March 6th 2009 - Southern Station Newsletter

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Captain’s Comments

Friday 3/6/09

As I read of another BART protest taking place in Oakland, I think back

to the one recently held here in San Francisco. That night as the crowd

shouted “F--- the Police” and other disparaging remarks, I could

recognize individuals in the protest who I have met with on several

occasions who demanded various things from the Department and wanted the

SFPD to help them move forward with their programs. Now however, they

were slinging mud at us. Over my career I have seen many instances

where people treat the Police like dirt but when it suites their needs

these individuals know that the Police are the ones to call. Many years

ago on New Years Eve, a vehicle with 3 males and 2 females went around

shooting citizens for no reason. Two people were murdered. We caught

the suspects early in the morning. As I talked with one of the young

women in the group and explained to her how she had been with the

murderers and now was the time to talk with the Police. She had nothing

but contempt for the Police and would not cooperate, shielding the

persons who pulled the trigger. Sometime later after being released

from jail she had a little different attitude about cooperating with

the Police after she had been tossed out a second story window

by her boyfriend, she couldn’t talk fast enough.



In court frequently a Public Defender will defend their client by making

the Police look like the person who has committed the crime rather than

their client. One such Public Defender was openly hostile to the Police

and regularly harassed Officers on the stand.

I was surprised to find out that she wanted the criminal “prosecuted to

the full extent of the law” as I was taking the burglary report for her

home which had been ransacked.



It’s been my experience in the 34 years with the Police Department that

no matter who you are, when we are called, we respond. No matter how

you’ve treated the Police you’re still treated with respect and your

issue handled just like any one else’s unlike those signs you see in

restaurants, we don’t refuse service to anyone.



The Community Meeting will be held on Wednesday March 18th at 6:00 PM

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















Arrest Log



Tuesday 2/17/09 6:56 AM 564 Market St.: Officer Buckner was dispatched

to a call of transients camped out at the above location. Officer

Buckner made contact with two of the three transients and offered the

services of the homeless outreach team. Although they refused, they

were cooperative and agreed to relocate. The third subject was naked

and suffering from an unknown psychiatric episode. Officer Buckner

contacted the homeless outreach team who stated the subject was a well

known homeless subject who had been suffering from mental and substance

abuse problems for a number of years. Medic 68 transported the subject

to SFGH – PES where she was admitted for a medical and psychiatric

evaluation.



Tuesday 2/17/09 4:20 PM 340 Bryant St.: Officer Anderson and Officer

Cato responded to the area regarding a person who wanted to kill

himself. The Officers arrived on scene and spoke with the subject who

stated he was having a hard time and wanted to die. The Officers

transported the subject to SFGH for a mental health evaluation.



Wednesday 2/18/09 4:55 AM 98 12th St. Officer Palladino and Officer Hoey

were dispatched to a call of a man who wanted to kill himself. Upon

arrival the male told the Officers, “I called and I want to kill

myself.” The Officers transported the subject to SFGH PES for a mental

health evaluation.



Wednesday 2/18/09 2:10 AM 11th St/Mission St. Officer Leung and Officer

Castro were dispatched to a call of a person yelling. When the Officers

arrived they observed the subject standing in the middle of the roadway.

Officer Leung told the subject to move out of the roadway. The subject

addressed Officer Leung as Coach Leung. Officer Leung then recognized

the subject as one of the players he used to coach high school football.

The subject tried to converse with Officer Leung but his speech was

sporadic and Officer Leung was unable to understand him. The Officers

were able to ascertain the subject had been experiencing stress and had

a mental intervention in the past. The subject continued to verbalize

random phrases and random peoples names. There was no alcohol on the

subject’s breath. The Officers transported the subject to Dore Urgent

Care where the staff attempted to calm the subject down to no avail.

The subject refused to take medication, was disruptive and acting

extremely erratic so the Officers transported him to SFGH PES for a

mental health evaluation.



Wednesday 2/18/09 7:27 AM 1000 Harrison St.: Officer Faye and Officer

Johnson were on foot patrol when they spoke to the manager of the

Chevron Gas Station. The manager stated the suspect had been harassing

customers by aggressively panhandling for money. The manager asked the

suspect to leave but he refused. The manager signed a citizen arrest

for the suspect. The Officers detained the suspect. A record’s check

revealed the suspect had a stay away order from……. 1000 Harrison St.

The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Wednesday 2/18/09 9:49 AM 998 Market St.: Officer Wilhelm and Officer

Poggio were on foot patrol when they observed a male with an open

container of alcohol. The Officers detained the suspect. A record’s

check revealed the suspect was on felony probation and had a stay away

order from Market and Taylor. The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.




