Richmond Police Department

MEMORANDUM

TO:              City Manager Bill Lindsay

FROM:         Chief Chris Magnus

Deputy Chief Ed Medina

DATE:          June 15, 2007       

SUBJECT:   Activity Report for the Police Department

The following information reflects a general overview of activities associated with the police department during the past week:

Geographic Policing Activities:

Northern District

 ·        Officers responded to an alarm at the J.O. Ford Elementary School, located in the 2700 Block of Maricopa.  While responding, officers observed a subject fleeing from the scene.  K-9 Officer Jeff Hill and his partner Nero, tracked and located the suspect attempting to hide from police.  He was taken into custody without incident.  This suspect entered the school by cutting through a wire reinforced glass in the roof of the hallway.  All stolen property was recovered.

·        While working directed patrol in beat 7, Officer’s Bill Cantrell and Tom Hauschild observed a suspect in front of the Civic Center Motel acting suspiciously.  As they made contact with him, he was found to be in possession of a loaded .38 cal revolver and Cocaine Base.  During the arrest process, the suspect head-butted Officer Cantrell and fought officers in an attempt to escape.  He was eventually subdued and arrested.  Both the suspect and Officer Cantrell required medical attention after the struggle.  Homicide detectives later interrogated the suspect and were successful in obtaining a confession of his involvement of these crimes.

·        Directed patrol statistics for the past week in Beat 7: Arrests - 4: Tows - 2: Field Interview's - 14: Traffic cites - 7: Traffic stops w/ no cite - 6. 

Southern District

·        Dispatch received several calls regarding fights, car sideshows and shots fired in and around Point Richmond earlier this week.  It was determined that a graduation celebration in the area got out of control.  Officers near the area of West Cutting Blvd and Canal Street heard multiple shots fired and saw several vehicles speeding from the area of the motel at the same location.  Traffic stops were made on two vehicles and a loaded .25 caliber handgun was found hidden in one of the cars.  The driver, and only adult present, was arrested without incident.

Central District

·        Officers responded to the 200 block of 1^st Street on a report of shots fired.  On arrival, officers located a deceased Pit-bull dog.  With the assistance of cooperating neighbors and witnesses, officers were able to determine that two male subjects, walking their own puppies in the area, were attacked by the now deceased dog.  During the attack, one of the two subjects produced a handgun and shot the attacking pit-bull dog.  Officer Robert Branch conducted the preliminary investigation and requested assistance from the Animal Control department.

School District

·        School Resource Officers, working in conjunction with school security, safely and effectively coordinated several graduation ceremonies held at the Richmond Auditorium.

·        A small cadre of Richmond Police Explorers, chaperoned by Explorer Coordinators (SRO’s), have headed off to Las Vegas, NV to participate in competitions and trials at an annual Police Explorer event.  Our cadet corps has won numerous awards in the past, and we wish them luck in this year’s trial.