Baldwin Park Police Services

The Baldwin Park Police Department is keeping up with the times. They have launched several new services that can be accessed through the City of Baldwin Park website; www.baldwinpark.com.

www.crimereports.com is a website that provides Baldwin Park residents timely and reliable information on criminal activity in their neighborhoods. Residents can search the database using their home address to see recent criminal and traffic activity which is updated every 6 hours. “Information is power,” Chief Hadsell added, “and we hope that giving the community this information will help them prevent crime in their neighborhoods.” This information is available 24 hours a day through the website www.crimereports.com or through the CrimeReports iPhone app.

Because everybody’s time is valuable, the Baldwin Park Police Department has launched an Online Police Reporting System that allows any victim to submit an online report immediately to the police department. The Online Police Reporting System can be accessed through the City of Baldwin Park’s website at www.baldwinpark.com.

Victims may report a crime online from the comfort of their own home if the incident is not an emergency situation, occurred in Baldwin Park, there are no known suspects, and it did not occur on a State Highway. Once all the criteria have been met a report can be made and submitted. In return, each report will be issued a police report number and victim will be contacted if further investigation is required. Victims can print a copy of their report for free once it has been submitted.

Another feature added by the Baldwin Park Police Department is the Online Traffic Collision Report Retrieval System. This new feature will allow victims and or insurance companies access to traffic collision reports and photos using the online system. Users can access the feature through the City of Baldwin Park’s website www.baldwinpark.com. A police report number is needed to obtain traffic collision information and photos. Information can be printed for a small fee of $20 per report and $10 per photo.

These new technologies will allow the Baldwin Park Police Department to operate more efficiently while providing enhanced customer service to the residents of Baldwin Park.

Turkeys and Freezer

St. John the Baptist Social Services is looking for donated turkeys! If you would like to help a Baldwin Park family at Thanksgiving, please bring one to the office before Monday, November 22.

Also, have a spare freezer or refrigerator/freezer no longer in use? The program is seeking one to help provide better quality food all year round.

Thank you.

Visit of Fr. Greg Boyle (Homeboy Industries)

Fr. Greg Boyle S.J. visits St. John the Baptist for Mass and Evening Reflection

St. John the Baptist Church Lifeteen and Social Services invite you as we
welcome Fr. Greg Boyle, Executive Director, of Homeboy Industries. Fr. Greg
will be the main celebrant for our Lifeteen Mass on December 5th at 5 PM.
After Mass, the Parish Community is invited to Life Night in the Hall for an
Advent Reflection directed by Fr. Greg.


The Homeboy Merchandise store will be present with copies of Tattoos on the
Heart for sale.


Ordained in 1984, Fr. Greg taught at Loyola High School and worked with
Christian Base Communities in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He was appointed as Pastor of
Dolores Mission in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1986 where
he served through 1992. He then served as Chaplain of the Islas Marias Penal
Colony in Mexico and Folsom Prison, before returning to Los Angeles and Dolores
Mission.

Homeboy Industries traces its roots to “Jobs For A Future” (JFF), a program
created in 1988 by Fr. Greg at Dolores Mission parish. In an effort to address
the escalating problems and unmet needs of gang-involved youth, Fr. Greg and the
community developed positive alternatives, including establishing an elementary
school, a day care program and finding legitimate employment for young people.
JFF’s success demonstrated the model followed today that many gang members are
eager to leave the dangerous and destructive life on the “streets.”


In 1992, as a response to the civil unrest in Los Angeles, Fr. Greg launched the
first business (under the organizational banner of JFF and Proyecto Pastoral,
separated from Dolores Mission Church): Homeboy Bakery with a mission to create
an environment that provided training, work experience, and above all, the
opportunity for rival gang members to work side by side. The success of the
Bakery created the groundwork for additional businesses, thus prompting JFF to
become an independent non-profit organization, Homeboy Industries, in 2001.
Today Homeboy Industries’ nonprofit economic development enterprises include
Homeboy Bakery, Homeboy Silkscreen, Homeboy Maintenance,Homeboy/HomegirlMerchandise, and HomegirlCafé.

As Executive Director of Homeboy Industries and an acknowledged expert on gangs
and intervention approaches, Fr. Boyle is a nationally renowned speaker. He has given commencement addressesat several prestigious universities, as well as spoken at conferences forteachers, social workers, criminal justice workers and others about theimportance of adult attention, guidance and unconditional love in preventing
youth from joining gangs. Fr. Greg and several “homies” were featured speakers
at the White House Conference on Youth in 2005 at the personal invitation of
Mrs. George Bush. Fr. Greg is also a consultant to youth service and governmental agencies, policy-makers and employers.


For more information, please contact Michael Ward at 626 337 4223 or
sjbsocialservices@gmail.com