Potrero Hill, San Francisco

Bayview Officer Alcaraz responded to the intersection of Indiana and 26th St. when a US Postal driver reported that a package had tumbled in his truck and a mysterious white powder had fallen out of it. The Postal driver began vomiting after contacting the substance. Officers promptly set up a perimeter fearing they […]

Bayview Housing Authority Officer Fowlie met with a robbery victim at the
above intersection. The woman explained that she was running towards a
MUNI bus when she noticed three black juveniles following her. As she
began to climb the steps of the bus, one of the juveniles ripped her purse
from her shoulder. The force caused […]

Plainclothes Officers DeJesus, Fitzpatrick, and Aherne were walking through the Potrero Hill Housing Projects when a young man started to walk towards them. When the man got closer the Officers saw that the man was holding a large bag of marijuana. The man noticed the officers at the same time, and immediately turned […]

Numerous Bayview Officers responded to a burglary in progress on 22nd Street in the Potrero Hill District. The 911 caller, a neighbor heard strange noises from the unit that was being burglarized. Knowing that the occupant was not home he investigated. He saw that the door was kicked in and that there was […]

Bayview Officers Lamma and Doherty were just finishing with a traffic citation when a woman approached them and explained that a man had stolen her cell phone earlier in the day. For the past few hours the woman and her daughter had been calling the stolen phone and negotiating with the man for the […]

K-9 Officer Byrne and his four-legged partner “Roddy” were patrolling near a nightclub on Mariposa and Indiana Streets. This area is notorious for numerous auto break-ins and thefts. Officer Byrne noticed a newer black Mercedes with a smashed out window. The only pedestrian in the area was walking rapidly from the scene, […]

Officers Garate and Alcaraz responded to the Potrero Hill Recreation Center on a report of a naked man. Upon arrival the Officers recognized the man to be a local person that has a history of mental problems. The man was babbling to himself and became extremely agitated. It appeared that he was […]

Vice officers responded to 23rd and Carolina after responding to an ad on the internet site Craig’s List (http://www.craigslist.org/) in the erotic services section. The undercover officer met “Nikki” at the appointed time and location in an unmarked department vehicle. “Nikki” directed him to drive to Carolina and Coral, (right next to Starr […]