Wednesday 2/18/09 9:10 AM 1018 Mission St.: Officer Alvaro and Officer

Tack were dispatched to a call of two juveniles in the Kean Hotel past

guest visiting hours. When the Officers arrived they spoke to the hotel

clerk who stated one of the juveniles (14) was sitting on the staircase,

the other juvenile (13) was inside one of the apartments. The Officers

met with the first juvenile who confirmed his friend was inside the

apartment. The Officers knocked on the door and identified themselves

as Police Officers. An adult voice told the Officers to wait. Officer

Tack being concerned for the juvenile’s safety ordered the suspect to

open the door. The adult male told the Officers to hold on, he was

naked and had to get dressed. Fearing for the child’s safety, Officer

Tack kicked open the apartment door. As Officer Tack and Officer Alvaro

separated the parties, the juvenile stated, “He just tried to rape me!”

The juvenile told the Officers the male tried to get him to smoke “meth”

and wanted him to orally copulate him. The juvenile refused, so the

suspect grabbed both of his thighs and started to feel him towards his

groin area. The suspect stopped when the police knocked on the door.

The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Thursday 2/19/09 10:41AM Powell St, Muni Metro: Officer Faye and

Officer Hogan were on foot patrol when they heard shouting coming from

Starbucks inside the Muni underground station. A Starbucks employee

approached the Officers and asked them to remove the suspect from the

store. A record’s check revealed the suspect had NO BAIL CDC warrant

for his arrest. The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Thursday 2/19/09 11:00AM 7th/Market St.: Officer Toomer and Officer

Wong were on foot patrol when they observed three females and two males

loitering in the area. The Officers observed one of the females take

out a cell phone and attempt to sell it to one of the males. Officer

Wong attempted to detain one of the females but she resisted. Officer

Toomer responded to the area and observed Officer Wong detain female 1,

but the other people in the group took off running through UN Plaza.

Officer Toomer detained one of female suspects. One of the suspects

was from Oakland and the other from Berkeley. Both 17 year old girls

attended Berkeley Tech High School. Both girls were transported to

Southern Station for further investigation. At the station, both girls

were issued citations for selling items without a permit and

delaying/obstructing a police officer. When one of the girl’s mothers

came to pick her up, she identified the cell phone as hers and stated it

was taken without her knowledge. Both girls were released from Southern

Station into their guardians care.



Thursday 2/19/09 4:29 Pm 771 Tehama St.: Officer Hom and Officer Sherry

were dispatched to subjects drinking in the area. The Officers made

contact with one of the subjects who stated he was on CDC parole and was

wearing a GPS monitoring device on his ankle. A record’s check revealed

the subject was on active parole and was a sex registrant who was out of

compliance. The Officers made contact with the subject’s parole agent

who told the Officers to put a parole hold on him. The suspect was

booked at County Jail 9.





Friday 2/20/09 3:02 AM 112 7th St.: Officer Reynolds and Officer Frost

were on patrol when they observed a vehicle with no front license plate.

The Officers affected a traffic stop on the vehicle. Officer Bertrand

and Officer Cronin arrived on scene to assist. Officer Frost contacted

the driver and the passenger. A record’s check revealed no information

when the Officers ran the name given by the driver. However a record’s

check did reveal the passenger was on parole out of San Francisco for

narcotics. The Officers searched the vehicle and found cards bearing

another woman’s name. When the Officers ran a records check of that

name…….it revealed a NO BAIL warrant for her arrest and a suspended

driver’s license. The woman was transported to Southern Station where

her identity was confirmed. The Parolee was released from the scene.

The woman was booked at County Jail 9.



Friday 2/20/09 8:10 AM 1st/Mission St.: Officer Frost and Officer

Reynolds were flagged down by a parking control officer who stated he

had just been in a collision with another vehicle that had already left

the scene. The Officers observed the vehicle e/b on Mission St. The

vehicle nearly hit four pedestrians when he failed to yield to them in

the crosswalk. The Officers effected a traffic stop. The driver pulled

the vehicle over onto the sidewalk. The Officers made contact with the

driver who stated his mental/emotional state was not normal because he

was unable to get an adequate amount of sleep. The Officers cited the

driver for reckless driving, his vehicle was towed with a hold for

Traffic and a DMV re-evaluation form was completed.



