Chief's Community Update - April 6, 2025
The East Palo Alto Police Department remains committed to maintaining safe and accessible streets through consistent parking enforcement. In March 2025, officers issued a total of 1,882 parking citations, reflecting an increase from 1,447 citations in February. Notable citation categories for March include:
Street Sweeping Violations: 538 (up from 457 in February)
Expired Registration: 385 (up from 298)
Failure to …
04/07/2025
Chief's Community Update - April 1, 2025
Greetings East Palo Alto Community,
Our Flock ALPR audit for March 2025 is completed and uploaded to our ALPR transparency page for your review. When reading the report, you will find that our personnel have been using the system in accordance with department policy and that Flock continues to make positive impact on our community safety. To access the page, …
04/02/2025
Press Release - March 14, 2025
On Friday March 14, 2025, at 3:41 PM, the East Palo Alto Police Department received a 9-1-1 call on the 2700 block of Xavier Street. While Officers were conducting their preliminary investigation, they were informed an adult male involved with the call had a firearm on him. When the Officers went to confront the male, he fled on foot. While …
03/15/2025
Chief's Community Update - March 2, 2025
Greetings East Palo Alto!
03/04/2025
Press Release - Shooting Investigation
On February 24, 2025, at 6:45 PM, a shooting incident took place on the 2200 block of Pulgas Avenue in East Palo Alto. During the incident, an adult male victim suffered a single gunshot wound, which does not appear to be life threatening. Prior to police arrival, the victim was transported to a local hospital by an unidentified person driving …
02/26/2025
Chief's Community Update - February 9, 2025
Greetings East Palo Alto community,
02/10/2025
Chief's Community Update - February 2, 2025
Greetings East Palo Alto!
Our ALPR audit for January 2025 is completed, and can be access by clicking this link. We look forward to the future installation of our remaining fixed ALPR cameras. As you will see, our use of the Flock Safety ALPR platform has been quite positive, and has contributed to a safer East Palo Alto.
02/03/2025
Chief’s Community Update - January 26, 2025
Greetings East Palo Alto Community,
This past week we reorganized our Parking Complaint webpage to make it a little easier to navigate.
We also added parking citation statistics to the page for your reference. Please note the parking citation annual reports are based on the fiscal calendar, which runs from July 1 through June 30 each year.
01/27/2025
Press Release - Two juveniles in custody for daytime gun battle
On December 27, 2024, at approximately 9:13 am, officers responded to a report of gunfire in the area of the 600 Block of Bell St. Officers arrived on the scene and discovered two subjects fired multiple gun shots at each other, one from a moving vehicle. Neither one of the juveniles were injured in the exchange.
01/11/2025
Chief's Community Update - January 5, 2025
Greetings and Happy New Year East Palo Alto community!
As we enter 2025, our department is partnering with Jobtrain to fill some vacancies in our ranks. Currently, we are seeking candidates to fill four Police Officer/Recruit positions and one Part Time Community Service Officer.
Our goal is to inform interested candidates on all the aspects of the application and hiring …
01/06/2025
Chief's Community Update - December 29, 2024
Dear East Palo Alto Community,
As we prepare to welcome the New Year, the East Palo Alto Police Department is committed to ensuring the safety of our residents. In accordance with our annual practice, every able-bodied sworn member of our department will be on duty and deployed throughout our community. Our primary focus will be proactive enforcement to prevent dangerous …
12/30/2024
Chief's Community Update - December 23, 2024
Parking is an important part of keeping our streets safe and accessible for everyone. Community members have expressed concerns about a perceived lack of parking enforcement. I want you to know that weve heard you and are increasing our focus on this issue.
In Fiscal Year 2023-2024 (July 1 through June 30), our department issued 10,488 parking citations (6,704 for …
12/25/2024
Chief's Community Update - October 27, 2024
Good evening East Palo Alto community,
10/28/2024
Chief's Community Update - October 1, 2024
East Palo Alto Community,
Please take a moment to welcome the newest members of your East Palo Alto Police Department. I asked each of them to write a quick self introduction for you all.
Brigitte Gutierrez - Full Time Community Service Officer (CSO)
10/02/2024
Chief's Community Update - September 22, 2024
Good evening East Palo Alto Community,
Last Tuesday our City Council approved my request to enter into a one year contract with Flock Safety, for a one year pilot program to bring Automated License Plate Recognition cameras and technology to our community. I firmly believe the ALPR cameras will enhance our public safety and significantly increase our ability to solve …
09/23/2024
Press Release - School employee arrested for lewd acts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release Date: September 16, 2024
09/17/2024
Chief's Community Update - September 15, 2024
Dear East Palo Alto Community,
We are on the lookout for dedicated individuals to join our East Palo Alto Police Department, and we need your help! We have a few vacancies for Police Officers and Police Recruits, and we're reaching out to our community to help us find the right candidates.
