Join us at the 2008 Oxnard Police Department Employee Recognition Awards Luncheon. The ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. at the Courtyard by Marriott, 600 Esplanade Drive, Oxnard.

The awards presented will include:

• POLICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR
• CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
• SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR
• DISPATCHER OF THE YEAR
• MEDAL OF MERIT
• M.A.D.D. (DRUNK DRIVING) AWARD
• 10851 (STOLEN VEHICLE) AWARD
• CHIEF’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

The event is hosted by the Oxnard Kiwanis Club of Oxnard. Lunch is $20 per person (payable at the door), but reservations are required. Please contact Lupe Moreno at (805) 385-7761 or LupeMoreno@OxnardPD.org to reserve your seat today!

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INCIDENT:	Gang related shooting
DATE/TIME:	01/21/08
LOCATION:	400 block of e. Guava St. Oxnard
VICTIM/S:	30 year old Male resident of Oxnard, name withheld due to safety concerns. The victim sustained no injuries.
SUSPECT/S:	3 H/M’s one with a dark hooded sweatshirt armed with a handgun
WITNESS/ES:	N/A
SUSPECT VEHICLE:	White 2000 Chevy S-10 p/u truck Impounded
LOSS:
PREPARED BY:	Fred Sedillos, Sergeant Violent Crimes Unit

DETAILS: 

If anyone has information regarding the incident is encouraged to contact Detective Kujawa at 385-7547 or Crime Stoppers at 385-TALK.

An investigation is continuing.

At approximately 11:40 this morning a 34 year old Oxnard woman reported through our 911 system that she had just been assaulted in her home. Officers quickly responded to an apartment complex in the 3100 block of Peninsula Road and contacted the victim.

She reported that someone had knocked on her door, and upon answering the door she found a man standing there.  He spoke to her briefly in Spanish and as she attempted to explain that she did not understand Spanish he forced his way into the apartment, knocked her to the floor, struck her and climbed on top of her.

Moments later the woman’s pet, a 16 year old sheepdog, came to her assistance. There was a scuffle between the suspect and the dog and the suspect may have been bitten.  At that point he ran from the apartment.

The woman described her assailant as a Hispanic male, approximately 35 year of age.  He was approximately 5’ 7” and weighed about 130 lbs. He spoke Spanish and was wearing blue jeans with some mud on them, a black hooded sweatshirt, and work boots. He was wearing sunglasses with square frames.

The victim stated that she does not know the suspect.

Anyone with any information about this case is urged to contact Oxnard Police at 385-7600 or Crime Stoppers at 385-TALK – calls to Crime Stoppers can be made anonymously and are eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

 

David Keith, PIO

385-7631

On January 4, 2008, Congresswoman Lois Capps visited Oxnard to announce the funding of $470,000 for the city. The federal funding will assist the Oxnard Police Department and the Oxnard Fire Department in replacing their existing Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System. Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) is a software program that allows for the dispatching of police and fire operations to be automated and is an essential source of communication and information sharing between dispatchers and officers in the field. It provides for a greater level of effectiveness of resources and provides for greater safety and accountability of our officers.

The Records Management System (RMS) is an agency-wide system that provides for the storage, retrieval and archiving of information, records, documents, and files pertaining to public safety operations.

A new, fully integrated CAD/RMS system will provide a stable, reliable platform to perform dispatch operations with automated coordination between dispatchers and field staff; user friendly single point of entry for records; accurate reporting; interoperability capability that is compliant with federal standards; updated mapping and crime analysis, including timely and accurate management reporting; and the capability for efficient interfaces with City or County databases. This kind of system will support a high level of response to calls for service, while providing critical decision information for all users, from police officer and fire fighters to executive managers.

On January 8th, Police Chief John Crombach pinned the Oxnard Police Department Medal of Merit onto Officer Ed Baldwin for his heroic actions on November 7, 2007. On that date, Officer Baldwin was off-duty with his family and driving to Gorman. They were on Interstate 5 and had just passed Castaic when they observed two semi trucks collide on the freeway in front of him. He immediately realized it was a serious accident and stopped to assist. Officer Baldwin ran across the freeway and saw that the driver of one of the trucks was trapped in his vehicle. He also saw that the truck was engulfed in flames. Officer Baldwin retrieved a knife from a bystander and was able to cut the driver