Friday 2/20/09 7:49 PM 20 12th St.: Officer Cunningham and Officer

Anderson were dispatched to a person attempting to jump from a fourth

floor window. Upon arrival, Officer Cunningham observed the victim

sitting on a small outside ledge of her fifth floor window with her feet

hanging. The victim hands were on the outside of the window frame, like

she was getting ready to push herself off. Officer Oryall and Officer

Yamamoto were standing on the sidewalk attempting to calm her. The

victim yelled at the Officers that she wanted to die and end her life

right now by jumping. Officer Cunningham requested a negotiator and was

advised by dispatch that the SF Fire Department was enroute. Officer

Auyoung, Officer Anderson, and Officer Cunningham ran up five flights of

stairs where they met Officer Leung. Officer Leung was able to identify

the room the victim was in. Officer Oryall told the Officers via the

radio to “Hurry she is slipping.” Officer Cunningham kicked open the

door and the Officers saw the victim rocking back and forth on the

outside ledge of the window. Officer Leung and Officer Cunningham

grabbed the victim’s shoulders and with the assistance of Officers

Auyoung and Officer Anderson they pulled the 224 lb victim back into her

room. The victim stated she had ingested numerous Tylenols and had not

been taking her depression medications. The victim was transported to

SFGH and admitted for mental health evaluation.



Friday 2/20/09 9:13PM 1190 Howard St.: Officer Sherry and Officer Hom

were dispatched to a person trying to commit suicide. When the Officers

arrived on scene they could hear a woman calling for help. The Officers

entered the apartment and observed the victim screaming that her mother

was hurt. (But her mother had no injuries and no complaints of pain.)

The victim then started to become more agitated and delusional. The

victim stated there was a man wandering around her apartment. (There

was no man in her apartment.) The victim told the Officers that she has

not been taking her psych medication and she wanted to hurt her mother.

The Officers transported the victim to SFGH for a mental health

evaluation.



Friday 2/20/09 9:30PM 1018 Mission St.: Officer Alvaro and Officer Tack

were dispatched to a report of a neighbor dispute. When they arrived

they spoke with the victim. The victim stated, “I need help, I am

hearing voices.” The victim kept yelling profanities and speaking to

people who weren’t there. The victim then told the Officers he wanted

to kill himself. The Officers transported the victim to SFGH for a

mental health evaluation.





Saturday 2/21/09 10:57 PM 100 5th St.: Officer Palladino and Officer

Campbell were on patrol when they observed a vehicle double parked. The

Officers made contact with the driver. A record’s check of the driver

revealed he had a suspended driver’s license and six traffic warrants

for his arrest. The driver was booked at County Jail 9.



Saturday 2/21/09 11:44 PM 856 Market St.: Reserve Officer Wynne and

Reserve Officer Tozer were on patrol when they observed a vehicle make

an illegal left hand turn. The Officers effected a traffic stop and

pulled the vehicle over. The Reserve Officers made contact with the

driver. When the driver rolled down his window, the Officers smelled a

very pungent odor of marijuana. The driver stated he did not have a

driver’s license in his possession. The driver eyes were bloodshot, his

eyelids were droopy and his speech was slurred. The driver stated he

had just taken a couple of hits of marijuana and had taken some vicodin

for a root canal he had just had. The driver unsuccessfully performed

the Field Sobriety Tests. The driver was booked at County Jail 9.



Sunday 2/22/09 7:48AM 520 Stevenson St.: Officer Young and Officer Lee

were on foot patrol when they observed a suspect known to them loitering

in the area. The Officers made contact with the suspect. The Officers

asked the suspect if she was clean. The suspect stated, “No, I have a

pipe.” The victim then handed the Officers the “crack pipe.” A

record’s check revealed the suspect had a NO BAIL warrant for her

arrest. The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Monday 2/23/09 3:00 PM 4th/Howard St.: Traffic Enforcement Officer

Henderson was in the area when he observed a vehicle with expired

registration. Officer Henderson effected a traffic stop and made

contact with the driver. The driver stated he did not have a driver’s

license or any identification. The passenger of the vehicle handed

Officer Henderson the registration and insurance which was expired as of

2005. When Officer Henderson was walking back to his vehicle, he

observed hand movement between the driver and the passenger. Officer

Henderson walked back to the vehicle and asked the passenger if she any

identification, which she replied “No”. The passenger opened her purse

and while looking in her wallet for identification, Officer Henderson

saw what looked like a weapon. Officer Henderson grabbed the

passenger’s arm and placed her into hand cuffs. The driver yelled out,

“it’s my gun.” Officer Arnswald, Officer Canton, Officer Pena, Officer

Najarro, Officer Cibotti, Officer Simmons, Officer Donga, Officer Cueba,

Sgt. May and Officer Carcelen arrived on scene. Sgt. May cleared the

weapon that had tape on the hand grip, trigger guard, and trigger. (So

no fingerprints could be found.) The gun was cocked with one round in

the chamber and the serial number was filed off. The suspects were

transported to Southern Station. The driver (boyfriend of the

passenger) stated the gun was his and his girlfriend didn’t know about

the gun until he had put it in her purse. (NICE BOYFRIEND!) Both the

driver and passenger were booked at CJ 9.



