FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES
Follow these links to useful Federal, State and local government agencies as well as community and private business resources actively involved in community and neighborhood safety and security. (Let us know if you find a broken link, or know of a resource you think should be added to this list.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain and improve our ability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
The FBI Mission is to help protect you, your children, your communities and your businesses from the most dangerous threats facing our nation.
Volunteers In Police Service (VIPS)
The VIPS program mission is to encourage citizens who wish to volunteer their time and skills with a community law enforcement agency.
National Neighborhood Watch (NNW)
The NNW program, formerly USA On Watch, is one of the oldest and most well known crime prevention tools in the country. Its roots can be traced all the way back to Colonial days.
OTHER RESOURCES
- California Citizen Corps – https://cacitizencorps.samariteam.com (Volunteers working with the State of CA)
- SFPD – https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/ San Francisco Police Department
- SFPD ALERT – https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/community/programs/auxilary-law-enforcement-response-team-alert-program (Auxiliary Law Enforcement Response Team – volunteer program)
- SFPD SAFE PLACE – https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/community/programs/safe-place SFPD program (business voluntary program)
- SFPSP – http://sfpatrolspecpolice.com/ San Francisco Patrol Special Police
- SFFD NERT – http://www.sf-fire.org/index.aspx?page=859 San Francisco Fire Department (Neighborhood Emergency Response Team – volunteer program)
- VOAD – http://www.calvoad.org/ California Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters
- We Prepare – https://www.ready.gov/plan Disaster preparedness site
- Neighborhood Watch Programs – https://www.idtrue.com/resource-center/keeping-your-neighborhood-safe/
WE RECOGNIZE THE RAMAYTUSH OHLONE FIRST PEOPLES OF THIS LAND
Castro Community On Patrol acknowledges that we are on the ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. We pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and contemporary relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone Community, affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.