Crime and Safety
Information
What You Can Do
In Your Neighborhood to Stay Safe
Developed By:
The North Natomas Crime and Safety Leadership Team
June 30, 2008
Be in the Know "Knowledge is Power"
  • Find out if you have a community association in your immediate neighborhood
Brett Williams, City Neighborhood Resource Coordinator
808-6526, bnwilliams@cityofsacramento.org
www.cityofsacramento.org/ns

  • If you have one - join - get involved

  • If you don't have one, join a regional one like the North Natomas Alliance (NNA) or the
    Natomas Community Association (NCA)


  • Find out if you have a neighborhood watch - if not, start one.
Kurt McCray (Community Resource Officer/Sac. PD)
kmccray@pd.cityofsacramento.org

  • Join an email group or list serve.  There are several yahoo groups in Natomas that  you
    can join with permission from the host.
  • If you are a neighborhood association leader - NAL Network
                     (Contact: pjohnsonpta@aol.com)

  • If you want to discuss issues (emphasis on crime and safety) - Robslist
                     (Contact: rwurgler@yahoo.com)

  • If you want general updates - Creekside
                     (Contact: ashbyangelique@yahoo.com)

  • If you want a newsletter from Council member Tretheway
                     (Contact: rstephen@cityofsacramento.org)

  • Get crime updates straight from the horsed mouth - sign up for Capt. Hahn's daily
    emails.
  • If you want to get daily crime updates Captain Hahn
                     (Contact: dhahn@pd.cityofsacramento.org or call 566-6401

  • Check the local websites, one really great website that always has up to date
    information on Natomas happenings is "The Buzz,"
check it out at www.natomasbuzz.com

  • Read the Natomas Journal and N Magazine - they both have listings of association
    meetings and upcoming events.

  • Get involved in your community (at our local schools or your neighborhood association
    or neighborhood watch or in youth activities or play groups for kids. The Buzz has a
    comprehensive list of groups/associations/organizations in Natomas.

    Be Alert and Aware of Your Surroundings
  • This is true everywhere you go (home, grocery store, mall, gas station, etc.)
Call in ALL suspicious Activity ALL the time!!
If you know anyone that would like to be added to this email update group –
send me their email address and they will be added.

If you observe a crime in progress call 9-1-1 (732-0100 from your cell phone).
For non-emergency incidents, call (916) 264—5471.

If you have information regarding some of the above crimes please call Crime
Alert at 443-HELP or 1-800-AA-CRIME. (You can remain anonymous)

Captain Daniel Hahn
Sacramento Police Department
Patrol Division - North Command
3550 Marysville Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95838
(916) 566-6401
dhahn@pd.cityofsacramento.org
        Staying Ahead of the Crime Curve     
    By Denise Jerome
            June, 2010

Last month, I attended this lecture given by two police captains at the Neighborhood Summit
2010, sponsored by the City's Neighborhood Services Department.  I would like to share this
information with you.

They discussed the classifications used in the Uniform Crime Report (UCR), which is a
standard format for crime data used by all states and sent to the FBI. The police report crimes
by these classifications:

    CRIMINAL HOMICIDE including Murder and Non-negligent Homicide, and Manslaughter
    by Negligence
    FORCIBLE RAPE including Rape by Force, and Attempted Forcible Rape
    ROBBERY including Firearm, Knife or Cutting Instrument, Other Dangerous Weapon
    and Strong Arm (Hands, Feet, Etc.)
    ASSAULT including Firearm, Knife or Cutting Instrument, Other Dangerous Weapon,
    Strong Arm (Hands, Feet, Etc.), Other Assaults - Simple
    BURGLARY including Forcible Entry, Unlawful Entry - No Force, Attempted Forcible
    Entry                 
    LARCENY-THEFT(includes ID theft but not Vehicle Theft)
    MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT including Autos, Trucks and Buses, Other Vehicles   
                  
Sacramento crime is down in most of these classifications partly due to the highest patrol staff
ever (about 274).

Look for the most recently completed UCRs under Crime Reports/Neighborhood-Specific
Crime & Maps on the www.sacpd.org website.

Look for crimes in District 1 (RCCA is in District 1B). Note that the UCR does not include
lesser crimes that are not reportable such as stolen recycling bins, plants yanked out of
gardens or graffiti.

Both Captains emphasized the importance of citizens reporting suspicious activities even if
they seem innocent. For example, strangers sitting in an unfamiliar parked car for several
hours.  The police might not be able to come out but want this information (date, time, license
plate number, description of car and people).

Recent trends have been:
  • theft of IPODS and cell phones at light rail and bus stops (Do not hand your IPOD to a
    stranger who asks to see it)
  • purse snatches from behind the victim and from grocery carts
  • financial scams and fraud via e-mail, cell phones and telephones (They are very
    sophisticated and very motivated to get your money).
  • drive by shootings
  • shooting at officers
  • Traveling sales groups knocking on your door are probably casing out your
    neighborhood for prospective burglary sites later in the week. A young person from the
    sales group usually asks you to sponsor him or her for a sports camp to keep kids
    away from drugs. As the sales people go door-to-door, they keep track of which houses
    are likely to be empty at that time, have no guard dog, etc. Do not open the door to them
    but it is OK to let them know someone is home by making noise or telling them that you
    are not interested.

To learn how to start a neighborhood watch group in your neighborhood,
check out http://sacpd.org/getinvolved/watch/
To find out what that helicopter overhead is about, check out
http://www.sacpd.org/helicopter/
July 15, 2010
Hello Community Members,

This information is provided so you can have a timely snapshot of significant events in our
community. It is our intention to list suspect apprehensions and crimes of interest (i.e.,
robberies, assaults, burglaries, homicides), traffic enforcement efforts, and conditions caused
by natural events (flooding, road closures, etc.) You may share this information with your
family, friends and neighbors. The crimes reported here are preliminary investigations, taken
in the field by patrol officers, and may or may not be assigned to a Detective for further
investigation.

BREAKING NEWS:

The Sacramento Police Dept website has an exciting new function.  Be among the first to test
this out! “eNotify” will allow you to enroll for selected updates for your area as they are
published from sources such as our daily Sgts Summaries.  This was just activated today and
will give you more information with less delay.  This is an excellent innovation from our internal
IT staff at SPD.

Here is the link to enroll:  is http://www.sacpd. org/stayinformed /enotify/

Captain Jim Maccoun
Sacramento Police Department
Patrol Division - North Command
3550 Marysville Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95838
(916) 566-6401 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (916) 566-6401      
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jmaccoun@pd. cityofsacramento .org
Neighborhood Watch - If you are interested in joining or starting a neighborhood watch program
on your RCC street please your email and contact info to webdesigner@rivercitycommons.com
and RCCA will put you in contact with the Neighborhood Watch Program in development for RCC.

Or get out on your street and introduce yourself to your neighbors and start your own
email/phone communication contact list.  Being aware and staying in touch with one another is
an excellent start to a positive neighborhood watch.