Monday 2/23/09 5:59 PM 34 6th St.: Officer Snyder and Officer Spears

were on patrol when they were dispatched to a call of a suspect in

violation of an Emergency Protective Order (EPO). When the Officers

arrived they meet the suspect. The suspect stated he was only there to

pick up his belongings. The suspect stated he was aware of the EPO, but

needed to get his stuff. The victim stated the suspect kept banging and

kicking her door. The EPO was confirmed and the suspect was booked at

County Jail 9.



Tuesday 2/24/09 9:48 AM 7th St/Market St.: Officer Pon, Officer Toomer

and Officer Wong were on foot patrol when they observed a narcotics

transaction between two suspects. The Officers detained the two

suspects and recovered 10 methadone pills and 5 methylphenidate pills.

The suspects were booked at County Jail 9.



Tuesday 2/24/09 11:20 PM 101 Mission St.: Officer Rosaia and Officer

Crosby were dispatched to a male attempting to light himself on fire.

When the Officers arrived on scene, they observed a male slumped behind

a corner with a lighter in his hand attempting to light his clothes on

fire. Upon further inspection the Officers noted the male’s groin

region was on fire. (OUCH!) The Officers told the male to stop, drop

and roll but the male was unable to understand the Officers commands.

The Officers were finally able to extinguish the fire by smothering his

groin region with their feet. The paramedics arrived on scene and

rendered aid. The male was unresponsive and incoherent to any

questioning. The paramedics transported the male to St. Francis

Emergency Services for a 72-hour treatment and mental evaluation.



Thursday 2/26/09 12:29 AM 63 6th St.: Officer Castro and Officer Leung

were on patrol when they observed the suspect riding his bicycle on the

sidewalk and the bicycle did not have a head light. The Officers

detained the suspect and conducted a cursory search for weapons. The

Officers recovered a sharp metal object which the Officers recognized to

be a dagger. The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Thursday 2/26/09 9:48 AM 5th St/Market St.: Officer Wilhelm was on foot

patrol when he observed the known suspect in the area. Officer Wilhelm

had prior knowledge that the suspect was on probation and had a stay

away order from the area. The suspect was placed under arrest for the

violation. A record’s check confirmed the stay away order and probation

status. The record’s check also revealed the suspect had been arrested

for the same stay away order 19 times since 10/13/07. The suspect was

booked at County Jail 9.



Thursday 2/26/09 10:00 PM Minna St/6th St.: Officer Bernal and Officer

Pedroza were on foot patrol in the area when they observed the suspect

jaywalking. The Officers attempted to detain they suspect who tried to

conceal something in his left hand. After resisting the Officers, the

suspect finally dropped the package of black tar of heroin on the ground

which the Officers seized. During a search incident to arrest, the

Officers recovered a “crack” pipe. A record’s check revealed the

suspect was on CDC Parole. The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Friday 2/27/09 12:04 AM Brannan St/3rd St.: Sgt. Espinoza was on patrol

when he observed a vehicle parked in a crosswalk. Sgt. Espinoza made

contact with the driver who stated he ran out of gas. The driver also

told Sgt. Espinoza that he did not have any identification on him or the

rental agreement for the vehicle. Sgt. Espinoza could smell a strong

odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. The driver stated, “I ain’t

going to lie, I had some in the car earlier.” The driver gave Sgt.

Espinoza his identification verbally and proceeded to his patrol car to

attempt to identify him. While Sgt. Espinoza sat in his patrol vehicle

he observed the driver crawl to the back of the vehicle and place two

dark objects behind the backseat. Sgt. Espinoza called for back up and

CHP Officer Williams and Shiveley arrived on scene. A search of the

vehicle revealed a loaded firearm, handgun magazine, a baton, four MDMA

pills and marijuana. A record’s check of the firearm reveled it was

registered to a person out of Sacramento. Sgt. Espinoza contacted the

person who stated, he bought the firearm 10 years ago and has not used

it for many years but it should still be secured in his bedroom. (IT

WASN’T!) The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Friday 2/27/09 10:03 PM 298 Market St.: Officer Castro and Officer

Leung responded to a call of a man threatening to kill him self. When

the Officers arrived on scene they met with the man who stated he

suffered from depression and psychosis. The man also stated he wanted

to kill himself by walking off the Golden Gate Bridge or strangle

himself with a phone cord. The Officers transported the man to SFGH PES

were he was admitted on a mental health evaluation.



