Southern Station Newsletter April 3rd 2009

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Captain’s Comments

Friday April 3rd 2009



Recently in the news you may have heard of a high profile entertainer

who was the subject of domestic abuse. This person was viciously

beaten. The culprit was arrested but later the victim got back together

with him. This is not out of the ordinary. Everyday reports come

across my desk regarding domestic violence. These reports cross all

socio economic backgrounds and ethnicities. There are a couple of

common themes that run through these reports. Some statements that I

frequently see made by the victim are “this isn’t the first time,” “I

didn’t call the police since he promised not to do it again,” or “I

don’t want anything done just leave us alone.” A person in an abusive

relationship must understand if it happened once it is going to happen

again! Victims have to remove themselves from the cycle of violence. If

the person committing the violence doesn’t get professional help they

are doomed to repeat these actions. Also the law can only do so much;

victims must stand up and follow through with the justice system.

Everyone has a right to be treated respectfully, especially in a

relationship that is supposed to be supporting and loving. Parents must

look out for their children since this violence not only happens to

adults but also to teenagers in their dating relationships. Parents

must instill in their children that they deserve to be treated with

respect and should treat others the same way. If you are in this type

of relationship I urge you to talk to someone or contact the police and

we can direct you to agencies that will help.



For information on shelters and services contact:



24 Hour Hotline

Casa de los Madres 1-877-503-1850

W.O.M.A.N. 864-4722



Counseling and Support Services

Community United Against Violence 333-4357

La Casa de las Madres – Adult Crisis Line 1-877-503-1850

La Casa de las Madres – Teen Crisis Line 1-877-923-0700

W.O.M.A.N. 864-4722

Resolve to Stop the Violence Project 734-2312

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The Community Meeting will be held on Wednesday April 15th at 6:00 PM

at the Old POA Building located at 510 7th St.















Arrest Log

Friday 3/13/09 7:05 AM 74 6th St.: Officer Goodin responded to the
location on a report of a fight between a male and a female. Officer
Goodin spoke to the female who stated the she was talking to her friend
in his room when her boyfriend knocked on the door and asked for the
shoes he bought her back. The female threw the shoes at the suspect.
The suspect then forced his way in the door and jumped on top of the
female. The suspect started to punch and choke her. As the suspect was
choking her he stated, “I could kill you if I wanted.” The suspect then
bit the victim’s finger. The suspect finally got off her and left the
room. The victim stated that the suspect has beaten her approximately 8
times prior to this but she has never reported it. The suspect was
arrested and booked at County Jail 9.

Monday 3/16/09 10:19 AM 785 Brannan St.: Officer Castro, Officer
Holder, and Officer Sovig responded to the location on a call of a
fight. When the Officers arrived they spoke with the victim who stated
her ex-boyfriend punched her in the face, pulled her hair, grabbed her
by the throat, threw her up against a wall, and bit her. The victim
stated she did not want to press charge against the suspect nor did she
want a restraining order.

The Officers responded to the suspect’s residence where his wife
answered the door. The wife stated she was aware that her husband had a
prior relationship with the victim. The wife stated the victim was the
one who started the fight by slapping her husband in the face. The wife
stated her husband grabbed the victim and dragged her out of the room.

The Officers searched the area for the suspect to no avail. HOWEVER
later that day at 1:25 PM another call came in regarding an assault in
progress at the same address. This time when Officer Goodin, Officer
Woo, and Officer Sovig arrived on scene, the victim pointed at the
suspect and stated that was her ex-boyfriend who assaulted her. The
victim told the Officers that the suspect yelled out the window to her,
“I saw you talking to the police earlier and if I go to jail I will kill
you.” The victim was standing in front of the building when she saw a
motorcycle rider pull up, get off his motorcycle, hand the suspect a
back pack and leave the scene. The suspect then started walking towards
the victim reaching into the backpack and saying, “B#$!@ if I go to jail
I’m going to kill you!” Just then Officer Goodin and Officer Woo
arrived on scene and parked behind a vehicle that the suspect had just
entered. As Officer Goodin approached the vehicle, the suspect quickly
exited it. The Officers quickly detained the suspect. Officer Sovig
recovered the backpack and found a HANDGUN inside. A record’s check
revealed the suspect was on active PAROLE. The suspect was booked at
County Jail 9 and the HANDGUN was booked as evidence.

