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July 28th, 2010One Bay Area City loses control and courthouse burns as city turns to Gotham.
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Crime wave compounds bankrupt Vallejo’s woes
February 09, 2010|By Chip JohnsonTimes are tough in Vallejo these days, a city with more street violence than nearby Richmond, and a rapidly shrinking police department.
In the last week alone, the city has witnessed two homicides, a knife attack that injured three people, the shooting of an ice-cream vendor and a mob assault on a city employee – an incident captured on video at a local gas station.
One of the homicide victims was Matthew Allen Hicks, the father of one of two teens suspected in the attack near the gas station. Hicks was found shot in the head early Monday.
“It has been quite a while seen I’ve seen (so many) incidents of this magnitude in such a short period of time,” said Lt. Abel Tenorio, a spokesman for the Vallejo Police Department.If this is a snapshot of crime in Vallejo nearly two years after a bankruptcy filing, it does not bode well for the next five years.As part of an effort to close a $16 million budget shortfall in May 2008, the city slashed essential services, chief among them the number of sworn officers in the Vallejo Police Department.Since the department began cutting back in 2005, the number of sworn officers has dropped from 158 to 104. More layoffs are planned in June unless city officials can close a $5 million budget shortfall. If that happens, Vallejo’s police force will be reduced to 89 officers – that’s for a city of 117,000 residents and 30 square miles.
Consider that Richmond, a city of similar size, has 181 sworn officers, and the Berkeley Police Department has a 185-member police force.
As the city’s resources to address crime have dwindled, the number of reported incidents has risen. In 2008, Vallejo had a higher violent crime rate than any city of comparable size in the state, said Mat Mustard, president of the Vallejo Police Officers Association.
“It’s been higher than Richmond, higher than Compton and higher than Salinas,” Mustard said.
Police resources have dipped so precariously low that “there are certain times of the day when there are less than six patrol officers on the street – and that’s in a city of 100,000 (people),” he said. “We’re concerned for the safety of the citizens and the safety of our officers.”
The violence in Vallejo last week follows a grim template being repeated in the nation’s toughest communities.
The scene is usually defined by gun violence – and bears the characteristics of gang or group allegiances. Vallejo homicide investigators believe Hicks’ death was unrelated to the alleged sins of his son, but it has not been ruled out, Tenorio said.
Nevertheless, last week’s violent crime wave got everyone’s attention.
Vallejo Mayor Osby Davis has begun making plans to hold a citywide crime summit to discuss a range of actions to address the problem. Davis did not return calls seeking comment.
The Vallejo City Council is brainstorming on ways to pay for supplemental police support from county and state agencies.
“With property tax and sales tax declines and a shaky economy that makes it difficult to figure out where the bottom floor is, all of it has had a devastating effect on a city like ours,” said Councilwoman Marti Brown. “We don’t have any money, period,” she said.
She is urging residents to band together in neighborhood watches and organize to literally learn to watch out for each other.
Because, if the financial forecast holds, the City Council will probably be compelled to trim the ranks of the Police Department yet again, Brown said candidly.
“It took us years to get to this point, and even with a week of horrible crime in Vallejo, we’re not going to get out of it overnight,” Brown said.
Chip Johnson’s column appears in The Chronicle on Tuesday and Friday. E-mail him at chjohnson@sfchronicle.com.
(C) San Francisco Chronicle 2010
Video KTVU news report on one Bay Area City losing control
Bay Area City turns to Gotham
The Associated Press
Posted: 06/30/2010 06:24:54 PM PDT
Updated: 06/30/2010 06:24:54 PM PDT
VALLEJO, Calif.—Authorities say thousands of criminal files were destroyed when someone threw a burning object through a window at the Solano County Courthouse.Vallejo fire Chief Doug Robertson says a Molotov cocktail was tossed through a courthouse window shortly after 4 a.m. Wednesday, destroying the files in the criminal division.
Robertson says there were no sprinklers in the room because there was no requirement when it was built.
