Chief's Community Update - December 18, 2022
Happy Holidays East Palo Alto community members. Thank you for visiting our website and taking a moment to read this community update.
Holiday Season:
During this holiday season, please take a moment to do something for someone else for no other reason than to brighten their day. Whether the gesture is simply holding a door open for someone or something more involved, let’s all get into the spirit of the holidays and treat each other well.
Happy Holidays!
Personnel:
We are seeking good people who want to serve the East Palo Alto community as Police Officers. If you are interested or know somebody who would be a great fit for our community in these roles, please visit https://www.calopps.org/city-of-east-palo-alto.
Anonymous tips and immediate service
We appreciate all the anonymous tips we have been receiving. It is important to note that anonymous tips are not a resource for immediate police response as it is not monitored 24/7. For immediate police response, either call 9-1-1 or our non-emergency phone number 650-321-1112. For complaints related to property violations, please contact Code Enforcement department, which operates under our building department (https://www.cityofepa.org/building/page/code-enforcement).
When providing information to the police, we need specific information about the crime or criminal. As an example, if you are reporting someone for dealing drugs, we need to know:
- where and when they are selling the drugs
- a detailed description of them (white female, blue jeans, red jacket, baseball cap)
- any description of a vehicle
- any other information you have about the crime.
While we don’t expect you to jeopardize your safety to get this information, it is very important information if we make an arrest. Not only will your tip provide us with accurate information about the suspect, but we are also able to serve as a witness to the crime and we can testify in court. Please use these options for providing an anonymous tip.
You can make an anonymous tip to the police by calling or texting to (650) 409-6792.
Beats Meetings for December 2022 have been completed. In the coming months, with the help of one of our community members, we will begin hosting conversations about fireworks and how to address them as a community.
Please start thinking about innovative ways to dissuade people from using fireworks and holding those who possess them accountable.
We will announce details about the meetings in a later update.
If there is a topic you would like addressed in the next update, please feel free to send an email at jliu@cityofepa.org.
Thank you,
Jeff Liu
Interim Chief of Police