Tuesday 3/17/09 9:00AM 1000 block of Natoma St: Officer Bernal, Officer
Ramos, and Officer Goodin responded to a call of a burglary in progress.
Officer Goodin arrived on scene and stated he observed the suspect in a
vehicle inside the garage. When Officer Goodin ordered the suspect out
of the vehicle, the suspect started to flee on foot. Officer Goodin got
a hold of the suspect and applied the carotid restraint to gain custody
of the suspect. Officer Nelson arrived on scene and assisted Officer
Goodin in handcuffing the suspect. The suspect was booked at County
Jail 9.

Tuesday 3/24/09 5:55AM 596 Natoma St.: Officer Castro and Officer
Holder were dispatched to a call of person attempting to commit suicide.
The Officers arrived on scene and observed the woman was bleeding from
her wrist. The woman told the Officers she cut her wrist with a razor
and wanted to die because the man she was in love with killed himself,
so she wanted to die. The paramedics arrived on scene and treated the
woman who was then transported to SFGH for a mental health evaluation.

Tuesday 3/24/09 11:34 PM 917 Folsom St.: Officer Frost and Officer
Rosaia were dispatched to a call of a suspicious person threatening to
mace and stab people. When the Officers arrived, Officer Cronin and
Officer Cibotti had made contact with the person. The man kept rambling
on about people blowing smoke in his face and screaming out various
statements about the FBI. When the Officers asked the man if he
suffered from a mental illness, he replied “you figure it out.” The
male was transported to SFGH for a mental health evaluation.

Wednesday 3/25/09 12:18 AM Market St/12th St.: Officer Anderson and
Officer Pedroza were on patrol when they observed a male staggering as
he walked. The Officers made contact with the man. The Officers could
smell a strong odor of alcoholic beverage omitting from his breath,
slurred speech, and he was unable to stand on his own. The man told the
Officers he had just been released from San Quentin Prison earlier that
day. Officer Pedroza contacted Parole who stated he not only was not
allowed to consume or be under the influence of alcohol, he was also
more than 50 miles out of his parole county which was Humboldt County.
The suspect was transported to CJ 9 where he was booked on public
intoxication and a parole violation.

Friday 3/27/09 3:10 PM 83 6th St.: Sgt. Yee was on patrol when he
entered the Senior Citizen’s Social Club to conduct a passing call.
Once inside the center, Sgt. Yee observed a dozen senior citizens
playing card games in the general open area. A further inspection
revealed several video games in a curtained off room where he
encountered several individuals. Sgt. Yee made contact with one of the
woman. The woman stated she had a “crack pipe” on her possession. A
further search revealed 3 packets of methamphetamines and packaging
material. The suspect was transported and booked at CJ9.
Friday 03/27/2009 03:09AM, 4th/Folsom: Ofc. Edison was parked at the
intersection when he observed a vehicle travel through the red flashing
signal light at southbound 4th Street without stopping. Ofc. Edison
initiated a traffic stop and observed symptoms of intoxication including
a strong smell odor of alcoholic beverage coming from the driver’s
breath. The officer conducted a DUI investigation and found a
preliminary field result of .0182 and .0171 on two separate field PAS
results, over two times the legal limit. Further, the driver was unable
to satisfactorily complete any of the field sobriety tests. He was
arrested and transported to County Jail.

Friday 03/27/2009 05:24PM, 400 block of Stevenson: Ofc. Giles & Tjia
responded to this location on a report of an unknown subject throwing
huge boards from a construction scaffolding one floor high. On arrival,
the officers observed a subject sitting up on the scaffolding and
several boards were in the street. The officers had to use their verbal
skills to convince the subject to come down off the scaffolding. He
proceeded to tell the officers that he lived in the abandoned building
and had plans to buy it once he got back on his feet. He then told the
officers that if he was being arrested to “just kill him because that’s
what we do”. The officers opted to transport him to St. Francis
Hospital instead fro a mental health evaluation.

Friday 03/27/2009 03:19PM, Mission St./ 3rd : Ofc. Najarro responded to
this location for the purpose of assisting a medical unit with a
patient. On arrival, he met with the paramedic who told him a subject
was lying on the ground covered in human feces. The officer made
contact with the subject and determined he had been on the ground for a
long period of time and was unable to climb back into his wheelchair.
Further, the subject was yelling profanities and resisting the
paramedics attempt to assist him. The officer determined he was gravely
disabled based on the fact that he was covered in his own feces and
urine combined with his obvious signs of distress. He was transported
to St. Francis Hospital for a mental health evaluation.


Friday 03/27/2009 02:30PM, 1100 block of Market Street: Southern
Station officers spend a significant amount of time dealing with mental
illness emergencies and it was no different when Ofc. Hom and Simmons
responded to this location on the report of a student threatening to
hurt himself. On arrival, Ofc. Hom contacted a student counselor who
told him that a student was depressed and wanted to hurt himself.
Specifically, the student had failed a final examination and wanted to
burn himself with a lighter. Based on this statement, the officers
determined a mental health evaluation was needed and transported the
student to SFGH.