Friday 2/28/09 2:15 PM Market/Taylor St.: Officer Buhagiar, Officer

Razzak, and Officer Cole were conducting narcotics surveillance in the

area when Officer Buhagiar observed a female approach a male and engage

in a short conversation. The male showed the female an undetermined

amount of money. The female then spat out a piece of rock cocaine into

the palm of her hand and gave it to the male. The male then handed the

female the money. The Officers detained the male and female. The

Officers recovered one piece of rock cocaine from the male and 6 pieces

of rock cocaine from the female’s mouth. The suspects were transported

to Southern Station for further investigation. The Officers informed

the female suspect that they were going to get a female Officer to

conduct a strip search of her person for further narcotics. The female

stated, “Don’t bother,” as she reached down the front of her pants and

retrieved a plastic sack with numerous pieces of rock cocaine.

(Approximately over 9 grams) The male suspect who was on probation for

narcotics was booked at County Jail 9. The female suspect who was only

17 and resides in Oakland, was booked at YGC.



Friday 2/28/09 11:57 PM 1000 Mission St.: Officer Salazar and Officer

Walker were on patrol when they observed a male operating a motorcycle

with the radio amplified over 50 feet. The Officer effected a traffic

stop and made contact with the driver. The driver was wearing a helmet,

dark sunglasses a mask with a skull print and bulky clothing. The

Officers asked the driver for his driver’s license. The driver

hesitated but finally presented his license. The Officers asked the

driver to take of his skull mask. The driver pulled down his mask to

below his chin but left his sunglasses on. The driver asked Officer

Salazar’s permission to get off his motorcycle. Officer Salazar told

him to stay on the motorcycle. The driver ignored Officer Salazar and

got off the motorcycle. While the driver got off the motorcycle Officer

Salazar observed the driver had a knife in his front waist band.

Officer Salazar told the driver to get back on the motorcycle. The

driver refused and put his hands in his front waist band where the knife

was. Officer Salazar attempted to control the driver’s hands and take

the knife away from him when the driver turned around and struck Officer

Salazar on the left side of his face and jaw. The driver attempted to

knock down Officer Salazar and flee the scene. Officer Salazar held on

to the driver who placed his hands by his waist band again. Officer

Walker grabbed the suspect from behind and tried to dislodge his hands

from his front waistband. The Officers continued to struggle with the

suspect. Officer Salazar radioed for back up. Officer Walker and

Officer Salazar continued to struggle with the combative driver. As

Sgt. Tom, Officer Martinez, Officer Schwab and Officer Lum arrived on

scene, Officer Walker and Officer Salazar were able to handcuff and

control the driver. During a search of the suspect, the Officers

recovered a bag of powder cocaine, the knife, and a LOADED HANDGUN.

The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Friday 2/28/09 2:15 AM 420 Berry St.: Officer Bertrand responded to a

call of a report of vandalism. When Officer Bertrand arrived he met

with the Fire Department and one of the tenants (reportee). The

reportee stated the tenant in the apartment above her intentionally

flooded her apartment with water from her sink. The reportee stated that

this is the second time this has happened. The tenant wouldn’t open the

door so the Fire Department could check the leak so the Fire Department

forced entry damaging the door.

The tenant stated she was filling her water bottle when she fell asleep,

leaving the water running. There approximately over $2000.00 worth of

damage. The tenant was booked at CJ9.



Friday 2/28/09 4:05 AM 34 6th St: Officer Alvaro and Officer Cronin

were dispatched to a male blocking a DPT worker in the middle of the

street. When the Officers arrived they observed the male laying in the

middle of the roadway. The male stated that he wanted to jump in front

of passing cars so he could kill himself. The Officers transported to

St. Francis Psychiatric Department so the male could be mentally

evaluated.



Friday 2/28/09 9:00 AM 1236 Market St.: Officer Andaluz and Officer

Dittmer responded to a person threatening to kill himself. Upon arrival

they meet with the male who stated he needed help because he wanted to

kill himself. The Officers transported the male to SFGH PES where he

could be mentally evaluated.



