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Central Station Newsletter

San Fra nc i s c o

Po l i ce Depar t me nt

Tuesday, October 31, 2017 Captain Paul Yep’s Message

Captain Paul Yep

Commanding Officer Central Station

Happy Halloween!

As you all know, the Central District has been challenged with an increase in auto burglary. But there

are ways you can help.

Typically speaking when we see an auto burglary, it occurs very quickly. The suspect(s) will approach a car, quickly look inside, smash the window, reach in, and

steal your valuables.

Auto Burglary suspects will use flashlights or lights on their mobile devices to illuminate the inside of vehicles

at night.

Auto Burglary suspects will stand by a vehicle they have interest in breaking into for periods of time, waiting to

clear the area of possible witnesses.

Preventive measures:

Do not leave valuables in plain sight in your vehicle.

Do not leave backpacks, purses, or bags of any type in in your vehicle. (Thieves will break into your vehicle on

the chance there is something valuable in the bag.)

Do not leave power cords sticking out of your center console. It gives the impression you have a phone or

device charging in there.

If you must leave something in your vehicle, try hiding it out of sight, or in the middle of the vehicle so a possible thief would have to open the vehicle door to get to the item. This will set off alarm or they may leave a

fingerprint on the vehicle door.

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Inside this issue:

Captain’s Message 1-2

Officer of the Month 3

Definition of Suspicious

Activity

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Definition of Community

Policing

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Weekly Crime Update 6-11

Press Releases/Events/

Info

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Career Opportunities 20

Resource Information 21

Chief William Scott’s

message

http://

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chief-police

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Look out for one another. Tell those tourists you see at Lombard and Leavenworth who are going to take a

few snapshots of Lombard St that all of their luggage could be stolen if left unattended.

If you witness an auto burglary, try to get the license plate of the suspect vehicle, and if possible and safe

to do so, take photo or video using your personal mobile device.

Finally,

Don’t second guess yourself, if a person or vehicle seems out of place, call the police. It’s worth the call.

Your help is invaluable to us.

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Each month Central Police Station features one

of its officers in an effort to learn more about the

men and women who police our neighborhood.

This month, we interviewed Officer Robert Glenn,

a 1-year member of Central Police Station.

Officer Glenn was born in Redwood City and attended Terra Nova High School. Officer

Glenn attended Sonoma State University and graduated with a degree in Criminal Justice.

Officer Glenn joined the San Francisco Police Department in 2014. After graduating from

the Police Academy, he was assigned to Bayview Station for his field training station. After

completing field training, he was assigned to Ingleside Station for his probation station.

After probation in May 2016, he was assigned to Central Station for his permanent

assignment. Officer Glenn is a patrol officer on our midnight watch and is Crisis

Intervention Trained.

Officer Glenn’s favorite thing about the Central is the support from the residence and

business owners.

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Definition of Suspicious Activity

Suspicious activity is any observed behavior that could indicate a crime-related incident

has been committed, or about to be committed. Unusual items or situations: A vehicle is

parked in an odd location, a package/luggage is unattended, a window/door is open that is

usually closed, or other out-of-the-ordinary situations occur.

Examples of Suspicious Activity:

An individual peering into vehicles, to try, and locate any valuables left unattended.

An individual trying door handles to vehicles, and/or residences to gain access to the

vehicle and/ or residence.

An individual checking front doors of residences to locate any unattended packages, or

individuals following delivery trucks to see where the truck is dropping off packages.

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Definition of Community Policing

Community policing, or community-oriented policing, is a strategy of policing that focuses

on police building ties and working closely with members of the communities.

• Homeless Outreach and Outreach to Drug Users: Central Station officers coordinate with city

agencies to provide outreach and assistance to rehabilitate those who are dependent on

illegal drugs and outreach to homeless individuals to connect them with resources and

support.

• Foot Patrols: Central Station have beat officers assigned to Union Square, Fisherman’s Wharf,

Chinatown, North Beach and Market/Drumm area.

• Monthly Police Community Relations Meetings: Community Meetings are held continuously.

Officers also attend meetings with merchants groups, business groups, development

authorities and others. Concerns are voiced and addressed through problem solving.

• Email Updates: Central Station sends out newsletter updates to residents in the District that

alerts residents of crime trends, upcoming community events, crime prevention tips, and

information on how to contact officers at the District Station.

