San Francisco’s 2013 Homeless Count identified a total of 7, 350 unsheltered and sheltered persons living in the city on the evening of January 24, 2013. Of this total, 914 were unaccompanied children and transitional age youth. 29% of the total unsheltered and sheltered individuals self-identified as LGBTQ, prompting a new city strategy to reduce […]
Many people throughout the State of California received an automated AMBER ALERT late on the evening of August 5th, prompted by the California Highway Patrol because Sheriff’s deputies in San Diego county are seeking a 40 year old man suspected of involvement in the death of two people in Boulevard, CA whom they believe is […]
The San Francisco Police Department is once again participating with the Safety Network Program to host National Night Out events in each police district throughout San Francisco. The annual event is designed to promote police-community relations and to enhance community safety and neighborhood cohesion and takes place on Tuesday August 06, 2013. Castro Community On […]
By Chief Ken Craig of Community Patrol USA Thank you to everyone who attending this evenings public safety meeting at Eureka Valley Recreation Center. While I was not presented with an opportunity to speak personally, a number of people approached me after the meeting to express concerns that the police seemed to be “unaware” of […]
Most people are at least familiar with the traditional Neighborhood Watch concept of neighbors looking out for fellow neighbors and calling police when suspicious characters appear or unusual activity occurs. The concept of a Business Watch however is pretty new to many, though it is based on exactly the same principles. Individual businesses on a […]
At CCOP, we’re always really interested in what other Community On Patrol Service (COPS) groups are doing in their own neighborhoods, within the U.S. and abroad. Such COPS groups typically share very similar goals, objectives and aspirations, though they may go about achieving them is some unique and different ways. The New York Initiative […]
Universal Martial Arts Academy (UMAA) is hosting a “Queer Self-Defense Workshop” at El Rio, 3158 Mission Street this Sunday, July 28 from 1pm to 2:30pm. The workshop will cost $15.00 per person, but this ticket price will also include admission to “Salsa Sunday.” “CCOP supports and applauds all efforts to bring additional training, information and […]
In an article in the Bay Area Reporter by our colleague, Seth Hemmelgarn, it is reported that two suspects have been held for trial in the case of the aggravated assault and robbery on Market Street in which one cowardly suspect kicked a female victim in the head when she was on the ground in […]
Just a heads up that the suspects who robbed and kicked a woman after San Francisco’s Pride Pink Party is still at large and police are still seeking leads from the public. A group of 5 African-American males and an adult female in their late teens or early twenties robbed and viciously kicked a woman […]
In response to rising and legitimate public concerns regarding recent violent assaults and robberies in the Castro neighborhood; Castro Community On Patrol (CCOP), the SFPD Chief’s LGBT Community Advisory Forum, and the Stop The Violence project are co-sponsoring a Public Safety Meeting with District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener on Wednesdsay July 31, 2013 at 6:30pm to […]