/08 12:26PM 6th/Mission: Officers Crosby and Junio arrested a subject
for a court ordered stay away violation.
6/5/08 1:03AM Market/Polk: Officers Cotter and Frost arrested a subject
for sales of rock cocaine, possession of a prohibited weapon,
probation violation, and a court ordered stay away violation.
6/5/08 8:50AM 1235 Mission: Officer Chin arrested a subject for battery.
6/5/08 9:23AM 74 6th St: Officer Constantine arrested a subject for an
outstanding warrant.
6/5/08 10:56AM 12th/Stevenson: Officer Territo arrested a subject who
made a makeshift encampment in the alley there.
6/5/08 10:59AM Mason/Turk: Officers Bandoni and Morales arrested a
subject who had an outstanding arrest.
6/5/08 1:46PM 1095 Market: Officer Pon cited a subject for possession of
narcotics paraphernalia.
6/5/08 2:55PM Market Street Corridor: Lt.Mannix, Officers Dickson,
Marquez, Reyes, Wong, Razzak, and Yick conducted a
buy/bust operation in the Market Street Corridor.
2:55PM 20 Jones: 1 arrested sales of marijuana.
3:15PM 1072 Market: 1 arrested sales of marijuana.
3:20PM 1072 Market: 1 arrested possession of marijuana for sales
4:30PM 41 6th St: 1 arrested sales of rock cocaine.
5:50PM Jones/Golden Gate: 1 arrested sales of marijuana.
6:30PM 991 Market: 1 arrested sales of marijuana.
6/5/08 7:25PM 542 Brannan: Officers Kane and Elias arrested a subject
for burglary and possession of stolen property.
6/5/08 10:13PM 9th/Folsom: Officers Lee and Lucas arrested a subject for
a warrant and urinating in public.
6/5/08 11:33PM 132 6th St: Officers McManigal and Cunningham cited a
subject for possession of marijuana.
6/5/08 11:46PM 5th/Folsom: Officer Chew arrested a subject for driving
without a driver’s license. The car was towed.
6/6/08 1:26AM Turk/Taylor: Officers Cunningham, McManigal, and Martin
arrested a subject for possession of narcotics
paraphernalia.
6/6/08 6:28AM Reeves Ct T.I: Officers Tong and Gray arrested a subject
who assaulted his girlfriend.
6/6/08 10:51AM 5th/Market: Officers Toomer and Mariles arrested a
subject for a court ordered stay away violation.
6/6/08 1:50PM 835 Market: Officers Balmy and Bandoni cited a subject for
resisting arrest.
6/6/08 4:57PM 401 4th St: Officers McManigal and Cunningham arrested a
subject for an outstanding warrant and trespassing.
6/6/08 7:36PM 865 Market: Nordstrom. Officers McManigal and Cunningham
arrested a subject for petty theft and an outstanding
warrant.
6/7/08 12:37AM 6th/Howard: Officer Lucas cited a subject for driving on
a suspended license. The car was towed.
6/7/08 6:30AM 88 Perry: Officer Perry arrested a subject who assaulted
his girlfriend.
6/7/08 7:45AM 106 6th St: Officers Constantine and Perez arrested a
subject who was wanted for a robbery and a parole violation.
6/7/08 10:10AM Ave Palms/California T.I: Lt Vintero cited a driver for
driving on a suspended license. The car was towed.
6/7/08 11:03AM McAllister/Jones: Officers Morales, Pon, and Wong
arrested a subject for sales of marijuana and a parole violation.
6/7/08 11:50AM Ave B/6th St. T.I: Lt.Vintero cited a driver for driving
on a suspended license. The car was towed.
6/7/08 1:37PM 855 Market: Officer Faye and Hogan arrested a subject for
public intoxication.
6/7/08 5:15PM 850 Bryant: A subject came to Southern Police Station to
turn himself in on an outstanding warrant.
6/7/08 10:36PM 837 Howard: Officers Kane and Elias arrested two subjects
for auto theft and possession of stolen property. The
Officers also found identifications and credit cards belonging to
additional victims inside the stolen car.
6/8/08 12:28AM 8th/Mission: Sergeant Espinoza cited a subject for
driving without a driver’s license. The car was towed.
6/8/08 7:54AM 6th/Jessie: Officer Constantine arrested a subject on an
outstanding warrant.
6/8/08 9:50AM 9th/Folsom: Lt. Mannix cited a subject for using a sign to
solicit from vehicles waiting for the traffic light.
6/8/08 10:44AM 80 Turk: Officers Pon and Morales arrested a subject for
sales of rock cocaine. A second subject was arrested for
possession of rock cocaine.
6/8/08 11:05AM 865 Market: Abercrombie & Fitch. Officer Miranda cited a
subject for petty theft.