Saturday 03/28/2009 01:43AM, 6th & Market: Ofc. Anderson & Pedroza
responded to this location on the report of a suicidal female.
According to dispatch, the female called 911 and reported that she had
already attempted to kill herself by placing a pillowcase over her head.
On arrival, the officers made contact with the reportee and she
confirmed that she had attempted to suffocate herself earlier and had
planned to purchase a gun and commit suicide. Based on these
statements, the officers transported her to SFGH for a mental health
evaluation.

Saturday 03/28/2009 08:19PM, Bay Bridge at Treasure Island: Sgt.
Thoshinsky was traveling east bound on the Bay Bridge, in a marked SFPD
patrol vehicle, when he observed a vehicle pass him at 65 miles per
hour. Considering the speed on the Bay Bridge is 50MPH, Sgt. Thoshinsky
conducted a traffic stop at the east end of the bridge and contacted the
operator. Upon conducting a background check of the driver, Sgt.
Thoshinsky discovered an outstanding no bail parole warrant on the
driver for aggravated assault on a police officer. Sgt. Thoshinsky
arrested the parolee without incident. Upon placing the parolee under
arrest he told Sgt. Thoshinsky: “President Obama knows” and “What goes
around comes around”. Sgt. Thoshinsky asked the parolee what he meant by
that comment and he responded: “That police officer lied. What goes
around comes around. I’m just letting you know what comes around goes
around”. I guess in this case what comes around is that this parolee is
being sent back to prison. Have a good trip.

Saturday 3/28/09 10:38 PM 825 Market St.: Officer Pena and Officer
Leung were dispatched to a call of a fight involving four people.
Officer Yick and Officer Canning also responded to the scene and had two
males and a female detained. The witnesses stated that two males were
walking down the street when a male came up and punched the victim. The
victim then took off his shirt proceeded to follow the suspect. The
suspect turned around and punched the victim again. The victim fell to
the ground and the suspect along with his two friends started to kick
and punch the victim repeatedly in the head. One of the suspects struck
the victim over the head with a bottle. The victim was taken to the
hospital. Two of the four suspects were positively identified and
booked at County Jail 9.

Saturday 03/28/2009 03:29PM, Unit block of Natoma: Ofc. Siu, Tjia and
Giles responded with Sgt. Thoshinsky to the area of Howard and Beale on
the report of an auto break-in. According to the reporting party, he
saw a man break into a vehicle and flee the area. The reporting party
followed the suspect and reported the location to dispatchers. Ofc.
Giles responded and detained the suspect without incident on Natoma
Street. The citizen placed the suspect under citizen’s arrest and he
was booked for auto burglary.

Saturday 03/28/2009 12:31AM, Folsom & 10th: Ofc. Anderson and Pedroza
were on patrol when they observed a subject walk across Folsom from 10th
against the red light signal. Upon contacting the subject, Ofc. Pedroza
asked him if he was in the possession of any weapons and the he replied
that he had a knife. Inside his front pouch sweatshirt, Ofc. Anderson
located a fixed blade stainless steel knife. The subject told officers
he was carrying the concealed weapon for protection because he lived in
the Tenderloin. A criminal record check revealed the subject was wanted
for an outstanding no bail warrant for auto theft. Another bad guy off
the street due to proactive police work.

Saturday 03/28/2009 04:50PM, 1252 Exposition Drive, Treasure Island:
Ofc. Dittmer & Ofc. Stokes were on assignment on Treasure Island when
Ofc. Dittmer recognized a parked vehicle connected to a San Francisco
shooting on 03/23/2009. Upon further investigation, the diligent work
of the officers confirmed that the vehicle and driver were connected to
an attempted homicide. Several Southern Station officers including Ofc.
Buhagiar, Cole, Razzak and Sgt. Thoshinsky responded to the scene and
observed the vehicle. The waiting paid off and the officers observed
the female suspect enter the vehicle and drive away. They conducted a
traffic stop of the vehicle and arrested the suspect without incident.
The first remarks the female suspect made was: “I want to speak to a
lawyer”. Hmmm … I wonder why?

