Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10271987 - S.5 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Sr:S - Contra FROM: Sup&rvisor Nancy C. Fanden Costa October 20, 1987 County l SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC REPORTS ON THE TYPE OF WEAPONS & INTOXICANTS USED IN VIOLENT CRIME SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION REQUEST: That the Sheriff/Coroner be asked to make regular annual public reports on. the type of weapons and involvement of intoxicants in violent crime. BACKGROUND: Recent increases in violence on our streets, highways and in our homes, leads me to believe that the Board of Supervisors must, once again, take a leadership role in drawing the line on violence. See attached newspaper article published in the West County Times. On October 26 & 28, 1981 the Board of Supervisors held ANTI-CRIME HEARINGS that were attended by hundreds of community leaders, elected officials, criminal justice representatives, individuals and health care providers . These spokesmen all agreed in part that there are social pressures out there causing people to rob and steal that need to be recognized and addressed before a real solution can be found. Three immediately come to mind: The first is a chronic state of economic depression in the low income communities which produces a mind set that theft of property is a viable alternative to being poor all the time. A second factor is the increase in the rate of unemployment in :the poor and working class and especially among youth. The .third factor contributing to violent crime is substance abuse and resulting addiction or dependency which in turn creates the economic need to buy those intoxicants. Intoxicants and firearms pose a threat that is indisputable. Statistically it can be proven that this is a lethal combination. Hopefully, statistical information provided by the Sheriff ' s Department on an annual basis will help us battle this, growing threat to our families, friends and neighbors . CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON October 27 , 1987 APPROVED A8 RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT III ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED October 27 1987 CC: Sheriff-Coroner - -.---i County Administrator 'Supervisors and County Administrator M362/7-63 BY DEPUTY r • 1 f fV Y Richmond victim is four-door car, Burnham told police. A resident in the area who saw stable after.shooting:" Burnham on the ground called po RICHMOND — A Richmond , lice, they said. .� .man who police believe was the,;vic-y LFII' CUptel leaves tim of a drive-by shooting was in p stable condition at John Muir Hospi EC, tracks suspect tal in Walnut Creek Saturday with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, SAN PABLO A California 0 .� Ell cz said Sgt. Bill Gibson. Highway Patrol helicopter partici- > cd o r- 3 3 o V) o >'• N in a v.� vd - v, E- U :� CU John Burnham, 19, was walking EI tCerrito Saturday demonstration was called to N 3 >2 s M.FL: > - N �» in'the 300 block of South Ninth Y :o 0 0 t- � .� -• Street about 1 P.M. Saturday when San Pablo to help police track down ; o r_ ° ;?o:E .� he was shot, Gibson said. Burnham a riian who threatened a woman c °' 04 o o a U told police lie knows of no motive With a knife, police said. m E= 0 3 o V)x �;• for the shooting. 3 o x a o � V-0 ► Jose Lucero, 46 was spotted c o x C's ,,, ar He believes he was shot by a from the helicopter and arrested in E a 7 i ` o o 0 Q1 c: man who drove b in a light P o o �b o ::: ' : :� y g green, a trailer park at 2451 Church Lane 3 v a v > a g o 0 a d v o c: o ° ° env c T a..=.0. f—+.w W .F: c0 a.. after running there frorn Sari Pablo ca, 3100 Ililltop Mall Road, police 0_ ❑ a•n „ V)�-0 --. -s Avenue and Vale Road, said Sari sdid. G °' W o � a •5 0 E;3,5 o o i Pablo Sgt. L.T. Burke. Tile 49-year-old man, a salesman 3 E 3 c a; bn E c o�`' o f Lucero is accused of threatening at Hilltop Mall, was about to open N b cc', a?,,[ g •v 0 w o M c v a 43-year-old Concord woman with the nightdrop door at 8:45 p.m. i~ o a.y�n > a c M� o oro. w a knife atter she got out of her car where a man wearing a ski mask 3 E Q' �' o o0 0 3 c . in the 10100 block of San Pablo Av- and holding a handgun ordered him 0 u opo' cu y ° 3'>1' ;,o enue about 9:30 a.m., Burke said. A to drop the deposit bag. The victim's a°� � .E. CU N o passer-by yelled for him to leave her wife, 39, saw the confrontation from o `" .8 0.°A 2i �„ alone, Burke said, and he ran away. the couple's car. a�, �" �, o P"-r a bo >r - o t The passerby chased Lucero, arid The marl ran across the parking c bDv a, .•.�' Cd.c CU � n.o vale cthe entihometelephone olice m a con got into adc B1urrie and drove eoff,tLteBob x0 `° vbi ° ro•5 p %°�•5 o Lucero was held in County Jail in Parrick said..Police did riot know CY� 0 9= �'. x E E a� � �.� U a Martinez Saturday in lieu of $5,000 how much money was taken. 3 3 •,o2'c=. 0.3'G c°(A °o.w c bail, a jail spokeswoman said. Two suspects caught P . c o y E w bi) Holdup: at.:.depository i><� robbery atle><><><pt °.c " " ° -V vH v �b y i !~ cro .for BofA" near Hillto ,� ° a N > .P.:... RICHMOND — Two of three RICHMOND —�,Hayward,man;.; rnen suspected of threatening a 17- ' 04 -n ! was:held up at gunpoint Friday" year-old in a robbery attempt were aon while attempting to put money in a caught near the scerie of ttre crime, n Z x C .r ¢ E•r. E v nighxrn ,,depository at Bank of Aeri- police said. c [ . . 7 0 o 0 �� o�0 0 0. 0 ov•0 x v n . o ca. Uaa�vi The teen-ager leParrick said. urday morning from apay phone in Johnny Stephenson, 18, of Rich- g.r- S aV) V) V' the 5100 block of Hartnett Avenue, mond, was bitten in the left aria acid gave a description of three suspects leg when lie kicked the dog and ''o > b a=. Z o a� and said they were driving in a tried to run away, police said. lie •a^ r� y°M. > 3 ro white 1960s Ford Mustang, said Lt. was treated at Brookside Hospital in, Sy; S °'",cam o y 0 Bob Parrick. Officers en route saw a San Pablo and released. .;.:Oa'�ii:� 3 0 N car matching the description, he A second suspect, Mario Parker, ao a, said. 21, was found inside his home in �'•w+1N El; ;,&n R -� �°o 3 the same.block, Parrick said. .�;. N'' v x o E 3 U When police followed the vetii- ,�. ,,$;:-�,?�r a,a �N o� a cle, it sped up. In the 600 block of r!'police and.the,dog,continued to., ? °'.' o a� o U') c o rn `aC y• U o n South 37th Street, the car stopped .. .search;.the.area.and•found a jacket:`- �p;,C':� and the three men in it ran away, the sidewalk'covering a sawed-- W.:[q o` � - �� . v 0 leavingthe engine rennin Parrick: -Toff shot un'in the same block. 'Glee � `" u � > �o V; 5 0 ' o Z said. g g third suspect was not found, Parrick a- •a-b;� � v a ° o �' The department's newest police said. C D: T'' 'o °D3 ' ,� °' " V, c -gcr � dog, Lando, and his partner, Officer Stephenson and Parker' were 411D V m :03 � w o x Jerrold Starbuck, searched the area held in County Jail Saturday in lieu and found one man in a hedge in of $10,000 bail, a jail spokesworiian the 700 block of South 40th Street, said.