Jeri Williams Jefe de la Policía

Departamento de Policía de Oxnard R. Jason Benites Jefe Adjunto De Scott Whitney Jefe Adjunto

OXNARD DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICÍA

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

DETALLES: El año pasado, después de un segundo año de aumento en los delitos denunciados, Las estadísticas de la Policía de Oxnard mostraron que el aumento fue impulsado principalmente por un 25% aumento de delitos contra la propiedad, predominantemente robos y hurtos. Para combatir esto, Oxnard Police launched a comprehensive crime prevention initiative, Operación segura y resistente.

The innovative yearlong initiative was aimed to inform, educate, and empower residents as partners in public safety. A central part of the initiative was public safety and crime prevention seminars that were organized throughout the city, addressing current and evolving trends and focused on Identifying and Reporting Suspicious Activity, Burglary and Theft Prevention, objetivo Endurecimiento, seguridad de la juventud, Crime Prevention for Businesses, Consejos de seguridad y protección para la tercera edad, and Neighborhood Watch Training.

Oxnard Police aimed to target and engage every demographic in our community: youth, adults, parents, and seniors in our community. Hundreds of neighbors and community members answered our call and took the time to register, attend, and participate in our crime prevention events. To reach a larger audience, the community-police seminars were coordinated in every district in the city, recorded, translated, aired on the city’s public access channel and remain available on our website today in English and Spanish.

Building on our long history and tradition of community engagement, as well as the success of our Safer and Stronger initiative, the Oxnard Police is proud to announce the launch of a new initiative that places neighbors and neighborhoods at the center, Oxnard Neighbors United Project (ON UP).

“We continue to recognize and appreciate the importance of enhanced community engagement, in our work towards improving public safety,” said Chief Jeri Williams. “We will continue to take every opportunity to meet with, and work with, the community to address our evolving challenges,” added Williams.

Oxnard Police and the City of Oxnard hope that heightened awareness brought by this program compels community members to take small steps to make our city and their homes safer by minimizing opportunities for crime. Of the reported increase in burglaries and thefts in the past year, we discovered that 40% were not because of forcible entry, but instead was driven by unsecured and unlocked garages, doors, windows, and cars.

There are small steps we can all take to make our city safer, chiefly securing your homes, cars, and property. “Public awareness, prevención del crimen, and community engagement will be central to our efforts this year,” said Miguel Lopez, Oxnard Police Community Affairs Manager. “We will be working with neighborhoods and community leaders, faith-based and community-based organizations, businesses partners, city departments and Oxnard Police District teams, to create opportunities and challenges for neighbors and entire neighborhoods to help build a stronger sense community and more active neighborhoods,” added Lopez

The Oxnard Police Department would like to remind the public that crime prevention begins at home – and with each individual person in our community. This philosophy and approach embraces the idea of empowering community members and does not solely depend on police for crime prevention. En la mayoría de los casos, people only call the police after an incident has occurred. Community members should not shy away from calling prior to an incident to ask about crime prevention tips or to report any and all suspicious activity.

“There are small steps we can all take to make our city safer and minimize these opportunities for crime – securing our homes and property can make a big difference,” said Williams. “Together, let’s build on our efforts to create a safer community,” added Williams.

Oxnard Police encourage our community to always remain vigilant and immediately report any and all suspicious activity. Como vecinos, we are the first to recognize activity that does not look or sound right in our neighborhoods and in our community. El público puede reportar cualquier actividad sospechosa llamando (805) 385-7740 desde cualquier teléfono, o 911. Hay traductores de español disponibles., y las personas que llaman pueden permanecer en el anonimato.

“We can do better. We must do better. We will do better, together,” said Lopez.

Para obtener más información, contact Crime Prevention Detective Crystal Walker at the Oxnard Police Department(805)385-7668 o crystal.walker @ oxnardpd.org


FECHA / HORA PREPARADO: 4/8/15 -1400 horas