City of Hayward: Problem Properties
Hayward's synchronized multi-agency safe housing (S.M.A.S.H.) program goes far beyond simply using community policing strategies to achieve law enforcement objectives. In fact, the program could best be described as a pure distillation of the community policing philosophy.
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City of McFarland: Building Trust
We need to build trust with the community. Our anonymous tip line has allowed us to reach out to the portion of the community that wants to stay anonymous due to a fear of retaliation. These citizens want to be able to take an active role in reporting gang and drug activity, but they wish to remain anonymous.
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Hayward Police Department: Neighborhood BlightExplains how the Hayward Police Department reduced graffiti and improved response time for abatement relating to graffiti, garbage dumps, street light repair, and other issues related to neighborhood blight.
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Novato Police Department: Drug, Gang Activity and Assaults
Under the COPS Hiring Program (CHP) grant, our agency identified three problem areas: schools-based policing, vandalism, and assaults. The CHP grant allowed our agency to hire three officers to be part of a cohesive problem-solving team that would have the flexibility to address the problem areas mentioned above and implement community policing programs.
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Redlands Police Department: Motor Vehicle Theft / Other TheftAt the end of 2010, the City of Redlands was experiencing a rash of vehicle burglaries especially at the LA Fitness parking lot where the officers were taking vehicle burglary reports at the location on a weekly basis. Redland Police Department (RPD) spoke with the Law Enforcement Division of 3SI security system and the company agreed to loan the RPD an ESO (Electronic Stakeout) tracker.
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Sacramento County Sheriff's Department: GangsSacramento County Sheriff's Dept. created the IMPACT program which consists of three separate units working collaboratively to curb youth gang violence. As a result of the program many executives provided additional staff to work with grant-funded personnel which bolstered the Gang Suppression Unit into a 31-person task force comprised of four different teams.
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Sacramento County Sheriff's Department: GangsGangs in the Sacramento region operated out of budget motels to avoid detection by law enforcement and continue illegal activities. The identified gang members were all wanted in connection with rival gang shootings within the region.
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Sacramento Police Department: Motor Vehicle TheftSacramento PD has partnered with local businesses to host free etching events where vehicle license plate numbers are etched onto catalytic converters. To date, SPD is not aware of any reported thefts of the marked converters and believe the program is a deterrent.
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Sacramento Police Department: Neighborhood Safety
After extensive research, our department decided that Nextdoor was the perfect social media platform to advance community communication and geographic policing. Nextdoor allows law enforcement agencies to target communication to geographically distinct areas of the city.
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San Jose Police Department: Other Violent Crime ProblemThe patrol division started a creative, multifaceted approach to solving the issues that plague the city: e.g., homelessness, prostitution, quality of life concerns, and gang violence. During the first quarter of FY2012-2013, the gang suppression officers made 13 total arrest, including on-view and outstanding warrant arrests in addition to performing 16 parole and probation searches on gang members or on their residences.
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Vallejo Police Department: Violent Crime and a Critical Staffing Shortage After emerging from bankruptcy, the City of Vallejo was eager to get back to providing proper levels of service to the community members of Vallejo and to stimulating economic activity and growth. Despite its limited resources, the Vallejo Police Department was on a mission to rebuild, reconnect, and look for ways to say yes to the community.
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