Chief's Community Update - August 13 ,2023
Thank you for visiting our website and taking a moment to read this community update.
We are hiring!
Do you know someone who is genuinely a good person, has a passion for serving others, and would be a great fit for our department and community please bring them in. We are hiring for:
- Police Recruit
- Police Officer
- Police Reserve Officer
- Records Supervisor
- Police Commander (remaining open until the position is filled)
- Management Analyst (Limited term)
Our open recruitments can be found at https://www.calopps.org/city-of-east-palo-alto.
Parking Enforcement
Thanks to the Police Recruits from the South Bay Regional Police Academy, we distributed Rolled Curb parking flyers throughout the Gardens on Saturday.
We also published an instructional video in English for rolled curb parking on our Instragram page. We plan to publish videos in Spanish, Tongan, and Samoan as well.
National Night Out
Thank you to all our National Night Out block party hosts for making our annual event a tremendous success. We brought our hosts together this past Thursday and enjoyed some dinner and a small awards ceremony to recognize blocks which excelled in certain categories.
We created an overall NNO Block Party of the Year award this year, and named it after Records Supervisor Vickie Porter. Vickie has organized every National Night Out our city has held. As she prepares for her well deserved retirement, I felt it was appropriate to name this annual award after her.
This year’s Vickie Porter NNO Block Party of the year was awarded to the 200 block of Azalia Drive.
Mental Health
I added a page on our Police Department website with a link to the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis line. People in crisis can call or text 9-8-8 and access resources which hopefully prevent them for experiencing harm. Resources can also be accessed by visiting the website https://988lifeline.org/.
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
Chief of Police