Solano County sheriff’s spokesman Gary Faulkner says it is unknown if there are existing copies of the destroyed files.
No injuries were reported or arrests have been made.
Robertson says the blaze began in the same area of a 1997 bombing by friends who were trying to stymie the prosecution of a drug suspect.
Area City loses control
Richmond Passes Daytime Curfew To Curb Teen Crime As Crime Continues To Increase
April 20th, 2010RICHMOND, Calif. — Richmond City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to enact daytime curfew as part of its effort to crackdown on
truancy and teen crime.At the final meeting to discuss the proposal, Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus emphasized to the City Council that cracking down on truancy was a key to fighting crime.”There’s a real problem out there and our daytime crime rate reflects that,” Chief Magnus said,Magnus explained that a large number of crimes during daylight hours were being committed by teenagers. He added that 20 percent of last year’s homicide victims were juveniles.
For Entire Story: KTVU.com
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Richmond PD Calls For Youth Curfew To Curtail Crime As Bay Area Crime Increases
April 20th, 2010RICHMOND, Calif. — The Richmond Police Chief told the city council Tuesday that he believes introducing a strict curfew for minors will hel
p fight truancy and stymie the crime wave plaguing that city.School officials said that on any given day some 4,500 Richmond teenagers are on the street instead of in school. Under a proposal that police plan to unveil this evening, schools would impose a curfew. Any students caught wandering the streets could face a juvenile court judge and perhaps have to pay a fine.
For entire story: KTVU.com
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Robberies will continue to clime as the freshly printed US dollars dry up
January 28th, 2010Richmond crime rises 4 percent after five-year decline
Major crime in Richmond was up 4 percent last year compared with 2008, ending a five-year streak of consecutive annual decreases in violent crimes and property crimes.
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Is your community next to collapse?
January 19th, 2010As businesses close due to a tightened credit market and are unable to ride out the financial crisis safe cities structures collapse.
Tax revenues are plummeting and turning to a bankrupt state such as California is not an option for cities and turning to a bank or the public to have their debt financed is even more unlikely, as credit ratings of the state, county & cities fall to new lows.
Home owner associations are going bankrupt due to foreclosures and a shortage of due paying residents in a community.
Business are closing doors with a lack of demand, some of these business’s that are closing are the foundation of the tax structures of cities.
Environmentalist pressure closure of Richmond refinery
Richmond’s Chevron Refinery was attacked by a Green Party Mayor and a lawsuit by a persistent environmental group. The company has decided to eliminate the plant and its action will close many business that rely on the facilities operations for their business causing a chain reaction of loss of revenue, jobs and vacancies for the already struggling city of Richmond. Cap & trade measures if passed will force the exact same scenarios nationwide of bankrupting cities and its citizens.
Richmond with some of the highest crime statistics in the state will now be faced with losing the foundation of this cities tax structure. Many services will see cuts including police support services if not the police force itself. Richmond is a dramatic example not having multiple large companies to diversify the loss such as some Silicon Valley cities. Richmond has already been hit recently by loss of port revenue due to lack of demand for goods and is facing a closure of Hilltop Mall the largest shopping area which has become crime ridden and has compounding vacancies.
Unemployment and lack of funding for police services for bankrupt cities such as Vallejo has created high crime areas that soon will become unmanageable with the current budgets. Waiting for the City Police to solve the problem could prove fruitless, response times are increasing and manpower to process any crime has been cut, salaries have been reduced and further cuts are currently planned for most cities in California.
Many homeowners & condominium associations have declared bankruptcy creating a very hard sell for already vacant developments. These are quickly becoming high crime areas with very low rents and lack of structure in a community.
