Chief's Community Update - January 22, 2023

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Thank you for visiting our website and taking a moment to read this community update.

 

Personnel:

This Wednesday, we will be attending the graduation ceremony for Recruit Officers Richard Arevalo and Emanuel Cerezo.  Once they officially graduate from the academy, we will swear them both in as our newest Police Officers.  Both new Officers will embark on a 20-week Field Training program before deemed solo.  If you come across any of our Officers, and they are not occupied with an active call, please take a moment to get acquainted. 

 

Community Service Officer applicants who passed the oral panel interviews will be scheduled for their Chief’s Interview as the next step of their hiring process.

 

We have 2 Police Recruit and 2 Reserve Officer applicants in the background investigation portion of their hiring process.

Anonymous tips and immediate service

We appreciate all the anonymous tips we have been receiving.  It is important to note that anonymous tips are not a resource for immediate police response as it is not monitored 24/7.  For immediate police response, either call 9-1-1 or our non-emergency phone number 650-321-1112.  For complaints related to property violations, please contact Code Enforcement department, which operates under our building department (https://www.cityofepa.org/building/page/code-enforcement).

When providing information to the police, we need specific information about the crime or criminal.  As an example, if you are reporting someone for dealing drugs, we need to know:

  • where and when they are selling the drugs
  • a detailed description of them (white female, blue jeans, red jacket, baseball cap)
  • any description of a vehicle
  • any other information you have about the crime. 

While we don’t expect you to jeopardize your safety to get this information, it is very important information if we make an arrest.  Not only will your tip provide us with accurate information about the suspect, but we are also able to serve as a witness to the crime and we can testify in court.  Please use these options for providing an anonymous tip.

You can make an anonymous tip to the police by calling or texting to (650) 409-6792.

 

If there is a topic you would like addressed in the next update, please feel free to send an email at jliu@cityofepa.org. 

 

Thank you,

 

Jeff Liu

Interim Chief of Police

 

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