Potrero Hill, San Francisco

The victim was unloading groceries from her car when the suspect ran by her car, reached in through the open door and grabbed her purse which was sitting on the front seat. The suspect then ran north on Rhode Island and jumped into a waiting vehicle. The suspect is described as an African American [...]

Bayview Homeless Coordinating Officer Lavin received a complaint from the Port Authority that a contractor had been illegally dumping trash at a dead end on 23rd St. Officer Lavin sifted through the debris pile and noticed some paperwork referring to an address on Monterrey Blvd. Officer Lavin contacted the owner/contractor of the address. [...]

Due to the increase in criminal behavior in the Bayview One car sector, (Potrero Hill) we have increased patrol and plain clothes units. Our efforts paid off in the arrest of a person with warrants for burglary, possession of stolen property and other theft offenses.
Sgt Dempsey, detailed to this area, had the suspect under surveillance. [...]

Bayview Officers Batchelder and Singh arrived at a College for Chinese Medicine on Arkansas St. when they received word of an alarm activation. The officers found an open gate and a rear door that was ajar. The Officers began to search the facility and soon found a suspect who blurted out, “I’m just trying [...]

Officer assigned to the Bayview Violent Crime Reduction Unit received information that a person was seen with an assault style weapon. The suspect is currently on probation and is wanted in numerous robberies. When Officers went to the house and knocked on the door they heard scurrying.
The resident refused entry into the premises.  A key [...]

A large team of Bayview plainclothes Officers was working near the above intersection with the specific intent to curb a vehicle burglary problem.  The Officers spotted a suspicious character wandering in the area on foot. The man entered a Jeep and began to circle the area.  The Officers determined that the Jeep itself was stolen [...]

A team of Bayview Plainclothes Officers was working on Potrero Hill when they spotted a known gang member in the area. The man spotted the Officers and ran off, firmly holding his waistband-an indication that he might be armed. The Officers followed him to an address on Dakota where he screamed for the [...]

An employee at a local middle school met with Bayview Officers Archini and Berge. The employee had witnessed a suspicious exchange between two students at the school.  The employee confronted the students and discovered that one student had sold a toy cap pistol to the other for $5.00.  The respective parents were notified and the [...]

Bayview Officers Espiritu and Reyes met with the employee of an antiques shop on Kansas St. The employee reported that a suspicious man had come to the store and was browsing around. The man entered a rear showroom and removed his jacket. Suddenly, the man left the shop and rode off on his [...]

A group of people returning from an evening out doubled parked to allow a companion to disembark.  As they allowed one of the victims were taking items out of the trunk they were approached by two individuals.  One of the suspects had a gun.  The suspects demanded the property from the victims.  One of the [...]