North Command Community Update

The following crime summary is provided by the North Station Police Captain:

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This information is provided soyou can have a timely snapshot of significant events in our community. It isour intention to list suspect apprehensions and crimes of interest (i.e.,robberies, assaults, burglaries, homicides), traffic enforcement efforts, andconditions caused by natural events (flooding, road closures, etc.) You mayshare this information with your family, friends and neighbors. The crimesreported here are preliminary investigations, taken in the field by patrolofficers, and may or may not be assigned to a Detective for furtherinvestigation.

Call in ALL suspicious ActivityALL the time!!  If you know anyone that would like to be added to thisemail update group – send me their email address and they will be added. 

If you observe a crime inprogress call 9-1-1 (732-0100 from your cell phone).  For non-emergencyincidents, call (916) 264—5471.  If you have information regarding some ofthe above crimes please call Crime Alert at 443-HELP or 1-800-AA-CRIME. (You can remain anonymous) 

The "crime summary" tab on:  www.sacpd.org  has been updated and nowincludes the link to real time data from crimereports.com. You can enroll andreceive your own customized alerts and reports.

The page for all your crime data needs:    http://www.sacpd.org/crime/

To sign up for "eNotify" and receive our updates onhelicopter activity, daily patrol logs/activity, and press releases:  http://www.sacpd.org/stayinformed/enotify/

Hello Community Members,

This week is National Volunteer AppreciationWeek.  For the Police Department, we are fortunate to have many greatvolunteers.  The volunteers assigned out of the North Command can be seenweekly patrolling neighborhoods looking for vacant homes needing board ups,abandoned cars needing to be towed, signing off fix it tickets, and addingvisibility to areas that are trending up in crime.  Our volunteers wearwhite shirts with police patches and drive in a white PT Cruiser with policeemblems so if you see them offer them your thanks and ask them how you canbecome a volunteer as well. 

This week’s crime numbers show that we aretrending upward a bit in business robberies and felony assaults.  We aregoing to target those areas that are showing an uptick in robberies withadditional focus to see if more police presence will drive the incidentsdown.  On the felony assaults some of the incidents are attributed to aslight increase of gang activity and the others are connected to robberies. Amongst the areas of focus will be along the Northgate and Del Paso Blvdcorridors. 

We are starting to get nicer weather whichtraditionally means more calls for service and more activity, so stay vigilantin watching out for each other and calling the police on suspiciousactivity. 

            
District 1 (South and North Natomas):

·        OnApril 14th (Sat), officers responded to subjects fighting nearNorthgate Blvd/ San Juan Road at around 9:15 p.m.  All subjects left whenofficers arrived.  This was a gathering for a one year remembrance of asubject that was killed last year at the location that was gang related. Weare starting to see more gang activity but our Gang Detectives and GangEnforcement Team are actively working on the issue and making some greatarrests.
·        OnApril 16th (Monday), officers responded to a business burglary alarmin the 2600 block of Northgate Blvd.  Officer spotted a vehicle leavingthe area and followed it.  The occupants of the car stopped and ran. One suspect was caught immediately, one subject was caught by K-9, and thethird was not located.  Officers found two flat screen televisions thatwere taken from the business.   Great arrest by Officer Hastingswho has been catching a lot of bad guys the last few weeks. 
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District2 (Del Paso Heights, Robla, Del Paso Blvd, El Camino, Woodlake):

·        OnApril 13th (Friday), officers responded to the 2500 block of DelPaso Blvd at around 6: 20 p.m. on a fight that broke out inside thebusiness.  During the fight a gun was pulled out and a struggle ensuedresulting in the gun going off.  No one was hurt during thisincident.  Investigation is ongoing.
·        OnApril 14th (Sat), officers observed a naked subject walking on RioLinda/ Arcade Blvd.  The subject began to attack the officers.  Theofficers were eventually able to arrest him and found that he had assaultedanother person as well.  The same subject was arrested the day prior forindecent exposure.  This week alone we had several officers attacked bysubjects.  Hopefully this is not a trend.
·        OnApril 14th (Sat), officers responded to 3200 block of MarysvilleBlvd at approx. 11:52 p.m. on a large fight.  There was a birthday partyat the park with a large group of teenagers.   When officers arrivedseveral gun shots were heard.  The shooter was not located and no one washurt.  Officers cleared the park.  There were gang members presentat this event and we will be monitoring the park closer for increasedactivity. 
·        OnApril 18th (Wed), officers responded to a vehicle that was drivingrecklessly and then seen brandishing a gun.  Officer Bevins and Smithlocated the car and found the gun.  Both occupants of the car werearrested.  Another great arrest!
·        GangEnforcement Team made a few good arrests of gang members in the 100 block ofCathcart, 2600 block of Rio Linda Blvd, 3800 block of Jasmine on variouscharges ranging from warrants, guns, drugs.  For all the bad thingsthese gang bangers are doing in our community we are making a lot of goodarrests on them.   But, arrests alone won’t solve the problem so getinvolved in your church, community, schools and reach out to the youth to keepthem on track and out of the gang life. 