Friday 2/28/09 10:56 AM 333 7th St.: Officer Peltier and Officer Holder

were dispatched to a person threatening to kill himself. When the

Officers arrived on scene they meet the subject who was crying, very

upset, and rambling uncontrollably stating he was psychotic. The

subject stated he was going to hurt somebody and that he was hearing

voices. The Officers transported the subject to SFGH PES so he could be

mentally evaluated.



Monday 3/2/09 4:20 AM 298 9th St.: Officer Cronin and Officer Alvaro

responded to a call of two males fighting. When the Officers arrived on

scene, the parties were already separated. The victim stated that his

boyfriend of two years wanted to have a “three some” with some other

male. All three parties ingested methamphetamines in order to “get in

the mood”. The victim stated that he did not want to get involved in

the “threesome” so he left. The suspect ran after him and pushed him.

The victim pushed the suspect back in self defense. That is when the

suspect punched the victim in the face. The suspect was booked at

County Jail 9.



Monday 3/2/09 10:09 AM 68 6th St.: Officer Young and Officer Lee were

on foot patrol when they observed the suspect loitering in the area.

The Officers made contact with the suspect who was on parole AND

probation. A record’s check revealed the suspect had a stay away order

from the area. A search incident to arrest recovered a “crack pipe.”

The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Monday 3/2/09 11:20 AM Market St/7th St.: Officer Dittmer was on patrol

when he was dispatched to a call of a fight. When Office Dittmer

arrived on scene he observed a male bleeding below his left eye and the

left side of his face was swollen. The victim had difficulty talking to

the Officer. A witness stated, “He’s on the other side of the street,

he just hit him with a bat.” Officer Dittmer looked over and observed

the suspect yelling with a baseball bat raised above his head. Officer

Fong arrived on scene and they took the suspect into custody. A witness

told Officer Dittmer that the suspect approached the victim and hit him

across the face with a can of beer. Another man approached the suspect

and tried to intervene to defend the victim. The man finally walked

off, the suspect followed and hit him over the head with the same can of

beer. The suspect then hit the man over the man in the leg with the

baseball bat. Both victims were treated by Medic 78. The suspect was

booked at County jail 9.



Monday 3/2/09 5:56 PM 756 Market St.: Officer Yamamoto and Officer

Auyoung were on patrol when Officer Young radioed that there was an

unidentified male with a gun on Market St. Officer Young broadcasted

the suspect’s description . Officer Young and Patrol Special S. Hart

found the suspect, detained him and recovered a pellet gun. The suspect,

who had no warrants, was cited for the violation and released from the

scene.



Monday 3/2/09 11:48 PM 1170 Market St.: Officer Rosaia and Officer

Crosby were on patrol were they observed a vehicle make an illegal left

hand turn. The vehicle also was driving without any head lights on.

The Officers made contact with the driver and passenger, who was an 89

year old man. The driver stated he did not have his drivers license

with him. A record’s check revealed the driver had never been issued a

driver’s license and he was on active parole. Due to the driver’s

parole status, Officer Crosby conducted a parole search of the vehicle.

Officer Crosby found a knife with a five inch blade in the driver’s side

visor. Officer Cronin and Officer Palladino arrived on scene to assist.

The 89 year old passenger stated, he had been the driver’s chaplain

inside prison and he was his close friend. The passenger stated he had

given the driver approximately $200,000. The passenger stated the
driver was going to pay him back soon because he had inherited land in

New Orleans and was going to sell it.



The Officers contacted the adult residential community where the

passenger lived. The manager of the facility told the Officers that

Adult Protective Services had placed the elderly man there because it

was discovered he was giving money to recently released individuals from

prison. The driver was booked at County Jail 9. The director of the

residential community responded to Southern Station and transported the

elderly man back to the adult residential community.



Tuesday 3/2/09 11:35 AM 6th/Market St.: Officer Altorfer was on foot

patrol when he observed the known suspect in the area. The Officer had

prior knowledge that the suspect had a stay away order form the area.

Officer Altorfer detained the suspect and confirmed the stay away order

through dispatch. During an arrest search, Officer Altorfer located

suspected cocaine powder wrapped inside a $20.00 bill of US Currency.

The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Tuesday 3/2/09 6:00 PM United Nations Plaza: Officer Razzak and Officer

Buhagiar were working plain clothes when Officer Razzak observed a

narcotic hand to hand transaction. The Officers placed the buyer and

the seller under arrest and recovered 10 pieces of rock cocaine. The

suspects were booked at County Jail 9.



