Chief's Community Update - February 25, 2024
On February 22, Officers responded to the Target store for a service call. While there, they were alerted to a male and female occupying the family restroom for an extended period of time. The Officers contacted the pair and informed them the store wished for them to vacate the restroom. When they came out, the Officers recognized the male based on previous contacts, and knew he had warrants for his arrest. The male fled from the Officers through the store before being apprehended and taken into custody. A search revealed the male had a narcotics pipe and a replica handgun in his possession. The male was booked into the county jail for resisting arrest and his warrants.
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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
Our open recruitments can be found at https://www.calopps.org/city-of-east-palo-alto.
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
