Special to Bayview Hill Association: From Captain John Loftus

Bayview District Newsletter
Bayview Police Station 201-Williams St, San Francisco, CA 94124
415-671-2300

Captain John Loftus
February 23, 2009


Coming Events:

Your input is requested in the search for the new Police Chief

The Police Commission is currently engaged in a search for candidates
for the next Chief of the San Francisco Police Department and is about
to retain an executive search firm to assist in that effort. The
Commission will be conducting a series of special "Town Hall" style
community meetings to receive suggestions and comments regarding the
Commission's search for Police Chief candidates. The meetings currently
scheduled are as follows:

Monday, February 23, 2009, Richmond Recreation Center, 252 -18th Avenue,
(Richmond District) 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009, Southeast Community Center, 1800 Oakdale
Avenue, Alex Pitcher Community Room, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

The Commission will hold its usual monthly community meeting on
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009, St. Mary's Cathedral Center, 1111 Gough
Street, beginning at 6 p.m. A special invitation has been extended to
members of San Francisco faith based communities to attend.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009, Visitacion Valley Middle School Auditorium, 450
Raymond Avenue, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Thursday, March 5, 2009, John O'Connell High School Gymnasium, 2355
Folsom Street, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Please call if you have any questions.

Lt. Joe Reilly, Secretary
San Francisco Police Commission
Thomas J. Cahill Hall of Justice, Room 505
850 Bryant Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 553-1667
(415) 553-1669 fax

Bayview Community Meeting

Our next monthly community meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 3rd,
at 6:00 pm at Bayview Station. Adam Gubser from the Livable Streets
Program will be present to answer questions about traffic in the
district.

Arbor Week – March 2009
Mayor Newsom’s Trees for Tomorrow Program will plant 25,000 trees by
Arbor Day 2009. Fun-filled Arbor Day Activities will include a
reforestation effort in which volunteers will plant 300 trees, and a
Green Resource Fair. Also, there will be activities for children
including: story time and arts and crafts.

For more information call 311 or visit www.sfarborday.org

Free Legal Help
Do you have a problem that may require an attorney? Visit the free
Legal Advice and Referral Clinic.

On Saturday, March 14, 2009 at Hastings College of the Law
198-McAllister Street, 1st Floor (at Hyde Street)
In the Louis B. Mayer Lounge
You must register between 10:30 am and 12:00 pm
or,
On Saturday, March 28, 2009 at Providence Baptist Church
of San Francisco,1601-McKinnon Ave (at Mendell).
You must register between 12:00pm and 1:30 pm

If you have questions, or would like more information please call (415)
989-1616.





ARRESTS OF INTEREST:

February 22, 2009-Warrant Arrest, Resisting Officers-8:50pm-800 Blk of
Jamestown-CN#090194478:

Members of the Tactical Unit received information from other officers
regarding a wanted individual. Officers responded to the location and
saw a vehicle pull away. Believing this was the suspect they were
looking for they pulled the vehicle over, only to find another subject
driving. Officers released the driver and responded back to the
original location where they found the suspect. Officers took the
wanted suspect into custody, without incident.

February 21, 2009-Possession of Methamphetamine for sale, Narcotics
Paraphernalia-1:11am-Bayshore/Cortland-CN#090188268:

Officer Borghesani and Officer Rodriguez were in the area of Bayshore
and Courtland when they saw a vehicle make an illegal u-turn in the
middle of the street. Officers pulled the vehicle over and spoke with
the driver, who also had an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
Officers conducted a search and found suspected Crystal meth and
numerous pills of Kadian. Officers placed the driver under arrest and
towed his car.

February 21, 2009-Grand Theft Auto, Conspiracy-5:10pm-1500 blk of
Bayshore- CN#090190649:

Officer McArthur and Officer Borgen responded to a call regarding a
truck that had been stolen off of a lot. Officers spoke with the victim
who stated that he had parked the truck inside of a lot and went inside.
After a while he came out to the lot and saw a suspect drive off in the
truck. Members of the plainclothes team responded and located the truck
and the suspect. The victim was able to positively identify the suspect
that officers had placed under arrest.

February 20, 2009 – Possession of Methamphetamine for Sales, Illegal
Possession of Firearms, Warrant Arrest – 1000 Blk Ingerson

Members of the Ceasefire Team located a wanted suspect on the 1000-Block
of Ingerson. Follow-up investigation revealed the suspect to be in
possession of methamphetamine, heroin and two firearms. Suspect booked
at Bayview Station.

INCIDENTS OF INTEREST:

February 23, 2009-Shots fired-2:52am-1400 blk of Innes-CN#090195003:

Officer Fong and Officer Kavanagh responded to the 1400 blk of Innes
regarding a possible shooting. Headquarters advised that the
Shotspotter System had picked up numerous shots fired in that area.
Officers on scene recovered numerous casings in the area. No victims or
suspects were located.