Wednesday 3/3/09 5:20 AM 200 block of Bryant St.: Officer Rodelas and

Officer Woo along with numerous other units responded to the area on a

call of a suspicious person looking into vehicles with a flashlight.

When the Officers approached the area, Officer Woo noticed a suspect

matching the description given by dispatch. When the suspect saw the

Officers he took off running. Officer Lucas who was also in the area

was able to detain the suspect. Officer Rodelas recovered a “crack”

pipe from the suspect front pants pocket. The suspect stated, “that

ain’t mine.” The suspect then stated, “Officer listen…I didn’t break

the window… it was already broken…I just reached in and took the S#$!.

Officer Lucas found a pioneer car stereo, Officer Rosaia found the

flashlight and utility knife, and Officer Crosby found wrench and dental

knife. The witness positively identified the suspect as the person he

saw inside the vehicle. Officer Rodelas contacted the owner of the

vehicle who positively identified the pioneer care stereo as his. The

suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Thursday 3/4/09 1:40 PM 6th St/Natoma St. Lt. Flynn, Officers Healy,

Wong, Razzak, Buhagiar, Cueba, Canton, Perez, and Bryant were conducting

a Robbery Abatement Operation in the area. Officer Healy was the decoy

Officer. The suspect approached Officer Healy and asked him for a

cigarette. Officer Healy handed the suspect a cigarette. The suspect

then said, “hey what’s that?” Officer Healy looked at the direction the

suspect was pointing. The suspect then grabbed the Marked City Funds

(US Currency) out of Officer Healy’s shirt pocket. The Officers arrived

on scene and arrested the suspect. The suspect was booked at County

Jail 9.



Thursday 3/4/09 2:10 PM Tehama St./6th St.: Lt. Flynn, Officers Healy,

Wong, Razzak, Buhagiar, Cueba, Canton, Perez, and Bryant were again

conducting a Robbery Abatement Team on 6th St. Officer Healy was the

decoy Officer and all the other above Officers were the arrest team.

Officer Healy was supplied with Marked City Funds (MCF) of US Currency.




Officer Healy was walking n/b on 6th St. when the suspect asked him for

a cigarette. Officer Healy gave the suspect one. The suspect asked

Officer Healy to join him for a can a beer around the corner. Once they

got into the alley Officer Healy pretended he had to urinate behind a

parked car. The suspect then reached over Officer Healy’s left shoulder

and took out the marked city funds which were protruding from his left

breast shirt pocket. Officer Healy asked the suspect for the money back

but the suspect refused. The signal was given and the arrest team took

the suspect into custody and recovered the marked city funds. The

suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Thursday 3/4/09 2:55 PM 6th St/Mission St: Lt. Flynn, Officers Healy,

Wong, Razzak, Buhagiar, Cueba, Canton, Perez, and Bryant were out on the

street again conducting Robbery Abatement. Officer Healy was standing

on the corner when the suspect approached him and asked him for a

cigarette. When Officer Healy took out his pack of cigarettes, the

suspect pushed him and then pulled his entire body toward him. The

suspect continued to pull Officer Healy toward him until he was able to

take the Marked City Funds out of his pocket. Officer Healy gave the

preplanned arrest signal and the suspect was taken into custody. The

suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Thursday 3/4/09 3:55 PM 6th St/Mission St: Lt. Flynn, Officers Healy,

Wong, Razzak, Buhagiar, Cueba, Canton, Perez, and Bryant hit the streets

again using Officer Healy as their decoy Officer. Officer Healy was

walking on 6th St. when the first suspect approached Officer Healy tried

to talk to him. The second suspect then quickly approached Officer

Healy and took the marked city funds out of Officer Healy shirt pocket.

The money then fell out of the 2nd suspects hand and the 1st suspect

picked it up. The two suspects then started arguing about whose money

it was as they walked down the block. The Officers arrested the two

suspects. One of the suspects had a NO Bail warrant for his arrest.

Both suspects were booked at County Jail 9.



Thursday 3/4/09 4:20 PM 22 7th St. Lt. Flynn, Officers Healy, Wong,

Razzak, Buhagiar, Cueba, Canton, Perez, and Bryant hit the streets

AGAIN! Officer Healy again was working as the decoy Officer. The

suspect approached Officer Healy and asked him for a cigarette. Officer

Healy gave the suspect a cigarette. The suspect then asked for a

light. Officer Healy reached into his pocket for a lighter. As Officer

Healy did that, the suspect reached into Officer Healy’s shirt pocket

and took the Marked City Funds. The Officer arrested the suspect. The

suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Thursday 3/4/09 7:15 PM 22 7th St. Several Officers responded to a fight

with weapons. This was on viewed by Paramedic 73. The suspect was

holding a thick chain with a pad lock and was in a heated fight with the

shop owner. Officer Forneris and Officer Rockwell responded to the

scene. When they arrived Officer Muselman and Officer Siragusa had the

suspect detained.