6/8/08 12:00PM 88 King St: Officer Perry and numerous other Southern
Officers responded to 88 King regarding a roll over vehicle
accident. The driver of the car fled the scene. The driver was located
and identified a few blocks from the scene. He was booked for auto
theft, a parole violation, leaving the scene of an accident, and driving
on a suspended license.
6/8/08 12:16PM 7th/Market: Officers Toomer and Mariles arrested a
subject for possession of rock cocaine.
6/8/08 1:05PM 1301 Market: Walgreens. Officer Salmonson arrested a
subject for petty theft with a prior.
6/8/08 1:50PM Eddy/Hyde: Officers Razzak and Buhagiar arrested a subject
for sales of rock cocaine. A second subject was arrested
for possession of rock cocaine.
6/8/08 3:10PM 670 4th St: Walgreens. Officer Anderson and Cato arrested
a subject for petty theft with a prior.
6/8/08 3:40PM 450 10th St: Costco. Officer Salmonson cited a subject for
petty theft.
6/8/08 4:45PM 901 Market: Marshalls. Officer Chambers and Kane arrested
a subject for petty theft with a prior, parole violation, and
probation violation.
6/8/08 5:15PM AT&T Park: Officer Seto cited a subject for battery.
6/8/08 5:25PM Market/South Van Ness: Officer Chambers cited a driver for
driving without a license. The car was towed.
6/8/08 6:30PM 865 Market: Nordstrom’s. Officers McManigal and Cunningham
arrested a subject for petty theft.
6/8/08 7:45PM 801 Market: Old Navy. Officer Kane and Chambers arrested a
subject for petty theft with a prior.
6/9/08 12:50AM 6th/Natoma: Officers Harris and Campbell responded to 918
Market regarding a victim of a robbery. The Officers
responded and spoke with a victim who told them that he was robbed of
$5.00 nearby on 6th Street. Officers Dickson and Lucas were in
the area searching for the suspects when they detained two suspects. The
victim positively identified the suspects. The $5.00 was recovered
from the suspects. The suspects were booked for robbery and conspiracy.
6/9/08 1:00AM 555 Mission: Officer Lucas cited a subject for sexual
battery.
6/9/08 8:13AM Leavenworth/McAllister: Officer Hogan and Faye were on a
foot beat when they saw a person sleeping in the park.
The officer checked on his welfare and found a crack pipe loaded with
rock cocaine in his possession. The subject was booked.
6/9/08 9:00AM 945 Market: Officer Constantine contacted a subject who
had an outstanding warrant.
6/9/08 11:35AM 850 Bryant: Officer Morales and Spears responded to the
SFPD identification section regarding a person there with a
warrant.
6/9/08 2:45PM 450 10th St: Costco. Officer Cairel and Farinas cited a
subject for petty theft.
6/9/08 3:37PM Turk/Taylor: Officers Cole, Razzak, and Buhagiar arrested
a subject for sales of rock cocaine, possession of rock
cocaine for sales, and a probation violation.
6/9/08 3:52PM 34 6th St: Officers Cole, Razzak, and Buhagiar arrested a
subject for sales of heroin and a probation violation.
6/9/08 4:50PM 850 Bryant: Officers Cole, Razzak, and Buhagiar arrested a
subject on an outstanding warrant.
6/9/08 5:17PM 87 6th St: Officer Dong arrested a subject for possession
of methamphetamine and probation violation.
6/9/08 6:00PM 850 Bryant: Officer Cotter arrested a subject who had a
parole violation warrant.
6/9/08 8:30PM 509 Minna: Officers Salazar and Madrid arrested a subject
for sales of rock cocaine and a parole violation.
6/9/08 9:24PM 5th/Welsh: Officers Kane and Elias arrested a subject for
possession of stolen property and a probation violation.
6/9/08 10:05PM 125 6th St: Officers Toomey and Reynolds and a subject
for assault with attempted mayhem. When the Officers arrived
on scene they found a victim bleeding badly from a bite to his ear. It
appeared that the dispute started over a can of beer.
Southern Station News:
The Bay to Breakers race generates many complaints every
year due to the peripheral parties, nudity, drinking in public, public
sex, garbage, and injuries. Months of planning goes into this event with
the Police Department making every attempt to keep it safe. Please
forward any concerns or complaints to
SFPDSouth...@ci.sf.ca.us .
This is the San Francisco Police Departments Youth Fishing
Program’s 40th year. Unfortunately, there will be no salmon season, but
we still will be able to take youths of the city out to the ocean and
fish for rock cod and halibut. Also, new for this summer, The Aquarium
of the bay at Pier 39 has offered to host children a tour of the
facility hosted by a naturalist. For more information contact Officer
Bob Ford at
415-401-4664
District Events:
Warped Tour
6/21/08
Pier 30/32
Pride March
6/29/08
Join The San Francisco Community Police Academy
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 July 15,
2008. We are now also starting a Youth Community Police Academy, geared
towards high school students and will last 10 weeks, starting on August
19,2008.
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:
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