Event:

Nothing to do tonight April 19th? Well come by the River Cats game tonight and support the Sacramento PoliceActivities League.  Purchase tickets at www.rivercats.com/fullcountdiscount , select:  Sacramento P.A.L. and enter offer code: PAL.  Game startsat 7:05 p.m. with gates opening at 6:05 p.m.  Fun night out and for a goodcause. 

Enjoythe sunny weekend!

April Meeting Summary

We had another great turnout and a very informative meeting this week.  Special thanks again to the Santos family for opening up their backyard oasis for our neighborhood meeting.

As usual, we opened up the meeting with question and answer period with Officer Swafford (Sac PD).  The good news, fairly quiet with regards to crime in our neighborhood. Though we continue to have illegal dumping and speeders in the neighborhood.  As always, please keep an eye out and call in any suspicious activity. Make sure to give as much info as you can to the Police, license plate numbers, descriptions of suspicious persons, etc.  Thanks for all the continued hard work Officer Swafford!

Special thanks to Dennis Boyd for being relentlessly persistent with City in clearing the illegal trash along our neighborhood streets.

Special thanks to Dennis as well for being a very gracious host for the annual Easter egg hunt. Another great egg hunt, I know both my little ones had a great time. Thanks Dennis! 

This month, we also had a couple special guests involved with the Twin Rivers Unified School District. Miriam "Mimi" Chernow is a candidate for Area 5 TRUSD Trustee.  Mimi shared with us her experience as well as her vision for TRUSD. She fielded questions from neighbors.  If you'd like to learn more about Mimi, please visit her website at www.trusd2012.com

Also in attendance was Trinette Marquis, communications director for TRUSD. She also fielded neighbors questions regarding the school district. Should you have any questions regarding what's happening at Twin Rivers, please contact Trinette directly at trinette.marquis@twinriversusd.org.

We did make sure to bring up the Sorento Road issue. We have been assured by the district that coming up with an agreement as to the timing of the repairs is a priority for them. More to come on this point as Valley View Acres representatives have meeting scheduled with City, County and District representatives in a couple weeks to discuss the Sorento Road issue. Things are moving in the right direction, albeit slowly.

Finally, our neighborhood cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 8:30 am.  We will be meeting at the Angel residence at 5600 Sorento Road and dividing up from there. If you want your street cleaned up, I encourage you to participate in our annual cleanup. A BBQ potluck will be hosted by the Angels following the clean up, bring a favorite dish and a beverage.  Again, another great opportunity to meet other folks who call Valley View Acres home.

Next month's meeting will be on Wednesday, May 16th at 630. Our host for our May meeting will be the Braces at 5021 Tunis Road. Thanks Dan and Diana! For those who may not know, the Braces have a fantastically beautiful back yard, I'd say one of the neighborhood's finest.

Hope to see you next month.

Summer Camp Opportunity

An announcment from Vice Mayor Angelique Ashby's office:

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It’s Summer Camp Time!

The Office of Vice Mayor Ashby will once again be sponsoring theSummer Oasis Camp through the City’s Department of Parks & Recreation. Space is limited so make sure to sign up soon!

The program is for youth in 1st through 6th grades (ages 6 through 12) and features lots of fun activities including: Arts and Crafts, Sports, Physical Fitness, Group Games, Water Play and much more!

Details are as follows or on the attached flyer:

Monday-Friday from 9am to 1pm
at Regency Park (5500 Honor Parkway)
Fee: $75.00
*Field trips will include additional fees of about $20/trip*

REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!
www.parksandreconline.cityofsacramento.org
Select ‘Register for Programs’ and then select category ‘Art & Special Interest Classes’ with a sub-category of ‘All Ages’.

OR

South Natomas Community Center
2921 Truxel Road (closed Fridays)

For more information call: 916-808-6433

April 2012 Meeting

We'll be meeting this month on Wednesday, April 18th at 6:30 at the Santos residence located at 721 Barros Drive.

Among the items for discussion, are the following:

- Candidates running for Twin Rivers Unified School District Board.

- Neighborhood cleanup planning for May

As always, let me know if you have any questions or would like something discussed in an upcoming meeting or feel free to leave comments or questions in the comment section below.