The shop owner stated he has asked the suspect to stop harassing the

customers. The suspect became irate and displayed a chain and lock and

said, “I’m going to kill you.” The suspect then swung the chain at the

store owner. The store owner ducked, missing the chain by inches. The

suspect continued to threatening the store owner saying he was a “Hells

Angel” and told him he would be “got” by his gang. The suspect was

booked at County Jail 9.



Thursday 3/4/09 11:10 PM 871 Turk St.: Officer Elias and Officer Kane

responded to the Central Warrants Bureau to review the newly issued

warrants. The Officers ran a record’s check of the suspect which

revealed the address on Turk St. Officer Elias, Officer Kane and

Officer Yick responded to the address, took the suspect into custody,

and confirmed the NO BAIL warrant for his arrest. The suspect was

booked at County Jail 9.























Case UPDATE

Sunday 10/19/08 4:30 PM 150 9th St.: Officer Street and Officer Gomez

responded to a call of a trespasser. The victim informed the Officers

when he returned to his apartment, he observed the lock looked

different. The victim entered the apartment and observed the suspect

sitting on his armchair. The suspect told the victim, don’t be

frightened I just had to escape from one of your neighbors. Officer

Street and Officer Gomez put out a description of the suspect and

Officer Reynolds and Officer Toomey detained a suspect. The Officers

recovered a watch and a bottle of oil during a search of the suspect.

The victim positively identified the suspect as the man that was in his

apartment. The victim also identified the watch and the bottle of oil

as his property. The suspect was booked at County Jail 9.



Case Update: Suspect is still in custody. Bail set at $165,000. The

suspect has a behavioral court date set for of 3/17/09 to assess his

mental competence.



Wednesday 1/28/09 1:00 PM UN Plaza: Officer Cole, Officer Buhagiar, and

Officer Razzak were working plain clothes when they observed a narcotic

transaction. The Officers detained the suspects and recovered 22 rocks

of crack cocaine. Both suspects were booked at County Jail 9.



Case Update: The first suspect pled guilty to transporting narcotics,

the sales charges were dropped because he pled guilty on the

transporting charge. The suspect is now en route to ICE. The second

suspect was released to CDC. (California Department of Corrections)



Sunday 2/1/09 12:30 AM 40 1st St.: Officer McNamara, Officer Chan,

Officer Spears, and Officer Hodge responded to the area on a well being

check on several children inside a parked car with the driver asleep at

the wheel. When the Officers arrived they observed the suspect asleep

at the wheel, one little girl asleep on the front floor board and two

other little girl’s asleep on the back seat. None of the children (ages

3, 5, and 7) had seatbelts on or were in car seats. A record’s check

revealed the driver/father had a stay away order from his daughters. A

search incident to arrest, recovered two baggies of methamphetamines.

The suspect was booked at County Jail 9. The three little girls were

picked up their aunt.



Case Update: Case dismissed by the DA because of the lack of corpus and

in the interest of justice.



ARRESTS/CITATION STATISTICS
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| Date | Felony | Narcoti| Misd | Traffic | Traffic |
| | | c | | Movers | Parkers |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 19-Feb | 4 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 8 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 20-Feb | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 7 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 21-Feb | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 22-Feb | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 10 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 23-Feb | 13 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 3 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 24-Feb | 8 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 1 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 25-Feb | 7 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 13 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 26-Feb | 9 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 26 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 27-Feb | 7 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 18 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 28-Feb | 13 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 20 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 1-Mar | 8 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 24 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 2-Mar | 13 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 3-Mar | 10 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 3 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| 4-Mar | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 4 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|
| Totals | 112 | 74 | 102 | 365 | 146 |
|--------+--------+--------+--------+------------+------------|





District Events:

March 14th – St. Patrick’s Day Parade
March 28th – Greek Parade


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:

The PAL Cadet Program is currently accepting applications, the dealine
has been extended unitl March 5, 2009. For more information go to
www.sfpal.org click on the SFPAL application's link. If you have any
question please call SFPD Academy 415-401-4600 for Officer Matthew
Balzarini ext. 4781.

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 Gary Buckner
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 fourth Monday
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: STN030509.doc)