Sunday 03/29/2009 02:37AM, 1st & Folsom: Ofc. Bertrand & Ofc. Crosby
responded to this location on the report of a person with a gun at an
illegal club. These officers are assigned to the Southern Station’s
Nightclub Enforcement operation with the primary objective of locating
illegal clubs and club related permit violations. On arrival, the
officers determined that the club was operating without any permits or
licensing in a rented building, which was under construction. Further,
they observed alcohol being served after 2:30AM and a live DJ. One of
the event promoters admitted that this was an illegal after-hours club.
The person responsible for the event was identified, cited and the
illegal event was shut-down.

Sunday 03/29/2009 02:30AM, 700 block of Harrison: Saturday night brings
no shortage of activity for Southern Station officers and it was no
different for Ofc. Kane & Elias when they observed a vehicle driving the
wrong direction on Harrison east bound from 4th to 3rd. Considering
Harrison is a one-way west bound roadway, the officers conducted a
traffic stop of the vehicle. Ofc. Yick and Ofc. Canning responded to
the scene and a DUI investigation was conducted. The subject told the
investigating officers they he had only “One Beer” that evening.
Really? Because a field PAS breathe test discovered a .205 result.
Nearly three times the legal limit. Aside from that, the driver had an
open container of beer in his center console and did not have a license
to drive a motor vehicle.

Sunday 03/29/2009 01:40PM, United Nations Plaza: Ofcs. Razzak, Cole and
Buhagiar were conducting their undercover narcotics operations in the
area when they observed a subject walking through U.N. Plaza and engaged
in behavior known to the officers (from hundreds of prior arrests) as
narcotics sales activity. The officers observed a sale between the
seller and buyer. Upon making contact with the seller, he proceeded to
spit out 10 rocks of suspected rock cocaine. The suspect had no
identification and claimed no prior arrest record. The officers booked
him accordingly for narcotics sales.

Sunday 03/29/2009 10:08AM, 400 block of Stevenson: Ofc. Wilhelm and
Faye were conducting their foot beat patrol in the area when they
observed a subject drinking from an open can of beer. The officers
contacted the subject for the purpose of issuing a citation. A criminal
background check discovered an outstanding warrant out of San Bernardino
County for resisting arrest and drunk in public. In addition, the
subject had seven outstanding warrants out of San Francisco one of which
was for what else? Failure to appear in court for a prior open
container violation. The officers escorted him to jail.

Sunday 03/29/2009 09:01AM, 1000 block of Market: Ofcs. Morales, Pon and
Wong were in plainclothes and assigned to the Mid Market foot beat
detail with a focus on illegal street level narcotics activity. This
area is known to these officers as a area for a significant amount of
narcotics sales activity including the sales of various prescription
narcotics. It wasn’t long before these officers on-viewed a transaction
between two males that was consistent with the sales of pills. The
officers made contact with both subjects and discovered the seller was
dealing Promethazine, Corazepam and Methadone. The seller was booked
for the sales of controlled substances and had an outstanding warrant.
The buyer was booked for the narcotics transaction and an outstanding
warrant for drugs. Go figure!

Sunday 03/29/2009 10:23PM, Stevenson & 6th: Ofcs. Crosby and Pallidino
were in the area in a marked SFPD patrol vehicle when they observed two
subjects engaged in suspicious activity. This corner has a known
continuous problem with illegal narcotics activity. Upon attempting to
make contact with the two subjects they both began to walk away in
different directions. One of the subjects was attempting to conceal and
unknown object in his front waist area. Ofc. Pallidino immediately
conducted a weapon pat down of this area and discovered a BB gun pistol.
These weapons are realistic firearm replicas and are often used for
criminal activity. The BB gun weapon was secured and the 18 year old
subject was transported to Southern Station for identification where he
was later cited and released for possession of the BB gun weapon.

Sunday 03/29/2009 08:03AM, 400 block of Minna: Ofcs. Lee and Young, our
tenacious Southern Station foot beat officers, were on duty in the area
of 6th & Minna when they observed a parked vehicle that was occupied by
three subjects. This area is known to these officers as having an
ongoing problem with narcotics activity. One of the subjects was
slouched down in the rear seat. The officers asked if everything was
okay and the female, sitting in the driver seat, advised she was trying
to get some oil for her car. While engaged in a conversation, the
officers detected suspicious movement inside the vehicle and determined
that one of the subjects inside the vehicle was on felony probation.
The officers could see, in plain view, that one of the subjects was in
possession of illegal narcotics paraphernalia – crack pipe. Subsequent
search and investigation led to the discovery of stolen identification
cards and credit cards. One subject was cited at the scene and one was
booked for felony possession of stolen property.

