Captain’s Message

Community Members, Summer is upon us, kids are out of school, back home from school and many adults’ parents or not are taking time off work and dreaming of far off or local destinations and planning sunny summer vacations. Apparently…

Community Members, Graduations are in full swing and there is lots to celebrate with so many people, both young and not so young, accomplishing their educational goals. With that said there will be many social gatherings of family and friends…

Greetings everyone. The thing that burns me up the most about residential burglaries is that it is a total invasion into your privacy and personal living space. We all can rightfully expect to be secure in our homes and be…

Greetings everyone, I think we might finally be out of the bulk of the rainy season and Spring is upon us, I hope! As we transition into Spring our daylight starts to last longer I would like to give everyone…

Greetings everyone. I hope you are all safe and sound after such a stormy last couple of weeks.  We had several trees down, traffic signals out and intersections flooded throughout the district but I am happy to report that there…

Hello everyone I am the new Captain here at Taraval Station, Nick Rainsford. Although “new” to Taraval I have over 25 years of experience with the SFPD. In fact I was assigned to Taraval Station as recently as 2015-2016 as…

Community Members, On July 17, 2018, officers responded to a collision involving a vehicle versus pedestrian at Sloat and 36th Ave.   The vehicle was traveling eastbound on Sloat Blvd when it struck a pedestrian crossing southbound. Despite the efforts of…

Dear residents and community members, In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the 15th also happened to coincide with National Police Week.  I want to thank all the officers at our station for…

Firstly, I want to thank everyone who attended our “Coffee with a Cop” and “Dialogue over Dim Sum.” We had great conversation and attendance at both events. I would like to extend a special thanks to Henry’s House of Coffee…

Dear residents and community members, On Monday, April 9, 2019, the department announced that 10 of 30 identified residential burglars were arrested in connection with 60 residential burglaries in the Taraval, Ingleside and Bayview Districts. The serial crew has stolen…