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December 30th, 2009
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December 7th, 2009Prevent home invasions such as these by removing your GPS and garage door opener from your vehicle. Just as you would not leave the key to your home with the address attached laying around or in your car, it is no longer safe to leave a your garage door opener opener in a vehicle with a remove able GPS. Call a local Cupertino Locksmith to upgrade your security today 877-611-LOCK (5625)
Suspects Arrested In Alleged Crime Spree Just like leaving a key with the address, do not leave a garage door opener behind. Read the full story at WWJ.COM |
| Southfield (WWJ) — A crime spree that stretched from Metro Detroit to Ohio and involved the suspects stealing garage door openers and GPS units has been busted.
Two men wanted for allegedly breaking into homes after stealing the garage door openers and GPS units from cars at movie theaters and restaurants were arrested by Pittsfield Township police in late November. Investigators say the suspects would use information programmed into the GPS unit or vehicle registrations to find the victims’ homes. Troy police say the burglaries were reported in October and November. In one case a larceny from a car at Chuck-E-Cheese in Troy led to a home invasion in Royal Oak. On November 23rd, police say a larceny from an auto at the Troy Sports Center resulted in a burglary in Berkley. Detectives were able to identify the suspects after Detroit police investigators reported suspicious activity at a pawn shop. The 23-year old from Trenton and a 23-year old from Rockwood were caught allegedly breaking into a vehicle on November 25th. Search warrants at the suspects’ homes turned up what police call a “substantial amount” of stolen property. Police say the suspects may be responsible for crimes in Berkley, Clinton Township, Commerce Township, Dearborn Heights, Grosse Pointe, Livonia, Monroe County, New Haven, Pittsfield Township, Riverview, Royal Oak, Southgate, Trenton, Troy, West Bloomfield, Wixom, Woodhaven and Sylvania, Ohio. Charges are pending. |
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How Climategate affects crime and your safety.
December 3rd, 2009A recent book by Randolph Roth, a history professor at Ohio State, condenses research that shows when government trust is low Homicide rates go up.
After the recent Government involvement in the Financial crisis the United States Government trust in the US Government is at an all time low. There is no need for a Ivy League University chart to show that Americans have discovered a rogue government and no longer feel represented by their elected officials as they have disbursed enormous amounts of money and power over the citizens of the United States to old banking families or “Old Money”. This is a crony game that has been played since the beginning of time.
Recent revelations in the Climategate scandal reveal tactics used that included government assistance in applying pressure to individuals and institutions using grants as leverage, a controlled media advertising global warming as if it was a sugar filled cereal. The Climategate has only began as an investigation into the validity of global warming data that has been used to form United States Government policy and our way of life has yet to have been started by our elected officials. The only officials that we have heard from such as Barbara Boxer -D a US Senator from California has only demanded a focus on the legality of the release of the data in Climatgate that reveals a deception of the citizens of the United States that hopefully will never be equaled, instead of the focus on what is best for America & Americans. After Climatgate the distrust for the Government has increased due to the irresponsible actions of US elected officials and the blatant disregard to correct their deceptive practices. 
How does Climategate and the continued irresponsible actions of our elected officials affect the crime in your city?
First let me pose the question, Without a Government do crime rates increase? In large cities it does not take much imagination to know that a working honest Government is essential. Examples can be given worldwide at failed Governments and rising crime rates. It is easy to see that the US Government is failing and has not properly addressed the financial crisis and now Climatgate. This has created a growing possibility of crime not only due to unemployment and people trying to feed their families, it has created an abandonment of the system of the United States and a feeling of being disowned. A growing percentage of our society will now turn to crime as they feel they have nothing to lose.
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December 2nd, 2009SALISBURY CRIME: Downtown parking meters stolen
Read the full article at Delmarva.com
SALISBURY — Three parking meters were stolen from the downtown area Wednesday morning, according to city police.
A city employee responsible for collecting money from the meters reported the thefts around 9:05 a.m., according to police.
The meters, valued at $400 each, were stolen from the Market Street and Main Street, Main Street and Baptist Street and East Main Street, according to police.
Police have no suspects or suspect descriptions at this time.
Any one with information is asked to call the Salisbury Police Department at 410-548-3165 or Crime Solvers at 410-548-1776.
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