Sunday 03/29/2009 06:00PM, 4th & Mission: Ofcs. Salazar and Dittmer were
in uniform and walking a foot beat in the area when Ofc. Dittmer
recognized a wanted juvenile subject walking nearby. The officer was
aware that this 15 year old female subject had two no bail warrants for
grand theft. The officers made contact with the female juvenile and
asked her for her name. She replied: “Robin Hood”. The officers knew
she was not telling the truth and the female juvenile became agitated
and started screaming profanities at the officers and resisted arrest.
The officers were forced to use physical control holds on her for the
purpose of placing her under arrest. She was transported to Juvenile
Hall and her parent was notified.


Monday 3/30/09 1:00 PM: Officer Yamamoto and Officer Auyoung were
dispatched to check on the well being of a missing juvenile that might
be at a Motel being held against her will. The girl’s mother had been
receiving text messages from her 16 year old daughter asking for help
and to send the police. The mother gave the Officers the room number
and responded to the scene. The Officers knocked on the door and a
woman answered. Inside the room the Officers could see three other
females. Two of the girls were 18 years old and the third was the
missing 16 year old. The 16 year old girl told the Officers she had met
the woman who answered the door on Craig’s List. The girl told the
woman that she wanted to try to live life on her own but didn’t realize
how hard it was. The woman told the girl that she would make money with
her and live at her house as long as she wanted. The woman told the
girl that there were only girl’s living at her house and they were
professional prostitutes and never got in trouble with the police. The
woman told the girl her age didn’t manner, as long as she wanted to
work. The victim boarded a BART train and headed for the city. The
woman met her in the city and brought her to a motel where she met the
two other girl’s. The woman immediately posted escort ads on Craig’s
List for the girl. After a while they did not receive any calls so the
woman made her go the “track” where she was introduced to a pimp. The
girl was solicited by an unknown male who drove her to an unknown nearby
area where they had sex. The man then handed her $45.00 which she in
turn gave to the pimp. During her time on the “track” the girl was
repeatedly harassed and chased by pimps in the area. One pimp chased
her down an unknown street where she fell causing injury to her elbow
and leg. While the victim was on the ground, the pimp continued to kick
the girl in the ribs. The woman took the girl back to the Motel, where
they received a phone call from the Craig’s List ad. Later a man
arrived at the Motel, had intercourse with the girl while the woman and
the other girl waited in the bathroom. The man paid the girl $100.00.
When the man left the room, the pimp showed up at the Motel and the girl
gave him the $100.00. The next day another man called about the ad for
the girl on Craig’s list. The man responded to the Motel and the girl
had intercourse with him. The girl was paid $170.00 for the act. The
man left, the pimp showed up and the girl gave the pimp the $170.00.
The pimp gave the woman some money and told her to buy food and
cigarettes for the girls. The pimp purchased alcohol for the girls,
which they spent the rest of the day drinking. The three girls and
woman were transported to Southern Station. The 16 year olds mother
responded to Southern Station and took custody of her daughter. Vice
Crimes Inspectors and Sergeants responded to Southern Station to further
investigate. The two 18 year old girls were released from Southern
Station. The woman was booked at CJ9.

Monday 3/30/09 4:50 PM Market St/Mason St.: Officer Buhagiar, Officer
Cole, and Officer Razzak were conducting narcotics surveillance in the
area when they observed a male talking to a female. The male gave the
female money. The female then spit out three rocks of cocaine from her
mouth. The male picked one of them from her hand. The Officers
detained the two suspects and recovered a total of 11 pieces of rock
cocaine. The suspects were booked at County Jail 9.

Monday 3/30/09 7:51 PM 7th St/Market St.: Officer Razzak, Officer
Buhagiar and Officer Cole were out conducting narcotics surveillance
again when they observed another male spitting out numerous rocks from
his mouth and selling them to another man. The Officers detained the
male who spit out 25 more rocks of cocaine. The Officers transported the
suspect to Southern Station. A record’s check revealed no record of the
suspect with the name and date of birth he gave the Officers. The
suspect was booked at County Jail 9. HOWEVER, when the suspect got to
County Jail 9 he all of a sudden remembered he was 17 years old not 18.
Officer Farinas responded to County Jail 9. The suspect told Officer
Farinas that he wasn’t exactly sure of his birth date or address in
Oakland. The suspect stated he lives with his cousin and his parents
live in Honduras and could not be reached. The suspect was transported
to YGC where he was booked.

Monday 3/30/09 10:36 PM Market St/7th St.: Officer Campbell and Officer
Payne were on patrol conducting a Muni station inspection when they
observed the suspect drinking a bottle of Jack Daniels. The Officers
made contact with the suspect. A record’s check revealed a NO BAIL
warrant for his arrest. The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.

