Pinole Police Department

***Project H.O.P.E*** Helping Others Through Positive Encounters When: May 20th from 9am to 12pm.... Where 1501 Fitzgerald Drive, Pinole This event focuses on connecting our houseless members of our community to resources and providing them with a few necessary essentials. If you are someone who is experiencing homelessness and are in need of any of the listed resources, please stop by our event. For more information please see the flyer below or contact our Community Outreach Unit at 510.910.0866 See Less

Community Outreach Newsletter 05/08/2021- 05/14/2021 - https://mailchi.mp/0a/community-outreach-newsletter-8674353

TODAY is PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. THANK YOU to the fine men and women who serve to protect us every day! We would also like to honor our three fallen heroes Arthur McDonald E.O.W 09-26-1929, John Mueller Seller E.O.W 07-24-1972, Floyd "Bernie" Harold Swartz E.O.W 05-03-1980. #NationalPoliceWeek #NeverForget #PeaceOfficersMemorialDay

We would like to thank Pinole Chuck E. Cheese for donating Pizza, Breadsticks and Salad to us on their #nationaldayofgiving Thank you for thinking us during our #NationalPoliceWeek!

***Final Update - Pear Street is open*** ***Update - No threat of fire to City Hall or surrounding buildings*** Smoke was a result of a malfunctioning roof unit. ... Pear street will be open shortly. No further update. Avoid the Pear Street area. Pinole Professional Firefighters and Rodeo-Hercules Firefighters are investigating smoke coming from the roof of City of Pinole-City Hall.

Pinole Police Officers made a traffic stop on a black Mercedes sedan around 11:00PM last night on Appian Way at Nob Hill Drive. The driver was on parole for armed robbery and was unlicensed. During the search of the suspect vehicle a loaded firearm was located under the driver seat. The suspect was arrested and transported to jail.

The Pinole Police Department wishes everyone a Happy New Year! #2021#PinoleUnited#weloveourcity

Goodbye, 2020! Wishing everyone a safe and healthy Happy New Year's Eve!

Milo approves of his new stuffed animals. Do you want your own stuffed Milo? Stay tuned on how YOU can get yours! #pinoleunited#Milo#Therapydog#weloveourciy

Community Outreach Newsletter 11/28/2020- 12/04/2020 - https://mailchi.mp/8a/community-outreach-newsletter-4815081

This year we are conducting our annual Safe New Year’s Eve extra patrol campaign to help deter criminal activity, poor behaviors, and keep the peace. The purpose of this campaign is to be proactive and highly visible utilizing traditional and non-traditional methods of patrol throughout the city to deter criminal activity.

Community Outreach Newsletter 12/25/2020- 12/31/2020 - https://mailchi.mp/df/community-outreach-newsletter-4881021

On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who perished during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Let us honor and remember them on this day.

#MemeMonday #mondaymood

Recently, as many of you know, a youtuber recorded portions of an interaction with Pinole police officers and posted the video on YouTube, causing some questions and concerns by our residents. With this in mind, we created the following video with the intention of clarifying the laws and regulations that we, as police, are required to act on; while simultaneously providing our community members with the relevant information they need to make informed decisions regarding inc...idents such as this. Please see prior post for full statement. ***For clarification the subject was detained in handcuffs for approximately five minutes, the entire duration of detainment was approximately 20 minutes. https://youtu.be/aazcJKfNjc0

Happy Monday! #MemeMonday #funny #newyear

On 11/8/20, Officers responded to the parking lot of Staples in response to an alert citizen who called the police for a suspicious vehicle seen driving in the area possibly casing the stores and parked cars. The area the vehicle was seen in has been an active area for shoplifting and vehicle break-ins. Officers arrived and located the vehicle which turned out to be a reported stolen vehicle. Officers observed an occupant exit the vehicle and walk away. The occupant was arrested and found to have a loaded concealed revolver pistol along with burglary tools. The occupant was also found to be a convicted felon. The vehicle was returned to it's owner and another firearm was taken off of the streets. Great job Officers Roberts and Delgado!

