PUBLIC SAFETY -UPDATE
Jason Ta, Chief of PoliceBob Knight, Deputy Chief of PoliceFebruary 4, 2025 Operations Report –Year End
2 Operations Report•337 in 2023; 298 in 2024; Decrease of 12%Assaults•Aggravated -588 in 2023; 545 in 2024; Decrease of 7%•Simple Assaults -520 in 2023; 495 in 2024; Decrease of 5%•Total Assault reduction of 13%Shootings•267 in 2023; 217 in 2024; Decrease of 19%Stolen Vehicles•1,132 in 2023; 1,010 in 2024; Decrease of 11%Burglary / Breaking and Entering•829 in 2023; 687 in 2024; Decrease of 17% Robbery
3 Dispatch Priorities•Immediate danger of injury or loss of life. In progress crimes and major injury events.Priority Two•Urgent response is needed to prevent the call from escalating to Priority 1 status.Priority Three•Little danger of escalation or where such time has elapsed between the incident and its reporting.
Priority One
4 Average Response Times Report 2024
5 2024 Shootings & Firearm/Ammo Arrests
6 Homicides CY 2024
7 CURRENT STAFFING NUMBERSTotal Sworn Staffing7678Modified Duty Officers33Off on Worker’s Comp.22Sworn Working Full Duty7173 Anticipated Officers Resigning20Officers Starting /Final Offers00 Officers Working Patrol3538Supervisors Working Patrol (Sgts)55 12-17-24Current
8 Current and New Legislation •COV Spectator Ordinance 8.74.040 –Oct 2021•COV Encouraging or promoting 8.74.050 –Oct 2021•AB 1978 –Greater impound authority•AB 2186 –Greater impound authority in parking facilities•AB 3085 –Authorizes vehicle seizure warrants for those who also support or facilitate sideshows or street takeover eventsProp 36•Enacted Dec 2024 –changed drug and theft laws. The new law allows district attorneys to prosecute shoplifting and other thefts as felonies if a defendant has two convictions on their record. Prop 36 also allows authorities to charge drug possession as a “treatment-mandated felony” if a defendant has two prior convictions.
Sideshow enforcement
9 Outside Public Safety Assistance•Additional traffic enforcement –July 2024•Bay Area Sideshow Working Group (SJPD, OPD, SFPD, Sac PD, and many others) –Feb 2025•Sideshow and reckless driving enforcement campaigns–Feb 2025Sheriff’s Office•SB 1379 –Retired Annuitant Exemption-Signed by Governor Newsom –Sept 2024•Contract negotiations with the Sheriff's OfficeSecurity Guard Program•Completed RFP and selected existing vendor (AX9)•Finalizing deployment strategy CHP
10 Violent Crime –Dec 27 to Jan 19, 2025
11 Crime TypeFrequency (Dec 27, 2024 to Jan 19, 2025)Total Violent Crime%Domestic Violence13 3933.33%Assault (gun)9 3923.08%Assault (non gun)5 3912.82%Child Abuse3 397.69%Robbery3 397.69%Agg Assault2 395.13%Murder2 395.13%Brandishing1 392.56%Carjacking1 392.56%Total 39 39100.00% Crime TypeFrequency (Dec 27, 2024 to Jan 19, 2025)Total Violent Crime%Assault (gun)9 2339.13%Assault (non gun)5 2321.74%Robbery3 2313.04%Agg Assault2 238.70%Murder2 238.70%Brandishing1 234.35%Carjacking1 234.35%Total 23 23100.00% Violence Interruption Programs•An approach structured on harm focused outreach and prioritizes violence prevention and education. Project HOPE involves CBO’s like Leaven Kids, Healthy Vallejo, and Watch Me Grow.Vallejo VISION –Public Safety Partnerships (PSP)•A gun violence reduction initiative being started under Vallejo’s PSP . This is a shared approach to reducing community violence and leverages a balance between community organizations, services/support programs and accountability to those candidates at highest risk for perpetuating gun violence or being a victim of it.Integrated Health and Resource Team (IHART)•Established in April 2024. IHART is a non-police response team that is specifically trained while being focused on services and resources. IHART makes contact with a variety of community members experiencing a variety of things such as crisis/mental illness, homelessness, victimization and other traumas, and anything else that would benefit from navigation to existing services.Problem Orientated Policing (POP) Team•Projected –Summer 2025. A specialized team of officers that can be used to address a wide variety of crime problems and quality of life issues. This flexible team will be used to support violence reduction, data focused enforcement, and take on crime/blight within impacted communities and neighborhoods.
Project HOPE
12 Violence Interruption Programs•Utilize IHART, community organizations, and other volunteer programs to conduct increased community engagement and informational updates. Neighborhood Watch Program (NWP)•Re-activate Neighborhood Watch Program. Resume regular meetings with NWP Captains to share information and conduct periodic Crime Prevention presentations and trainings. Report John Program (RJP)•Re-activate RJP to receive information from the community in reporting sex trafficking. Send Public Safety Announcements to registered vehicle owners alerting them of the dangers associated of sex trafficking.Volunteer Program•Re-activate the Community on Patrol Program to address quality of life concerns such as abandoned vehicles, burglary deterrents, vacation checks, traffic check-points.
Neighborhood Impact Team
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