Tuesday 3/31/09 425 Mission St.: Officer O’Connor and Officer Dickson
were dispatched to a call regarding a mentally disturbed person. When
they arrived they met with a man who stated he was “hearing voices” who
were telling him to kill himself by walking in front of a bus. The man
told the Officers he is bipolar and is on psychological medication. The
Officers transported the man to SFGH for a mental health evaluation.

Tuesday 3/31/09 6th St/Mission St.: Officer Altorfer and Officer
Wilhelm were on foot patrol when they observed a man they knew had a
stay away order from that exact area. The Officers detained the suspect
and found a “crack” pipe and an open bottle of alcohol in his
possession. A record’s check revealed the suspect had a NO BAIL warrant
for his arrest. The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.

Tuesday 3/31/09 181 Sixth St.: Officer Mariles was on foot patrol when
observed a man with an open container of alcohol. Officer Mariles
detained the suspect. A record’s check revealed a NO BAIL warrant for
his arrest. The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.

Tuesday 3/31/09 50 3rd St.: Officer Tack and Officer Cibotti were
dispatched to the Westin Hotel. When the Officers arrived they spoke to
a woman who stated she was visiting from Canada. She stated she came to
visit her boyfriend of two months, who she was now engaged too. While
they were out to dinner, the boyfriend started to verbally abuse her for
no apparent reason. Once back at the hotel she decided to leave, so she
took her bags and got into a cab. The boyfriend stopped the taxi and
opened the door. The boyfriend pointed a gun at her and stated, “You’re
not leaving!” The woman fearing for her safety jumped out of the taxi
and ran. The Officers took the boyfriend/suspect into custody. A
record’s check revealed the suspect had numerous arrests for brandishing
a firearm in public and domestic violence. The suspect was booked at
County Jail 9.

Monday 4/1/09 1404 Sturgeon St.: Officer Walsh and Officer Tong were
dispatched to a call of an assault. When the Officers arrived they
spoke with a woman who was crying holding her baby. The woman stated
her boyfriend pushed her onto the floor. The Officers could hear the
boyfriend yelling from the room, “You B#@!% now look what you done.”
The Officers detained the suspect. A record’s check revealed the suspect
had two outstanding warrants for his arrest. (One for battery and one
for resisting arrest.) The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.

Monday 4/2/09 10th St/Howard St.: Officer Cibotti and Officer Cronin
were on patrol when they were dispatched to a call of a suspect painting
graffiti on a building. The Officers detained a suspect that matched
the description. A record’s check revealed the suspect had a
$5,000,00.00 warrant out of Salt Lake City, Utah for Graffiti 1st
Degree. (Utah doesn’t mess around!) The suspect was booked at County
Jail 9 and will be enroute to Salt Lake County, Utah.

Thursday 4/2/09 7:50 AM 564 Howard St.: Officer Bernal, Officer Ramos,
Officer Territo responded to a call of fight. When the Officers arrived
they detained a man and a woman. The woman stated her boyfriend (the
male detained) had tried to strangle her, threw her to the ground, put
his knee on her chest and kicked her several times. The female stated
they have been dating for over 10 years. The female stated there have
been numerous unreported incidents of domestic violence but none of the
incidents had ever gone this far. The boyfriend stated he shook her
because she wouldn’t let me sleep. The Officers took the boyfriend into
custody. When the woman found out her boyfriend was going to jail she
became upset and belligerent and yelled, “I just wanted you to scare
him, I don’t want no restraining order I love him.” The suspect was
booked at County Jail 9. The woman refused to talk to the Police
anymore!




Case UPDATE



Sunday 11/30/08 7:30 AM 816 Mission St.: Officer Sovig was dispatched

to the area regarding a fight. Officer Andaluz, Officer Holder, and
Officer Territo also responded to the scene. When Officer Sovig

arrived, Officer Andaluz had the suspect detained. The victim told

Officer Sovig he was eating his breakfast and texting on his Iphone when

the suspect approached his table. The suspect asked the victim what

time the bus comes. The victim looked up and the suspect grabbed his

Iphone and tried to leave. The victim jumped up and tried to get his

Iphone back. A struggle ensued. Three employees from the restaurant

jumped in to help the victim. The victim and the employees were

eventually able to subdue the suspect until the police arrived. The

Iphone was recovered from the suspect. The victim and one of the

employees received minor injuries. A record’s check revealed the

suspect had a warrant for his arrest. The suspect was booked at County

Jail 9 for robbery and for the outstanding warrant.



Case follow up: The suspect was sentenced to one year in the County

Jail and 3 years of probation.





