| Bay Jurisdiction | Resident Deputy Program | School Resource Officer |
| Residential & Commercial Security Surveys  | Crime Prevention Tips |
| Neighborhood Watch | Special Presentations and Educational Opportunities |
| Sheriff's Newsletter | Extra Patrol and Vacation House Checks |
 | Megan's Law Sexual Offender Information |
| Crime Stoppers of West Contra Costa County |

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Bay Jurisdiction 

Bay Station is located within the West County Detention Facility.

Bay Station
5555 Giant Highway
Richmond, CA 94806
(510) 262-4203

The jurisdiction covered by Bay Station spans from the Port Costa west on Hwy 4 to Crockett on I-80 and west to Richmond. Bay station services the following unincorporated west-end communities:

• Bay View

• Montalvin Manor

• Crockett

• El Sobrante

• North Richmond

• Port Costa

• Rollingwood

• East Richmond Heights

• Rodeo

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Resident Deputy Program

Bay Station has (5) Resident Deputies or Special Project Deputies. Resident or Special Project Deputies are dedicated to specific areas. They are relieved of beat responsibility, enabling them to focus on specific issues, interact with schools, service organizations, Municipal Advisory Committees (MAC's) and the business community. These Deputies act as direct links between the community and the various services provided by the County. Examples of such services include Code Enforcement, Abandoned Vehicle Abatement, Litter Enforcement & Removal and Crime Prevention. The following are Resident and Special Project Deputies assigned to Bay Station communities:

• Project Pride North Richmond
• Weed and Seed North Richmond and Rodeo
• Rodeo Resident Deputy
• Crockett Resident Deputy

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School Resource Officer - Crockett

The School Resource Officer is trained for three specific roles: law enforcement officer, law-related counselor and law-related teacher. The National Association of School Resource Officers calls these interrelated roles the Triad Concept.

Law Enforcement Officer: an uniformed, armed officer with a marked police vehicle who investigates crimes and makes arrests. The S.R.O. is the key police officer for the school community, working as a liaison between the school and the law enforcement agencies and presenting a positive role model for the students

Law-Related Counselor: a program coordinator who provides informal counseling to students and parents based upon the expertise of a law enforcement officer and works closely with the school's counseling staff and provides information on community services and the law to students, parents and staff.

Law-Related Teacher: a member of the school staff who provides law related education to the students, parents and staff on request and in the role of guest speaker.

The roles and responsibilities include:

• Investigating and completing dispositions of crimes occurring in and around school grounds 

• Conduct follow-up investigation on assigned cases

• Increase perceptions of safety among students by providing uniformed police visibility on school campuses

• Deter criminal activity on school campuses 

• Monitor school campus to deter truancy and prevent non-students from entering or disturbing activities on school grounds 

• Patrol the immediate neighborhoods/business in an effort to prevent student related problems 

• Work in partnership with the Juvenile Probation Department

•  Promote communications between students, school officials and members of the police department 

• Allow students to see police officers as positive role models through positive interaction and methods other than enforcement experiences 

• Provide or arrange for classroom presentations on issues such as non-violent anger management, gang prevention, drug and alcohol prevention, law related to drugs, weapons and violence, function of government, Vehicle Code, Welfare and Institutions Code and various public safety and law related matters 

• Assist in the coordination of services between the school district , school administrators, police, probation, Child Protective Services and other public agency officials in the area of child welfare 

• Refer students and their parents to counseling services, recovery programs and other school or community support programs where appropriate 

• Assist school official in crime search activities 

• Assist in home visits in matters of truancy or child welfare

• Serve as a member of the School Attendance Review Board (SARB) 

• Promote positive relationships among the police department, school and community 

• Promote positive student activity alternative  such as recreation after school programs, athletics and other extra curricular programs 

• Assist in the supervision of students at school events, such as dances and athletic events where appropriate

In case of an emergency dial 9-1-1

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Residential and Commercial Surveys

The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff offers a Residential Site Survey Program as a free public service. It is designed to help the members of our communities evaluate the security of their property using crime prevention through environmental design techniques.

A self-done home security survey form can be mailed to your home, or at your request, the Office of the Sheriff will conduct a detailed survey of your home and property. At the conclusion of the survey, you will be provided with recommendations, which if followed, can drastically reduce your chances of becoming a victim of residential burglary in the future.

