Chief's Community Update - March 5, 2023
Thank you for visiting our website and taking a moment to read this community update.
Our February 2023 Shotspotter report came in this week which showed a 61.82% reduction of gunfire in February 2023 when compared to February 2022. This follows a 23.61% decrease the previous year. The credit for decreasing the gunfire is shared between law enforcement AND our community members who provide us with information and evidence to remove illegal firearms from our community and help hold people accountable for the misuse of firearms.
We are wrapping up our Community Roundtable survey and the responses are still quite low. Please help me make one last push to get more survey responses.
Personnel:
This week we bid farewell to Detective Romero who chose to pursue a career outside of law enforcement and Officer Chesney who has moved on to an agency closer to home. We wish them well in their future endeavors.
With their departures, we currently have 3 vacant Officer positions to fill and 4 applicants in our hiring process. We are always looking for great candidates to join our community. If you know a great person who has an interest in law enforcement, please bring them 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