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Burglary (Commercial and Residential)

Burglary – The intent upon entry into a property to commit grand theft, petty theft, or any felony.

Aggravated Assault

Assault – An unlawful attempt, coupled with the present ability, to commit a violent injury on another person.

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Crimes of Note

10/14 8:00pm Burglary, Commercial 500 BLK of Mason

An unknown suspect shattered the glass window and stole a cash register.

10/14 9:45pm Burglary, Hot Prowl 700 BLK of Pacific

An unknown suspect followed the victim into the apartment complex. The suspect took the elevator with the victim and exited the same floor as the victim. As the victim entered her apartment, the suspect forced his way into the apartment. The victim went outside to call the police and the suspect fled the scene.

10/16 9:00am Burglary, Commercial 200 BLK of Sansome

An unknown suspect entered the office and stole property.

10/17 3:30am Burglary, Commercial 200 BLK of Sutter

An unknown suspect shattered the display window and stole property.

10/19 8:45am Burglary, Apartment 1000 BLK of Larkin

An unknown suspect entered the apartment through a bathroom window and stole property.

10/20 1:55am Burglary, Apartment 1000 BLK of Powell

An unknown suspect forced open the front door of the apartment building and stole property from the garage.

10/21 2:20am Burglary, Commercial 400 BLK of Washington

An unknown suspect shattered the front glass door and stole property.

10/21 11:30am Burglary, Hot Prowl 1600 BLK of Hyde

An unknown suspect entered the victim’s unlocked apartment while the victim was showering and stole property.

10/21 3:00pm Burglary, Apartment 800 BLK of Jones

An unknown suspect entered the apartment through a broken window that had not been fixed and stole property.

10/21 1:05am Burglary, Attempt, Commercial 100 BLK of Battery

Two unknown suspects attempted to pry open the front door of the store.

10/22 2:30pm Burglary, Religious Premise 600 BLK of California

An unknown suspect cut the metal door to enter the premise. The suspect climbed into the office through a window and stole property.

10/22 6:30pm Burglary, Hotel Room 500 BLK of Sutter

An unknown suspect entered the hotel room through the fire escape window that was unlocked and stole property.

10/25 11:30am Burglary, Apartment 700 BLK of Bush

An unknown suspect removed the window screen of the fire escape window and stole property.

10/26 2:00am Burglary, Commercial 500 BLK of Davis

An unknown suspect shattered the door window and stole property.

10/26 11:00pm Burglary, Commercial Pier 23

An unknown suspect pried open the chain link fence and stole tools from the storage area.

10/27 12:00pm Burglary, Apartment 1000 BLK of Stockton

An unknown suspect knocked out the window screen and window fan and stole property from the apartment.

10/27 3:25pm Burglary, Commercial 1000 BLK of Union

The victim was standing inside her business when an unknown suspect quickly opened the front door, grabbed the victim’s purse and fled the scene.

10/14 7:28pm Assault, With Caustic Chemical Post/Powell

An unknown suspect approached the victim and pepper sprayed the victim.

10/16 4:56pm Assault, With Caustic Chemical 300 BLK of Stockton

An unknown suspect approached the victim and pepper sprayed the victim in the face.

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Robbery

Robbery – Robbery is the taking of property from another by using force or by using fear.

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10/17 9:33am Aggravated Assault, With Other Weapon 100 BLK of Geary

The victim saw the suspect sitting on placards in an alcove. The victim recognize the placards that were used at his building to identify tenants. The victim took a picture of the suspect sitting on the placards. The suspect got upset and threw a placard at the victim, striking his ear. The suspect fled as the victim called the police.

10/22 7:40pm Aggravated Assault, With Other Weapon 1500 BLK of Jones

The suspect entered the communal kitchen where the victim was and spat on her food. The suspect then picked up a chair and threw it at the victim. Arrest made.

10/25 11:30pm Aggravated Assault, With Other Weapon 500 BLK of Market

A known suspect was in a verbal argument with the victim. The suspect then threw a glass bottle at the victim’s face and fled the scene.

10/27 9:15pm Aggravated Assault, With Knife 400 BLK of Sutter

An unknown suspect pulled an unknown object out of his backpack and thrust at the victim’s abdomen. The victim blocked the thrust.

The victim felt pain and noticed a laceration on his hand. The suspect fled the scene.