For a form to be mailed call the Crime Prevention Specialist at (510) 374-7989.
 

Click here to print out a home security survey you can do yourself!

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Crime Prevention Tips 

For tips on crime prevention and home security visit (Internet Based Community Oriented Policing) Your online stationhouse to the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office. 

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Crime Stoppers of West Contra Costa County

Do you have information concerning a crime that has been committed in West Contra Costa County? Have you stayed quiet out of fear of retribution?  Fear No Longer!

Crimestoppers anonymous tip line is:
(510) 799-TALK
(510) 799-8255)

What is Crimestoppers?

We are concerned citizens of West Contra Costa County who seek to assist our police departments in solving crimes of a serious nature. Our goal is to provide a crime-free environment for our families and businesses.

We are all volunteers from the communities in West Contra Costa County who host various events to present funds to persons who provide information what will assist in the solving of crimes in our communities.

We will pay up to $1,000.00 for such tips.

The tips are provided anonymously to our tip line, and no names or further information is required. The caller is to give a code name of their choice and the information is sent to the police department of jurisdiction. We do not investigate the crime ourselves!

When the crime is solved and the story is in the local newspaper, the tipster is to call and seek the reward. Our Board of Directors and a representative of the Police Department who solved the crime will determine the amount of the reward. It will be paid in cash to the tipster, with only their code name as identification.

Please help us to help our Police/Sheriff's Departments solve the crimes that can only be solved by a tip from someone who has information but does not want to be identified.

We are endorsed by every Police Department in West Contra Costa County.

The Bay Station has 78 active Neighborhood Watch groups with more starting all the time. Have your neighborhood get involved! The least expensive, yet most efficient method of crime prevention is the Neighborhood Watch Program. For more information on crime prevention or Neighborhood Watch contact the Crime Prevention Specialist at (510) 374-7989 or you can go to the Neighborhood Watch.

Sheriff's Office personnel often are asked to give community presentations on a wide variety of topics ranging from Assault Prevention to Water Safety. If you have a community concern that you would like addressed in your school, place of business or neighborhood, please feel free to contact the Community Relations Unit for information on arranging a presentation. (925) 313-2720.

Presentations are available on the following subjects:                                      

• Identity Theft/Mail Theft                  

• School Safety

• Home Security

• Business Security                                             

• Loss Prevention

• Personal Safety

• Megan's Law (sex offender registration)

• High Tech Crime

• Child Safety

• and more...

The Office of the Sheriff publishes a quarterly newsletter for and about the Sheriff's Neighborhood Watch Community. Upcoming events, crime prevention tips, crime trends and statistics and currents events are just a few of the topics. 

If you would like to download a pdf version of the Community Newsletter, please click here: Community Newsletter.

The Records Unit for the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff can provide you with information about crime in you prospective neighborhood.

Please click on the Records Unit link for instructions on how you can request this information.

Records Unit

The goal behind the extra patrol request is to address specific problems or quality of life issues within your neighborhood. If you are experiencing an on-going issue that you feel preventative patrol could address please, please let us know.

Please remember that extra patrol requests are filled when the deputies are not handling priority calls. The beat deputies diligently try to respond to all extra patrol requests when calls allow them to do so. Consequently, there may be times when the beat deputy is not able to respond during the hours requested.

There may be a 2-3 day turn around on processing patrol requests. Thank you in advance for your patience.

Vacation Home Checks
 

If you live within the unincorporated areas of Contra Costa County that are served by the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office, you can request a check of your home while you are away.

In response to the murder of 7-year-old Megan Kanka by a convicted sex offender living in her neighborhood, in 1996, California enacted Megan’s Law. This law provides for the ability for police to notify neighborhoods and residents of the existence of serious offenders, and further provides for public access to sex offender information under controlled circumstances. 

The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office maintains a Megan’s Law Database for use by citizens.  The Database contains information on all “serious” and “high-risk” registered sex offenders in California.  The purpose of the Megan’s Law Database is to allow members of the public to protect children and themselves from sex offenders.

You can view the database at our Martinez Records Division, 500 Court Street, M-F, 9am - 4:30pm. For more information on Megan's Law call (925) 335-1593.

Citizens can now go to the State of California's  Megan's Law Internet Website and search their neighborhoods using the inter-active mapping capabilities to obtain more detailed information on sexual offenders.

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