[Reprinted from The Richmond Police Station Newsletter of January 31, 2015. To be added to the station’s mailing list, email sfpdrichmondstation@sfgov.org.]
01-30-2015 Weekly Update
Richmond District Police Station
San Francisco Police Department
461 6th Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94118
415-666-8000
NOTE: We are trying a different format for the weekly newsletter. We hope this gives our readers a brief summary of noteworthy events that is easily read on a mobile device. In the words of Sgt. Joe Friday, “Just the facts…”
RECENT INCIDENTS:
BURGLARY OF AN APARTMENT 300 block of 24th Ave
An unknown suspect forced the door open during the afternoon while the residents were away. The suspect took cash and misc. property
BURGLARY OF A RESIDENTIAL GARAGE 2400 block of Clement
An unknown suspect entered an open garage while the residents were gone for just an hour during the morning. Tools and a camera were stolen.
BURGLARY OF A RESIDENTIAL GARAGE 4300 block of Clement
An unknown suspect somehow opened the door of a shared apartment building garage at about 11:00AM. Alert residents called 911 and the suspect fled in a silver Honda CRV without taking anything. The suspect was described as a Latino male 45-50 yrs old 5”9 195lbs wearing grey work clothes and glasses.
BURGLARY OF AN OFFICE 2800 block of California
An unknown suspect entered a closed business office overnight by climbing through an unlocked window. Cash, computers and a cell phone were taken.
BURGLARY OF A STORE 3400 block of Geary
An unknown suspect broke a window, entered a closed store overnight and stole electronic items.
ATTEMPTED IDENTITY THEFT 700 block of 7th Ave
A resident received a call on his home phone from an unknown suspect who claimed to be calling from the Social Security office. The suspect asked for the resident’s social security number, mother’s maiden name, and address. The resident gave him this information.
SAFETY TIP: Never give out this sort of identifying information to an unknown person – especially if you did not initiate the call.
MENTAL HEALTH CALL Jackson St
Neighbors called 911 after hearing a person screaming in a nearby apartment. Upon arrival, officers found a woman who was hearing voices and experiencing delusions. She was transported to the hospital.
MENTAL HEALTH CALL 10th Ave
A male sent several suicidal text messages to an out of town friend who then called the SFPD. When officers went to check on the man, they found that he was despondent and that he had a handgun sitting on the table in his residence. The man was transported to the hospital and the gun was taken to the station for safekeeping.
MENTAL HEALTH CALL Broderick St
A man suffering a psychiatric crisis jumped out of a second story window. Fortunately, his injuries were minor. He was transported to the hospital.
FELONY WARRANT ARREST Geary and 23rd Ave
An officer on patrol saw a man cross busy Geary Blvd in spite of the “Do Not Walk” signal and stopped him to issue a citation for this dangerous violation. A routine records check showed that this person had a warrant for his arrest for a felony domestic violence charge out of Sacramento County. The man was arrested (and cited for the traffic violation as well).
FELONY WARRANT ARREST Golden Gate Park: JFK Drive at Stow Lake
An officer on patrol saw a vehicle being driven with expired registration. During the traffic stop, a routine records check showed that this person had a warrant for his arrest for a felony fraud charge out of Tehama County. The man was arrested (and cited for the traffic violation as well).
THEFT Washington High School
One student stole another student’s new iPhone and sold the phone downtown. The suspect (a 16 year old boy) was detained and taken to the Juvenile Justice Center.
ASSAULT Roosevelt Middle School
Two 14 year old girls punched and kicked another 14 year old girl on the playground at the middle school. The victim and one of the suspects are students at the school while the other suspect is a student at a high school. The victim suffered minor injuries. The suspects were both detained and taken to the Juvenile Justice Center.
UNLICENSED DRIVER CITED Fulton and 35th Ave
UNLICENSED DRIVER CITED Geary and 5th Ave
COMMUNITY MEETING:
Tuesday 02-17-2015 at 7:00 PM
Richmond Station Community Room
461 6th Ave.
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I like this new format.
I like the new format as well. Much easier to follow when sorted.
I agree. Would be good to keep date and –especially–time of incidents. Also: once again suspect descriptions (including race) Are being omitted from the Blotter. Why? Details can be useful to residents.
+1 for keeping dates
Adequate format, but if someone gets robbed at 3 PM (when I’m out and about), or 3 AM (when I’m fast asleep) that’s useful to know. Dates and times are useful for gauging frequency, plus changing my own careless behavior to help minimize temptation “I can leave the gate ajar a few minutes, it’s broad daylight” has X amount of risk, as does having a cellphone (out or not).
Agree with others – stating the date and time on the incident reports are very helpful and useful! I don’t read it on my mobile, just on the web but still think these two items are important to list. Also, I would like – every now and again – a police beat map just to update me on any changes, whether with officers or in area. I don’t mean the district map, but something more specific.
Format is okay. Hope there is stilla bit of editorializing from time to time. I too would like to know time and date.
Race? Wouldn’t be interesting for anyone but racists, in my opinion. Come on. Which “race” caused the pointless wars and the housing bubble and resultant recession which resulted in home loss, early death, lost jobs, etc?
Anyway, a sketch might help find a suspect, but no description of just “race” is going to be any help on a blotter published days after a crime.
Also, the cross-streets would be helpful. Knowing that a crime happened on the 3400 block of Geary doesn’t tell me where that is. Geary is a loooong street. It would be helpful to know the cross-streets, not just on some, but on all.
Thanks this is very informative. Adding date, time, and map i suggest.
@Loneract–just because you arent interested in the race of people who are committing crimes, it doesn’t mean that others who do see a point to it are racist (when I posted my comment I thought someone might play that card. I was hoping it wouldn’t happen, but here you are.) You haven’t been posting much–you’re probably new enough to the neighborhood or to SF that you don’t know about previous discussions–pro and con– on the value of this info. If you don’t care, you can ignore that info. But to call some you don’t know a racist for seeing the value in it is pathetic. “Editorializing” is not the same as name-calling.
@G: I agree! Cross streets would be helpful to know for crimes committed on California, Clement, and Balboa too.
Renee-
Attacking me as “pathetic”, accusing me of being too “new” to voice my opinion, hypocritically claiming I’m name calling?
Me thinks you protest way too much.