10/14 8:15pm Robbery, Commercial, With Gun 1800 BLK of Stockton

An unknown suspect entered the store and approached the victim as he was finishing a transaction. The suspect demanded money and the victim took money out of the register. The suspect took the money and fired a shot. The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle.

10/16 2:00am Robbery, Attempt, With Gun 300 BLK of Post

Three victims asked security at a club to escort them to their vehicle because a suspicious vehicle had been following them. Security walked them to their vehicle and four suspects got out of the vehicle and approached the victims. Two suspects pointed firearms at security. Security told them he worked at the club. The suspects got back into the vehicle and fled the scene.

10/17 3:55pm Robbery, Commercial, With Knife 100 BLK of Post

An unknown suspect entered the store and stole clothing. An employee followed the suspect around the store. The suspect pulled out a knife and told the employee to stop following him. The suspect fled the store with the clothing.

10/17 6:28pm Robbery, With Force Montgomery/Sutter

The suspect stole the victim’s laptop while in a coffee shop. The victim chased after the suspect while screaming for help. Officers heard the victim scream and saw the suspect run passed by their vehicle. The Officers ran after the suspect, but the suspect refused to comply with the officer’s verbal commands. A citizen blocked the suspect’s path and the suspect struck the citizen with the laptop. A struggle ensued and the officers detained the suspect. Arrest made.

10/19 5:33am Robbery, Commercial, With Force Unit BLK of Powell

An unknown suspect entered the store and stood next to a customer at the checkout counter. As the customer paid, the cash register drawer opened. The suspect reached over the counter

and grabbed money.

10/19 8:00am Robbery, With Force 500 BLK of Market

An unknown suspect was hovering over the victim. The suspect reached across the victim’s body in attempt to grab her cell phone. The victim attempted to maintain possession of her phone, but the suspect ripped it from her hand and fled the scene.

10/21 10:30am Robbery, Commercial, With Other Weapon 200 BLK of Stockton

An unknown suspect entered the store and concealed merchandise in his jacket. An employee attempted to recover the items, but the suspect sprayed pepper spray towards the employee, causing the employee to temporarily to lose her vision. The suspect fled the scene.

10/21 7:39pm Robbery, With Force 600 BLK of Davis

An unknown suspect rode a bike up to the victim and yanked the victim’s purse from the victim’s arm. The suspect fled the scene.

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10/23 12:23am Robbery, Commercial, With Force 200 BLK of Sutter

Two unknown suspects walked behind the store counter and stole cigarettes and rolls of pennies. The employee was afraid of the suspects because they were larger than he was and felt they would beat him up. The employee yelled at them to leave and the suspects fled the scene.

10/23 11:10pm Robbery, Attempt, With Force 1900 BLK of Stockton

Three unknown suspects approached the victim. One suspect was punching the victim as the other two suspects searched the victim pockets. The victim screamed for help and the suspect fled the scene in a vehicle.

10/24 1:54am Robbery, With Force Anchorage/Beach

An unknown suspect tapped the victim on the shoulder. The victim turned towards the suspect and was tapped on the other shoulder by a second suspect. As the victim turned towards the second suspect, he was punched in the face. The victim fell and the suspects went through the victim’s pockets and stole property.

10/25 2:10am Robbery, With Knife Unit BLK of Drumm

The two victims got into the suspect’s vehicle thinking it was their Uber ride. Upon arrival of their destination, the suspect asked for money. The victims realized that the suspect was not their ride. The victims agreed to pay the suspect. They went to the ATM, but the first victim was unsuccessful withdrawing money. The suspect pulled out a knife and tapped it against the wall. Fearing for their safety, the second victim withdrew money from the ATM. The suspect took the money and left.

10/25 8:28pm Robbery, Commercial, With Force 200 BLK of Powell

Four unknown suspects entered the store and stole merchandise. The employees tried to stop the suspects from leaving the store, but the suspects pushed the employees and fled the scene.

10/26 10:50am Robbery, Attempt, With Force Unit BLK of Belden

An unknown suspect entered the restaurant patio area and was advised by the owner that the restaurant was not open yet. The suspect demanded the owner’s cell phone, but the owner refused to give his cell phone to the suspect. The suspect pushed the owner, flipped a table and fled the scene.

