Chief's Community Update - February 26, 2023
Thank you for visiting our website and taking a moment to read this community update.
Today, we tragically lost one of our community members during a fatal vehicle collision on the 2200 block of Ralmar. Please join me in sending his family our condolences, thoughts, and prayers.
I really need your help to solicit responses to our community survey. I checked with Antoine and found the number of responses is very low. Please help push the survey out so we can generate responses from a large representation of our community.
Personnel:
This past week I attended our newest Officer, Wendy Venegas’ police academy graduation from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Academy. I was extremely proud to present her badge and swear her in as a Police Officer. I look forward to her continued progression in our Field Training program. Please take a moment to get acquainted with her when you see her in our community.
Recruits Sanchez and Robles officially started their Police Academy journeys. It will be a challenging 6 months for them, but I am confident they will rise to every challenge and develop into outstanding Police Officers.
Thank you to those community members who had been referring applicants to us.
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