Monday 2/16/09 11:08 PM Mission St/5th St.: Sgt. Bragagnolo was on

patrol when he observed a vehicle with a broken tail light. Sgt.

Bragagnolo affected a traffic stop and made contact with the driver.

The driver gave Sgt. Bragagnolo his California Identification Card. A

record’s check revealed the driver had a suspended driver’s license.

Sgt. Bragagnolo advised the suspect that he would be issued a citation

for the violation and his vehicle would be towed from the scene.

Officer Crosby and Officer Rosaia arrived on scene to assist. During an

inventory search of the vehicle, Officer Rosaia located approximately 28

grams of Marijuana under the driver’s armrest and approximately 23 grams

of psilocybin in a back pack in the vehicle. During a search of the

suspect’s cell phone, Officer Rosaia observed two messages regarding

“Hash”. The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Case follow up: The suspect pled guilty to possession of a controlled

substance and received a sentence of 4 days in County Jail and three

years court probation. All other charges were dismissed.











ARRESTS/CITATION STATISTICS
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| Date | Felony | Narcoti| Misd | Traffic | Traffic |
| | | c | | Movers | Parkers |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 25-Mar | 12 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 16 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
|26-Mar | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 0 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
|27-Mar | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 2 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
|28-Mar | 17 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 12 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
|29-Mar | 19 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
|30-Mar | 6 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 7 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
|31-Mar | 6 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 9 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
|1-Apr | 13 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 3 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
|2-Apr | 10 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 5 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| Total | 99 | 75 | 74 | 200 | 54 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|





DUI Statistics
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
| |January | February| March | Totals |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
| Central | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
| Southern | 6 | 8 | 14 | 28 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
| Bayview | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
| Mission | 12 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
| Northern | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
| Park | 5 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
| Richmond | 5 | 12 | 9 | 26 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
|Ingleside | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
| Taraval | 14 | 21 | 13 | 48 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
|Tenderloin| 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
| Traffic | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
| Tac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|
| Total | 67 | 94 | 83 | 244 |
|----------+--------+---------+--------+-----------|




District Events:

Bail Out Protest April 11th
Palo Alto Networks Firewall Protest April 21st
Kaboom May 9th
Bay to Breakers May 17th



Police Chief Search Questionnaire On-line

The Police Commission has developed a questionnaire regarding its search
for candidates for the next Chief of Police. It is available to
interested parties (including Dept members) and can be found on the
Commission www page, accessed directly at
www.sfgov.org/policecommission. Follow the blue highlighted link on the
page. The questionnaire can be filled out and returned on-line.
The Commission continues to conduct a series of community meetings to
receive commentary and suggestions regarding the executive search for
candidates for Chief of Police.
Meeting agendas can be found at www.sfgov.org/policecommission


Community Court

Become a Community Court panelist and give back to your community.
Community Court is a restorative justice program that addresses
misdemeanor crimes which occur in your neighborhood. As a panelist, you
have a unique opportunity to hear offenses that impact your quality of
life, determine its consequences, and figure out how best to resolve it
using meaningful sanctions. Use your neighborhood wisdom to solve
neighborhood problems. Make your neighborhood better – get involved
today!

For more information, please contact the District Attorney’s Officer,
Jackson Gee, 551-9531 or jacks...@sfgov.org




SFPD Recruitment

Due to budgetary constraints:
The written tests for Police Officer have been cancelled. We anticipate
that the testing program will resume later in Spring 2009. No dates have
been given at this time.

The SFPD Academy is no longer 31 weeks currently the Academy has been
restructured to a 26 weeks program.

The SFPD Recruitment Unit is participating in local/regional events.

Below is an account of the upcoming activities:
Academy Class
Future Academy Class Schedule TBD
Upcoming Testing Schedule
Testing Schedule TBD

Cell Phone Safety

This lady has changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobile
phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which contained her
cell phone, credit card, wallet... Etc...was stolen. 20 minutes later
when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had
happened, hubby says 'I received your text asking about our Pin number
and I replied a little while ago.’ When they rushed down to the bank,
the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The
thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text 'hubby' in the
contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within 20 minutes he had
withdrawn all the money from their bank account.

Moral of the lesson: Do not disclose the relationship between you and
the people in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey,
Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom, etc...... And very importantly, when
sensitive info is being asked through texts, CONFIRM by calling back!!
Also, when you're being text by friends or family to meet them
somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from
them. If you don't reach them, be very careful about going places to
meet 'family and friends' who text you. Along with that if you have an
entry called 'Home' with your actual home phone number it's not too hard
to do a reverse lookup on the
number to find the address. Now the robber has your home number, keys,
AND address.








