Ask Officer Michelle – Question #42

Posted by Officer Michelle on March 30th, 2007 — in Answers From Officer Michelle

Posted by thatsgr8 I just want to know if someone can be arrested for assault and harassment even if it occured four months ago. This girl (20) assaulted our son in our front yard (neighbors seen it)she continued to harass and taunt him after she was asked to stop. When our son “finally” began to [...]

SacPD Dispatcher Academy – Introducing Jenna McCoy

Posted by Blog Moderator on March 28th, 2007 — in SacPD Dispatcher Academy

This is the first of several installments to be written by two of SacPD’s Dispatcher Recruits who are currently going through the Sacramento Police Department’s challenging 10-week Dispatcher Academy.  They began the Academy on March 5 and will graduate May 11. Hello.  My name is Jenna McCoy and I am a Dispatcher Recruit for the [...]

SacPD Dispatcher Academy – Introducing Lisa Cass

Posted by Blog Moderator on March 28th, 2007 — in SacPD Dispatcher Academy

  This is the first of several installments to be written by two of SacPD’s Dispatcher Recruits who are currently going through the Sacramento Police Department’s challenging 10-week Dispatcher Academy.  They began the Academy on March 5 and will graduate May 11.  It was pretty clear to me on the first day of training that [...]

SacPD Academy – The Recruits After 18 Weeks

Posted by Blog Moderator on March 27th, 2007 — in SacPD Academy

Hello Everyone, We get closer and closer to the end, and it only grows harder with every passing day.  When I look back to the first couple of weeks of the academy I realize just how easy it was.  We sat in class all day and didn’t even have PT yet. Now we have night [...]

Ask Officer Michelle – Question #41

Posted by Officer Michelle on March 23rd, 2007 — in Answers From Officer Michelle

Posted by jnmarsh12 I am currently going through the hiring process and would like to find out more information about the police academy, ie. hours that the academy runs? Thank you. Dear jnmarsh12, Congratulations on the first step to being a member of our team. This is an excellent department to work for. You have some [...]

Introducing New Series: "SacPD Dispatcher Academy"

Posted by Blog Moderator on March 23rd, 2007 — in SacPD Dispatcher Academy

Welcome to our newest blog series, “SacPD Dispatcher Academy.”  Like our series “SacPD Academy,” which follows, through their blog entries, the progress of four of our recruits on their way to becoming police officers, this new series will allow you to get to know two of our Dispatcher Recruits, and how they are trained to become Public Safety Dispatchers.  This Dispatcher Academy [...]

SacPD Virtual Ride-Along: "Law Enforcement from the Skies"

Posted by Blog Moderator on March 20th, 2007 — in SacPD Virtual Ride-Along

This is the third in a series of articles called “SacPD Virtual Ride-Along.”  Officer Michael Hutchins, the writer of this entry, works as a “Tactical Flight Officer” (TFO) in the Sacramento Police Department’s Air Unit which is home to the department’s two helicopters.   The Air Unit’s staffing consists of one sergeant, and two teams of [...]

Business Owners and Buyers Beware

Posted by Blog Moderator on March 15th, 2007 — in News & Information

The Sacramento Police Department wants to inform you of a scammer who bilked a small business owner out of thousands of dollars. If you have a small business, be aware of this. The victim, Rosemary Burpo, ran a real estate brokerage for many years in the city of Sacramento without any agents. In 2004, she [...]

Online Reporting Saves Time, Eases Stress

Posted by Blog Moderator on March 14th, 2007 — in News & Information

Has your vehicle been broken into? Or have you been the victim of vandalism? You don’t have to wait for a telephone call from a Sacramento Police Department report writer or go to a public counter to make that report. You can file your report through the Sacramento Police Department’s new “online reporting system.” Since [...]

SacPD Academy – The Recruits After 16 Weeks

Posted by Blog Moderator on March 14th, 2007 — in SacPD Academy

  We have been following the progress of four recruits through the Police Academy since they began in November.  Their blog postings have provided an insight into their challenges and triumphs as they work towards becoming police officers.  Stay tuned as we round the corner to their graduation on April 26.   The past two weeks [...]


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