10/14 -10/27 222 Incidents

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Burglary, Hot Prowl, Unlawful Entry–1600 BLK of Hyde Street– 10/21/17, 23:30

The Victim left her apartment door unlocked. The victim took a

shower and after found that her credit cards, keys, and laptop stolen

from her bedroom. A roommate of the Victim and resident of the

same apartment had a bag stolen from another bedroom. There

were no signs of forced entry and it appeared the suspect had

entered the apartment through the unlocked front door.

Robbery, Street, with Force – 600 BLK of Davis Street – 10/21/17, 19:39

The victim parked her vehicle on Davis Street. While exiting her vehicle the

victim was holding her purse. A suspect on a bicycle riding by “yanked” her

purse from her arm and rode away northbound on Davis Street.

Burglary, Forcible Entry–600 BLK of California Street– 10/22/17, 14:30

A suspect cut open a hole in a metal gate to Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral.

The hole in the gate was near the door handle of the gate and a size just

large enough for a hand to fit through. It appeared the suspect then

entered the operational office of the church through an office window. The

church reported bank statements, mail, laptop, and iPad were stolen. A

precious gold Chalice belonging to a Father of the church was also stolen

from an office in the church.

Stolen Property, Possession with knowledge-Greenwich and Grant Streets– 10/26/17, 11:44

Uniformed officers were flagged down by a citizen regarding a suspicious

person stealing delivered packages. Officers located the suspect and

detained her. After learning the suspect had a warrant for her arrest,

they arrested her and recovered a stolen package as well as stolen

property from a car burglary. Officers made contact with the owner of

the stolen package to develop further evidence for the case and suspect

was booked into county jail.

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Retired Deputy Chief Garret Tom,

Commander David Lazar and

Captain Paul Yep were honored by

the Taipei Economic and Cultural

Office (TECO) in San Francisco.

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SFPD marching in the

Italian Heritage Parade on

Sunday, October 8, 2017

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Ping Yuen Halloween Party

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Kai Ming Pre-school Halloween Party

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Kai Ming Pre-school Halloween Party

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The SFPD wants to hear from YOU.

We are committed to excellence in law enforcement and are dedicated to the people, traditions and

diversity of our City. Our mission is to provide service with understanding, response with compassion,

performance with integrity and law enforcement with vision.

We welcome your comments. Let us know how we’re doing, what we could be doing better and your

thoughts on how your police department can work more closely with the community we proudly

serve.

Visit us at sanfranciscopolice.org/feedback. Your feedback will help SFPD better serve our City.

Comments will be reviewed by our Community Engagement Unit and forwarded to the relevant unit,

department office or neighborhood station for review and follow up, if appropriate.

(If this is an emergency, please call 911. For non-emergencies, call 415-553-0123. You may also visit

http://sanfranciscopolice.org/police-commendation-complaint for more information on providing

input on SFPD policies and practices.)

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Applying is Easy!

1. Apply with the City and County of San Francisco at www.jobaps.com/sf (Entry Level (Q-2) Police Officer)

2. Go to www.nationaltestingnetwork.com, choose law enforcement, and register to take the San Francisco exam ($45). Financial assistance is available.

3. Choose an available exam date that's convenient for you.

4. Schedule your exam.

5. You will receive an email confirming your exam date, time and location.

Career Opportunities

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W e, the members of the San Francisco Police Department, are committed to excellence in law enforcement and are dedicated to the people, traditions and diversity of our City. In order to protect life and property, prevent crime and reduce the fear of crime, we will provide service with understanding, response with compassion, performance with integrity and law enforcement with vision.

EMERGENCY: 911

Non-Emergency: 553-0123

Cell Phone 911: 911

Customer Service Center: 311

Central Station: 315-2400

Captain Paul Yep 315-2480 Paul.Yep@sfgov.org

Patrol Lieutenants 315-2400

Anonymous Tip-Line 392-2623

S.A.F.E. 553-1984

Website: www.centralpolicestation.org

SFPD Tip Line: 575-4444

Chinese Tip Line: 315-2435

Text a Tip: 847411 (Tip 411)

Blessing Scam Hotline: 553-9219

Graffiti Abatement: 850-6951

Central Events: 315-2446 – Sgt. Francis Feliciano

Central Permits/

Code Abatement:

315-2423 – Officer Steve Matthias

Deputy City Attorney: 554-3820 – Jill Cannon

Dept. of Parking &

Traffic:

553-1943

DPW Dispatch 695-2020