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01/15/2010 06:42:52 PM

Updates to Community Policing Goals

COMMUNITY WATCH MISSION STATEMENT: 
TO SERVE AND TO INFORM

To those who Protect and Serve
While we may question local government, we never lose faith in you!
You are the glue that holds together the sometimes fragile fabric of our society.
 

- BREAKING NEWS -

 A California Citizen's Call to Duty
 “Blue Alert” to Catch a Cop Killer

1994 Repeated?

2009: In total, 15 officers have been killed in multiple-shootings incidents, up from four in 2008 and the most since 2000. Meanwhile, 44 officers total have been shot and killed in 2009, compared with 37 during the period last year – an increase of 19 percent.

George Runner has proposed legislation to authorize the California Highway Patrol to activate the state's Emergency Alert System and issue a "Blue Alert" when necessary to speed apprehension of criminals who attack or kill local, state, or federal law enforcement officers. Similar to the "Amber Alert," which is employed when children are abducted, the Blue Alert will be activated only if a peace officer is killed, seriously wounded or assaulted with a firearm.

Blue Alert programs have been established in Florida, Texas and Oklahoma and can help avert further harm to officers and the public when a description of the offender's vehicle or license plate are available for broadcast.

The cold-blooded killing of four officers in Oakland and four Washington State officers just this year serves as a grim reminder that law enforcement officers must often confront criminals capable of incredible violence. When attacks on peace officers do occur, law enforcement agencies and the public may be better served by activation of a Blue Alert.

 

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OTHER BREAKING NEWS - They're Back!

VP Biden and Memories of Clinton's COPS Grants
- Hired 10 - 105 vacancies -

An Open Letter to the Police Officers of Sacramento

I just wanted to let you know Crimewatch will start the Freedom of Information Act (Federal COPS Office) and California Public Records Act (City of Sacramento) process all over again. I am monitoring the stimulus package funds signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009 and those funds transferred to the COPS office.

To quote former Council Critter, Rob Kerth: “We all understood what was going on,” Kerth said. “The city, the [federal government] ... these weren’t additional cops we were hiring.”

I would like to start with an accurate staffing benchmark from a reliable source ... [the] benchmark [that] allowed this challenge by the press:

“[Chief] Venegas and his staff frequently cite the figure 411 as the number of authorized uniformed officers in the field, a number that includes cops in special tactical and problem-oriented policing units, sergeants and patrol officers. When pressed, Deputy Chief of Operations Albert Najera confirmed that 241 of those were patrol officers, with 224 actually patrolling the street”

It was proven then 241 wasn’t accurate either. (“219 officers in patrol--19 of whom are out on injuries, restricted to light duty, have resigned or retired. Additionally, 30 of the remaining 200 are trainees!”)

A lot has happened since those games were played. Today, I’m no longer alone in the quest for truth. The National Meetup Organizers Hub and its 140+ community organizers all over the nation represent 90,000 plus members. All those eyes are on Sacramento for a variety of reasons. I’m sure you and your members have heard this before: “California is the perfect example of an out of control government that could lead the rest of the nation over the brink.” When it comes to COPS grants, Sacramento is my poster child for this group of dedicated citizens.

My pledge to the police officers of this city is not to allow a repeat of the City’s past sins with the COPS UHP grants to go largely unnoticed. We will track every penny of the $9,554,860 in federal funding for the Sacramento Police Departmen
t.

 

If you care about the way city government has gutted Patrol staffing levels
in the City of Sacramento then you need to read and listen

The Great Blue Lie: Facts about Police Staffing - CLICK HERE
Year 2000 and now 2008! Our city is at risk - Is yours?

-  Then and Now  -
 
Click the play button to hear SPD
Captain Hahn report to KTKZ.

Just under 800 cops in our city?
Last year the Bee: "There are 668 police officers in Sacramento"
An official report for July '09 shows 696 sworn line officers!
(Not including officers out on injuries, restricted to light duty or soon to retire.)

 

Coming Later in 2010 - Crime & The Economy


 
 
  Economic Indicators 
 

 

 

Don't be a Keyboard Warrior - Step UP!

Public Safety Workgroup Returns
With a new Chief come new opportunities.

The Blog is Back!
 TALK-about-IT here

 

Webmaster note:  The links below and on the left side of this page still take the visitor to pages on our former site. As we make changes, you may find the structure and page color schemes problematic.  Please bear with us as we update each of our sections to reflect the issues and concerns in our city and around the nation.

Deadly Traffic
Sacramento officer goes public with facts and stats!
Click on Image

Hip-Hop Riots
How far will City Hall go to protect greedy rap promoters and problem clubs?
Read Reports

The Parole Reform Effort - Officer Safety Mandate! Community Policing Training Workshop Sector Three's A-Team - Pitbull Cops! Who let the Watchdog out?
Fugitive Loren Antonio is a classic example of high risk parolee. A murderer, child rapist and parolee at large, he was allowed to escape for a lack of patrol officers. He raped kids again.
Read our report on parole
An angry Chief canceled the first session set up with the 911 Center. For two years we kept the pressure on. The results speak for themselves and the community won, 
Read the in-depth report.
Sgt. Tom Cooper called them "The A Team" and without them, we'd have failed.  Dave Nakata and his partner George Chargin are two pit bulls who never fail us. 
Read one such story.
Television news and Talk Radio have been the only media to support the efforts of Community Watch. SN&R is the first print media to cover COPS issues in depth.
Read the Feature.


 

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