Meet San Rafael’s New Chief of Police
City Manager Nancy Mackle is hosting a series of “meet and greets” with San Rafael’s new Police Chief Diana Bishop. Chief Bishop assumes command as the department’s sixteenth Chief on Monday, January 9th and is eager to begin meeting members of the San Rafael community.
The meetings will be held throughout the city as follows:
Wednesday, January 18th, 5:00 p.m. at San Rafael Community Center, 618 B Street
Thursday, January 19th, 5:30 p.m. at Pickleweed Community Center, 50 Canal Street
Tuesday, January 24th, 5:30 p.m. at Northgate Mall in the Community Meeting Room
The room is on the 2nd floor, above the food court, enter through the east doors.
IMPORTANT POLICE PHONE NUMBERS
Non-Emergency 485-3000
Community Oriented Policing 485-3114
Traffic 485-3034
Abandoned Vehicles 485-3033
Alarm Permits 485-3114
Investigators 485-3000
Youth Services Bureau 485-3025
SRPD Beat officers (Beat 2-Downtown) Winter 2010 - Spring 2011:
Beat 2 is East of B Street to Irwin Street and to the top of Lincoln Ave. Includes Gerstle Park, Albert Park, Picnic Valley, Bret Harte and Francisco Blvd West.
Sun. - Weds. 5am-5pm - Sergeant Spaletta; Officer Sabido
Thurs. - Sun. 5am - 5pm - Sergeant Vergera; Officer O'Tool
Sun. - Weds. 5pm - 5am - Sergeant Bean; Officer Officer Graham
Thurs. - Sun. 5pm - 5am - Sergeant Clary; Officer Huot
If you want to contact a beat officer - call the SFPD: 485-3000
To see the Beat Map and a list of incidents in Bret Hart, Click HERE to go to the SRPD website.
Crimefighting online in San Rafael (from the Marin IJ)
www.crimereports.com
San Rafael and Novato police are offering a new online service that makes police activity, crime and statistical information available to the community via the Internet. CrimeReports.com, a Utah-based company that provides free online mapping and analysis of recent police activity in neighborhoods, debuted last month in San Rafael. "It's so much more user friendly and easy to navigate and does a whole host of things our former system did not," San Rafael police spokeswoman Margo Rohrbacher said. Presented on Google maps, the free system serves up dates, times and descriptions of reported incidents in street block numbers. Vacation home checks are not displayed. The information is not in real time, and appears between 24 to 48 hours after an incident. The program also allows residents to sign up for customized e-mail crime alerts for activity occurring in certain neighborhoods or within a certain distance from an address. San Rafael is one of 21 police departments in the Bay Area and more than 300 departments nationwide to sign up for the service, which costs the department $199 per month.
ON THE NET More information about CrimeReports, www.crimereports.com, and a link can be found on the San Rafael Police Department's web site at www.srpd.org. A link also is available on the city's Web page at www.cityofsanrafael.org
