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We will use this page to share relevant, recent safety advice for residential and business clients, and provide crime alerts for each district or neighborhood our officers serve.  Please let others know to visit these pages, and submit your questions and suggestions for inclusion to: atbyard83@yahoo.com
 
Incident, Service, and Crime Alerts for Various Neighborhoods
Served by the Patrol Special Police
 
All activities of the Patrol Special Police reported herein are initiated by our client's requests for service pursuant to our contractual obligations. Activities comply with best neighborhood policing practices and our commitment to provide service-oriented quality-of-life neighborhood policing that serves our clients and the public safety needs. At all times clients and citizens should first call 911 for emergency service and response by SFPD on law enforcement matters, then report these plus any questionable quality-of-life-matters to Patrol Special Police Officers on duty. 

 You may also consult this informative website on calls made to the SFPD that are handled by their officers but do not result in a formal crime report: www.everyblock.com and consult this city-wide crime research website sponsored by The Omega Group: www.crimemapping.com.  Please be aware that formal statistical reports prepared by the SFPD generally under-report crime, and may be flawed in other ways. 
  1. South Beach/Rincon Hill/Mission Bay Neighborhood courtesy of Community Patrol USA and Patrol Special Police Officers Scott and Todd Hart.
  2. Castro courtesy of Community Patrol USA and courtesy of Officers John Fitzinger and Antjuan Taswell.
  3. Glen Park courtesy of Glen Park Patrol Safety Program.
Please be aware that formal statistical reports prepared by the SFPD generally under-report crime, and may be flawed in other ways. 
Safety Advice Index
  1. Suggested safety tips for buinesses.
  2. Safety tips for parents and link to this video Summer, 2010.
  3. Protecting your children in 2009
  4. Preventing identity theft and computer related crimes
  5. Identity Scams
  6. Tax Scams, don't be fooled
  7. View nationally-derived crime mapping website for San Francisco
Courtesy of the Ingleside SFPD (December 14, 2010) - ROBBERIES OF FOOD DELIVERY PERSONS -- Recently, there have been several robberies in which an employee of a restaurant has delivered food to a location, only to be robbed of his money and belongings. We urge restaraunts, food delivery businesses and delivery persons to exercise caution when responding to calls.

Following are suggested safety tips for businesses:
  1. Develop protocols for driver cash-handling and money transfer routines – establish limit for minimal amount of cash to be carried to make change. Drivers should carry no more than $20.00 to make change (varies with business guidelines).
  2. Call the police if you get a suspicious request, such as “Bring change for a $100 bill”
  3. Develop protocols for driver check-in with dispatch/home base
  4. Businesses should identify service areas that may present an unreasonable risk of harm to employees making deliveries (no-go areas), and create policies and procedures designed to assess the degree of risk involved in making deliveries to a specific area
  5. Develop protocols for reporting incidents – attacks, assaults, robbery, vehicle accidents, etc.
  6. Businesses should consider contracting with cell phone companies that provide inexpensive units – phones should provide local service only with adequate coverage to the delivery area
  7. Provide trainings to educate delivery drivers on best practices for safety and security
Following are suggested safety tips for food service delivery drivers:
  1. Never ignore your instinct or sixth sense – avoid being lured and/or ambushed, if possible
  2. If possible, ride two persons to a car when delivering to questionable areas
  3. Never wear or carry expensive personal items that may present a potential target – only carry those items necessary for the performance of the job (do not wear expensive jewelry or sunglasses and avoid carrying expensive cell phones, ipods or anything that might be inviting) 
  4. Never park where vehicles can be blocked-in and keep vehicle interiors clear of items that attract attention  
  5. Keep vehicles fueled and cell phones charged – check cell phone coverage in areas before exiting vehicles and consider which cell phone service will be most reliable
  6. Carry minimal amounts of cash to make change – ideally no more than $20.00 (avoid carrying excessive amounts of personal cash and credit cards, don’t expose money)
  7. Carry mini keychain LED flashlights to illuminate dimly lit areas or in case of power failure.  Also try to carry a whistle.
  8. Avoid references to cash on hand when communicating by cell phone – use code words as appropriate
  9. Never talk or boast of cash experiences
The point of all of this is not to be paranoid but to keep your eyes open and to be aware of what is going on in your home and in your neighborhood.

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