We are seeking individuals who genuinely care about others, …
09/16/2024
Chief's Community Update - August 12, 2024
Community Members,
Please welcome our newest Police Officers Cesar Flores-Garcia and Guadalupe Juarez. Our department attended their graduation last Friday from the South Bay Regional Public Safety Consortium police academy, where I had the honor of handing them their academy completion certificates during the graduation ceremony, and swearing them in as Police Officers shortly following the ceremony.
08/12/2024
Chief's Community Update - National Night Out 2024
Dear East Palo Alto Community,
I am thrilled to invite you all to join us for a special evening of community and celebration at our National Night Out block parties! This year, we're coming together on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, to strengthen our bonds and build a safer, more vibrant neighborhood.
07/29/2024
Chief's Community Update - July 14, 2024
Community Members,
07/15/2024
Chief's Community Update - June 30, 2024
Community Members,
The National Weather Service announced we are in for a heat wave this week. The hottest days will be Tuesday through Thursday, the 4th of July. Please contribute to our community safety by:
Check on your neighbors
Stay hydrated
Stay cool by seeking shade and/or air conditioning
Do not use fireworks
Please take a moment to review the …
07/01/2024
Chief's Community Update - June 16, 2024
Dear Community Members,
On June 10, a group of juveniles engaged in a fireworks fight while surrounded by apartments, residents of the apartments, and carports with vehicles parked within. The juveniles were literally shooting fireworks (Roman Candles) at each other and hitting not only each other, but apartment buildings, vehicles, carports, and residents of the apartments. This type of activity …
06/17/2024
Chief's Community Update - June 9, 2024
Dear Community Members,
As we approach the season of celebration, we kindly urge you to refrain from engaging in fireworks activity. While fireworks may bring momentary excitement, they can cause significant harm to our community members, particularly our children and pets.
Fireworks pose serious safety risks, including the potential for injuries and fires. The loud noises can also be distressing, …
06/10/2024
Chief's Community Update - June 2, 2024
On May 27, Officer Sanchez was patrolling the 200 block of Azalia Drive in East Palo Alto when he heard the sound of screeching tires emitting from the area of the Boys and Girls Club. Officer Sanchez quickly drove to the intersection and watch a black pickup truck with smoke emitting from the rear tires, spinning "donuts" in the intersection. …
06/03/2024
Chief's Community Update May 12, 2024
On Friday May 20, 2024, our very own Sergeant Joseph Klein and Investigator Jason Peardon were featured guests on Episode #22 of Into the Fire from KGRA Digital Broadcasting, hosted by Jason White and Ronnie Leatherman from the Tulsa Police Department. You may recognize the hosts from numerous episodes of The First 48. I was lucky enough to tune in …
05/13/2024
Chief's Community Update - April 21, 2024
On April 19, 2024, Frank Finney's murderer was booked in jail for this homicide. Although we have sufficient evidence to arrest the suspect, we still need our community to step forward and identify the occupant(s) of the white SUV that stopped to watch the attack. We believe the occupant(s) were witnesses and we need to interview them. Please take a …
04/22/2024
Press Release - Suspect Arrested for Victim Frank Finney's Murder
April 19, 2024 UPDATE
On April 19, 2024 the East Palo Alto Police Department booked Ernesto Alexis Mora Samayoa (19-year-old East Palo Alto resident) for committing Frank Finneys murder. Samayoa was already in custody at the San Mateo County Jail for an unrelated crime.
04/20/2024
Chief's Community Update - April 14, 2024
In the early morning hours of April 8, 2024 our community suffered our second murder of 2024 on Newell Road near West Bayshore Road. Our first murder occurred in February when Frank Finney was murdered on the 500 block of Bell Street.
Our investigators are working diligently to solve both murders, but we need our community's help to solve both …
04/19/2024
Press Release - Murder Investigation April 2024
On April 8, 2024, at 10:59 AM, an East Palo Alto Police Officer was flagged down by a community member who directed him to Newell Road near West Bayshore Road for an injured person. Upon arrival, the Officer found a deceased male, identified as Leonard Clark (54-year-old East Palo Alto resident) who suffered a fatal wound. The preliminary investigation was …
04/19/2024
Chief's Community Update - March 31, 2024
We still need your help to solve the murder of Frank Finney, who was murdered on Bell Street at University on February 8, 2024 around 8:25 PM. We need to speak to the occupants of the white SUV featured in the video released two weeks ago.
Mothers Against Murder - Advocating for Victims of Violence has offered a $10,000 reward …
04/19/2024