February 21, 2009-Shooting into a house-12:40pm-Northridge
road-CN#090189175:

Members of Bayview’s housing team responded to Northridge Road regarding
a shooting. Officers met with the victim who showed officers a bullet
hole in her upstairs bedroom window. The victim stated that she did not
hear any shots and did not know who may have done this. No one was
injured during the shooting. No suspects were located.

February 20, 2009-Aggravated Assault w/other weapon, Terrorist
Threats-6:30pm-400 blk of Mansell-CN#090187301:

Police Service Aid Luk, took a report regarding two suspects that
sprayed pepper spray at a victim and threatened to kill her, after a
high school basketball game. The suspects then fled the area. Officers
arrived on scene regarding another fight in the area, but did not locate
the suspects with the pepper spray. The officers did locate another
victim of the pepper spray, but that victim refused medical treatment
and left the scene. No suspects were located. No one else was injured
during the incidents.

February 19, 2009-Theft from a
person-4:00pm-Bayshore/Blanken-CN#090186682:

A citizen came into Bayview Station to report that a suspect had taken
her backpack when she fell asleep on a MUNI bus. The victim stated that
her id, paystub, check card and miscellaneous papers were taken. The
victim was not injured during the theft. The suspect was not located.

BURGLARY INCIDENTS:

February 22, 2009-11:30am-1900 blk of 25th st-CN#090194209:
Entry made through a kitchen window. Loss was two computers.

February 21, 2009-5:00pm-100 blk of Topeka-CN#090189670:
Entry made through a living room back window. Loss was a pack of soda’s.

February 20, 2009-4:30pm-1100 blk of Palou-CN#090188525:
Entry made through a front door and window. Loss was money, shoes and
video cameras.

February 20, 2009-8:00pm-Commer Court-CN#090187470:
Entry made through a front iron bars on a kitchen window. Loss was a
flat screen t.v.

February 20, 2009-11:30pm-300 blk of Rhode Island-CN#090189404:
Entry made through a broken window of a school. Loss was two flat
screen t.v.’s and two plasma t.v.’s.

========================================


BAYVIEW STATION RESOURCE LIST

EMERGENCY: 911
Non-Emergency: 553-0123
Customer Service Center: 311, for TTY or outside SF dial 415-701-2323
Cell phone 911: 553-8090 or 911
Bayview Station: 671-2300
Web: www.sfgov.org/police (For Crime Stats,
internet reporting)
Captain John Loftus 671-2300 Email: john.loftus@sfgov.org
Anonymous Tip-Line 822-8147 Bayview Station’s Voicemail
SFPD Anon Tip Line 575-4444 Live person 24-hrs a day
Graffiti Abatement 278-9454
Graffiti Fax 278-9456
Bayview Events: 671-2302 Sergeant Ava Garrick
Bayview Permits: 671-2313 Officer Gigi George
Code Abatement: 671-2302 Sergeant Ava Garrick
Deputy City Attorney: 554-3874 Yvonne Mere
Dept. Parking & Traffic: 553-1943
DPW: 695-2020 Dispatch
Quality of Life Liaison: 671-2333 Off Dorian McConico
SF SAFE 553-1984
Abandoned Auto 850-9737 Off Rodriguez (Mon- Fri 7AM – 3
PM)
Homeless Issues: 671-2333 Off Dorian McConico
Third Street Beat: 671-2300 Officer Gillies
Third Street Beat: 671-2300 Officer Lucchetti & Officer
Singleton
San Bruno Avenue: 671-2300 Officer Percy Hernandez
Bayview Narcotics 254-7197 Sgt. Hagan & Sgt. Dempsey
Westbrook Development 509-1678 Officer Kraus & Officer Teper
Westbrook Development 806-8304 Officer Reynoso & Officer Pasqua
Potrero Hill Development 509-1408 Officer Rodatos & Officer Sanders
Potrero Hill Development 987-6389 Officer Fowlie & Officer Ferraez
Hunter’s View Devel 987-6569 Officer Brian Petiti & Officer Chantal
Hunter’s View Devel 509-1270 Officer Robinson & Officer Dockery
Alice Griffith Develop. 269-4002 Officer Lamma & Officer
Jakson
Alice Griffith Develop. 254-8703 Officer E. Martinez &
Officer Pashby
Community Liaison: 671-2302 Sergeant Garrick

Gun Stop Program Procedures:
Citizens are encouraged to call the anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444
to report persons who possess illegal weapons in San Francisco.

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.

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_citizenspoliceacademy@yahoo.com or visit
our website: http://www.sfgov.org/site/police_index.asp?id=20182.

Graffiti Alert: $250.00 Reward Program
Day Watch Sergeant, Ava Garrick, is Bayview Station’s Graffiti Abatement
coordinator. Each month she 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. Ava Garrick at ava.garrick
@sfgov.org.

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. TTY users and customers outside San Francisco
should dial 415-701-2323.