The Richmond District’s dirty laundry has been aired out recently in the news, with startling signs that this sleepy neighborhood may be the ideal place for human traffickers to operate illegal businesses. You may recall in 2013 when the Department… Continue Reading
[Reprinted from The Richmond Police Station Newsletter of June 6, 2014. To be added to the station’s mailing list, email sfpd.richmond.station@sfgov.org.] CAPTAIN SIMON SILVERMAN’S MESSAGE This week, the SFGate Blog published an article entitled, “Busted! Bay Area’s most notorious speed… Continue Reading
[Reprinted from The Richmond Police Station Newsletter of May 29, 2014. To be added to the station’s mailing list, email sfpd.richmond.station@sfgov.org.] CAPTAIN SIMON SILVERMAN’S MESSAGE On June 25th at 5:30 pm the Police Commission will hold a public meeting in… Continue Reading
Around 3:30am on Thursday morning, a car pulled into the Chevron gas station at 24th & Geary to attend to a flat tire. The two men in the vehicle began a conversation with an older man, 40 to 50 years… Continue Reading
SFPD arrived at the parking lot of Safeway at 7th avenue and Cabrillo around 4:45on Friday afternoon after receiving a report of a suspicious package. The intersection of 7th and Cabrillo was closed off to traffic, as well as blocks… Continue Reading
[Reprinted from The Richmond Police Station Newsletter of May 23, 2014. To be added to the station’s mailing list, email sfpd.richmond.station@sfgov.org.] CAPTAIN SIMON SILVERMAN’S MESSAGE This year’s Bay to Breakers race was relatively uneventful in the Richmond District in large… Continue Reading
[Reprinted from The Richmond Police Station Newsletter of May 15, 2014. To be added to the station’s mailing list, email sfpd.richmond.station@sfgov.org.] CAPTAIN SIMON SILVERMAN’S MESSAGE This week, I thought it would be informative to show our readers the geographic boundaries… Continue Reading
[Reprinted from The Richmond Police Station Newsletter of May 9, 2014. To be added to the station’s mailing list, email sfpd.richmond.station@sfgov.org.] CAPTAIN SIMON SILVERMAN’S MESSAGE As a station captain, I frequently get invited to community meetings and I find them… Continue Reading