Community Outreach Newsletter 12/19/2020- 12/25/2020 - https://mailchi.mp/a8/community-outreach-newsletter-4879085

A message from Chief Neil H. Gang Below is a link to our video response. https://youtu.be/aazcJKfNjc0

The Pinole Police Department would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and safe Holiday season! #MerryChristmas#HappyHolidays#PinoleUnited

****UPDATE: San Pablo Avenue at Tennent is now open for traffic*** San Pablo Avenue at Tennent Avenue is closed due to a major injury collision. Right now we do not have an estimated time for reopening the road. Please take alternate routes.

Last night we held our annual Shop with a Cop program and we were able to impact the lives of 9 children and three families. None of this would have been possible with out the help of all those who donated to this program. The Pinole Police Department thanks you all for your love and support! #weloveourcity #pinoleunited #shopwithacop

A note about public comments and posts on our FB page: The Pinole Police Department does not and will not delete posts or comments posted on our page by the public but the original poster or commentator has the ability to delete and edit his/her comments and posts. A comment posted by a member of the public on this site is the opinion of the commentator or poster only, and the posting of a comment does not imply endorsement of, or agreement by, the Pinole Police Department or... the City of Pinole, nor do such comments necessarily reflect their opinions or policies. The Pinole Police Department and the City of Pinole neither guarantee the authenticity, accuracy, appropriateness or security of external links, websites, or content linked thereto. Any content posted to this site is subject to public disclosure. For more information, please see "More Information" under the "About" tab.

The Pinole Police Department was made of aware of an incident involving several members of the department before a Bay Area Transparency video was posted. An official review was initiated at that time; to include all body worn camera footage, reports, and the original call for service. Now that the Bay Area Transparency video footage has been posted, we will be able to add another layer of review in this process. As with any official personnel matter, we will not be providing... further comment at this time. We respect the right of all citizens to conduct these 1st Amendment audits, as it provides us an ability to evaluate our current practices and training and assists in identifying growth opportunities for improvement. Chief Gang would like to offer an invitation to have a sit-down conversation with Bay Area Transparency to discuss this situation further. We appreciate your understanding and patience as the process takes its course.

Community Outreach Newsletter 11/22/2020- 11/28/2020 - https://mailchi.mp/96/community-outreach-newsletter-4810445

Providing the best equipped and best trained public servants to serve the community of Pinole is our #1 priority. We are excited to announce that SILKed (Social Intelligence Latent Kinetics education) will be on-site training all our supervisors and Command Staff this week as Pinole PD will be the first agency in California to undergo this training. Their training takes a radically new approach to successful people strategy and understanding human communication. Revealing t...he power and importance of soft skills, they provide an innovative, immediately useable, social/emotional intelligence strategy that is focused on non-verbal communication, de-escalation, unconscious bias, and mental health. It is a fresh, forward-thinking, and intuitively rational approach to understanding human communication and the behaviors, that are scientifically proven to create trust and rapport with our community. See more

Community Outreach Newsletter 10/24/2020- 10/30/2020 - https://mailchi.mp/85/community-outreach-newsletter-4687593

Thank you to everyone who came out to our Cops on the Corner: Halloween Drive-Thru!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our first Cops on the Corner: Halloween Dive-Thru this past Saturday! We had a blast and enjoyed seeing everyone all dressed up! Here are a few pictures from the event. And a special thank you to Sequoia Real Estate for joining in this amazing event!

We would like to congratulate Naomi Wimmer for winning the Coolest Pumpkin Carving Contest! Please Contact us for your prize! Thank you to everyone who participated in this contest, it was a tough decision! If you missed this contest, please make sure to like us here on Facebook to stay up to date with all of our future programs.

***Update*** Emarion has returned home. Emarion Hazard (07-02-2004) was last seen at his group home on Paige Ct in the City of Pinole on 11-01-2020 at 0200 hrs. At that time he left to an unknown destination and has not returned.

Just one more day until our Halloween Drive-Thru event! Meet us at tomorrow at 880 Tennent Ave @10am! We’ll be passing out candy until 12p. Hope to see y’all there!