Notes from last night's Sheriff Community Meeting

Thank you to everyone from our area who attended this meeting and for providing notes to help share with others who were unavailable to attend.

Sheriff Community Meeting Notes

The number #1 thing that Sheriff's Dept. representatives pointed out: 

"Be the squeaky wheel. Call the Sheriff and report what happened... "it's not on our radar if you don't call".

This meeting was the last neighborhood/Sheriff meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for Sept 17th, same location

The first part of the meeting covered last month's topics which were:

• There are over 200 massage parlors in Sac County. Some are under investigation as fronts for prostitution. 

• The smoke shops are under investigation for selling tobacco to minors

• The Park Ranger and Sheriff are running the problem youths out of Del Campo Park. Unfortunately, they are going to Jan Park.

• Sheriff Denise again encouraged the neighbors to read Prop 215 and Senate Bill 420 and see what the people voted for. Summer is here and grow houses are popping up and they DO attract crime. 

This month, subject matters brought up were:

Someone mentioned the problem of people siphoning gas and breaking into cars in the neighborhood at which point, an older woman shared her story:

• She said her house was broken into at 7:45 AM a week or so ago while she was taking a shower. The house is located on Heritage Drive. They broke into her garage using a crow bar, then broke into her house. They stole her purse and left. The purse was found on Rustic Way minus the cash. She was able to recover her purse, credit cards and cell phone. These thugs knocked on the door 2 house down at 7:35 AM and a lady answered her door. She saw 2 Caucasian men dressed all in black were outside her door. The second guy was sitting down outside away from the door. The lady did not call in this activity. These guys left and hit the house where they thought no one was home 2 doors down. 

• The Sheriffs warned about burglars scouting houses, banging on the door to see if anyone answers. If not, they hop the fence and break in the the house. Be alert to these people scouting the neighborhood. Call the Sheriff and be sure to get a good description. DO NOT ENGAGE. Let the sheriff get these people. 

Regarding park ranger patrols:

Additional funds were located to have a park ranger patrol Carmichael Park and Del Campo Park. Jan Park is currently not on this list, however we are making every effort to continue to request from the park district help in protecting our park and keeping criminal behavior, loitering, and suspicious individuals from occurring. We will keep you updated here on this ongoing effort.

In regards to the county leash law:

Neighbors who had questions about enforcement were told to call animal control at least to document a complaint. The fines are low for violating the code so people typically ignore the fine.

National Night Out - August 6th  

Side Note: 

We (our neighborhood watch groups) are registered with the National Association of Town Watch who puts this on and will be sharing information soon about what/how to organize a neighborhood event. Check out the link on our left hand sidebar for more information.

Requests for a permit to close off a street for a party must be submitted by July 19th. 

How to respond to police activity:

If a sheriff helicopter is orbiting your area, stay inside and lock doors. Do not go out to see what is going on. If you see a police dog being used, it is because they are trying to locate someone who just committed a serious crime or they are trying to catch a dangerous felon. Stay inside your house. If there is someone in your yard, call 911 so the sheriff can focus their search.