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 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



Southern Station Resource List:

EMERGENCY: 911
Non-Emergency: 553-0123
Anonymous Tip Line 575-4444
Customer Service Center: 311
Cell phone 911: 553-8090
Southern Station: 553-1373
Web: www.sfgov.org/police
(For Crime Stats, Internet reports, etc.)

Captain Daniel McDonagh DanielM...@sfgov.org
Graffiti Abatement 278-9454
Graffiti Fax 278-9456
Southern Station Events: 553-9191 Sergeant Laura Knight
Southern Station Permits: 553-9192 Officer Nicole Bruckert
Code Abatement: 553-1308 Officer Maureen Leonard **
**Please contact Officer Leonard if
you are interested in getting added
to the Newsletter email list**

Deputy City Attorney: 554-3887 Jennifer Choi
Dept. Parking & Traffic: 553-1943
DPW: 695-2020 Dispatch
Quality of Life Liaison: 553-1373
SF SAFE 553-1984 San_Francis...@mail.vresp.com

Homeless Issues: 553-1373 / © 713-1618 Officer Walt Miranda
Officer Nick Territo
Southern Station Beat #1: 553-1373 Officer Dahlberg & Officer Chin
Market/Powell
Southern Station Beat #2: 553-1373 Officer McKenzie Westfield Mall
Southern Station Beat #3: 553-1373 Officer Cueba & Officer Dong UN
Plaza
Southern Station Beat #4 553-1373/ © 415-525-2364 Officers
Michelle Spears,
6th Street John Murphy, Craig Dong,
and Leonard Cueba
Plainclothes Detail 298-4285

District Station Monthly Community Meeting is held on the Third
Wednesday of Each
month from 6-7:30 PM and the location changes monthly. For more
information contact Meital Amitai at 538-8100 X202 or at
mam...@iisf.org


The San Francisco Police Department is currently hiring:
The San Francisco Police Department is continuously hiring qualified
applicants. Applicants must be 21 years old, have a valid driver’s
license, must be a US citizen, must have a high school diploma or
equivalent, and must not have been convicted of a felony or convicted of
a misdemeanor which would prohibit possession of a firearm. For more
information or to apply, contact the Department of Human Resource at 44
Gough Street, San Francisco. Additionally, applications are available
on-line at www.sfgov.org/police or
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/sf/default.cfm?action=jobs.

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 San Francisco Citizen’s Police Academy
For more information, including application process, please call Ms.Lula
Magallon at (415) 401-4720, or Officer Maria Oropeza at (415) 401-4701.
You can also email us at sfpd_citizens...@yahoo.com or visit
our website: http://www.sfgov.org/site/police_index.asp?id=20182.


Graffiti Alert:
Day Watch Sgt. Christie is the Graffiti Abatement coordinator. Each
month he collects surveys from the various beat officers to report
graffiti to DPW and our own Graffiti Unit within the police department.
You can contact Sgt. Christie at (415) 553-1373.


311 Customer Service Center:
What is 311? 311 is a toll free, NON-EMERGENCY phone number that the
public can call to access information about government services. A live
customer service representative will be available 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, and 365 days a year. The service is available to both wired
and wireless customers. Wireless customers should call (415) 701-2311.
311 employees will be able to provide translations services in more than
145 languages and dialects and will employ a diverse staff of customer
service representatives. Additionally, 311 is set up to accept calls
form the hearing impaired by utilizing a TTY System.

Cell phone 911:
How does 911 work on cell phones in San Francisco?
If you are on surface streets in San Francisco and dial 911, your call
will be answered by the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management
Services. Once the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management
Services determines what emergency services are needed, they will then
route your 911 call to the San Francisco Police Department or the San
Francisco Fire Department, including ambulance service.

If you are on a freeway in San Francisco and dial 911, your call will be
answered by either by the San Francisco Department of Emergency
Management Services or the California Highway Patrol Dispatch Center.
Regardless, your 911 call will be routed to the proper emergency agency,
the San Francisco Police Department, the California Highway Patrol, or
the San Francisco Fire Department, including ambulance service.

Community and Business Groups & Associations:

.
· Mid-Market Project Area Committee (PAC)
· Rincon Point South Beach Citizens’ Advisory Committee
· South of Market Project Area Committee (SOMPAC)
· North Mission Neighborhood Alliance
· SOMA Leadership Council
· Central Market Community Business District


Captain Daniel McDonagh
Southern Police Station
850 Bryant Street
SF, CA 94103
415 553-9154
415 553-1073 fax

(See attached file: STN040309final.doc)