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Ingleside captain highlights declines in some crimes, crisis‑intervention training and November gun buyback
Summary
Captain Joseph McFadden described the Ingleside District’s staffing, crime trends (three homicides year‑to‑date, declines in robberies and burglaries, increases in auto theft), widespread Crisis Intervention Team training and a Nov. 1 gun‑buyback event planned at Gleneagles Golf Course in Sunnydale.
Captain Joseph McFadden, commanding officer of the Ingleside Station, told the commission the district covers about 6.5 square miles with a population he estimated at nearly 140,000 and outlined staffing, language capacity and enforcement priorities.
McFadden said the district has five lieutenants and a mix of foot‑beat and plainclothes units; he highlighted an investigations‑heavy approach by a Special Investigations Team that, he said, helped bring down robberies and aggravated assaults. He reported three homicides in the district year‑to‑date and said many property crimes have decreased while auto thefts remain a growing issue.
McFadden emphasized community engagement: 65 of roughly 100 Ingleside officers have Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training intended to improve response to people in mental‑health crisis. He named a range of community partners and said the station will hold a gun‑buyback event Nov. 1 at Gleneagles Golf Course in Sunnydale, noting the previous event collected 188 firearms and that the station hopes to exceed that number.
On language access and investigations, McFadden said his office fields bilingual investigators and works with community partners when language or cultural issues arise. He invited community groups to help publicize the gun‑buyback and other outreach.
The presentation drew questions about board membership of the community advisory panel and how foot beats are chosen; Captain McFadden said the community board has 13 members drawn from district neighborhoods.
