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Sacramento Police City Portal

The Sacramento Police City Portal is the only resource you need for accessing and signing up for Police Department related information and services.

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eNotify

eNotify is an email notification system offered by SPD to provide up-to-date information on topics or events of interest. By using eNotify you can find out when important things happen in the city. Simply sign up to be notified on topics of interest listed below.

SACRAMENTO POLICE PRESS RELEASES
This allows you to receive an email every time new press releases are posted to the police press release page.

SACRAMENTO DAILY ACTIVITY LOG
Get updates on police daily activity in Sacramento.

HELICOPTER ACTIVITY
Get updates on Sacramento Police Department helicopter activity.

Additional City Portal Services

Citizen Watch - Surveillance System Registration
Let us know if you have active surveillance cameras/equipment. This confidential registry will be used as an investigative tool if criminal activity occurs near your home or business.

Ride On!
If you have a bicycle, you can register it with the City of Sacramento along with a picture of it to assist with recovery in the event it's lost or stolen.

Business Notification Sign-Up
If you own or manage a business in the City of Sacramento, you can register to receive timely information related to crime and other concerns that may impact your business.

For all City Portal services, your information will be kept confidential and it will not be sold, disclosed to others, or used for unsolicited mass mailings.

Sacramento-Alert

The Sacramento Police Department in partnership with all public safety agencies within Placer, Yolo and Sacramento counties manage a regional Emergency Notification System. This state-of-the-art system has been designed to notify community members within each of these counties of public safety emergencies and alerts. The Sacramento-Alert Emergency Notification System is capable of delivering notifications via telephone, text message and email.

Since wireless services, such as cell phones, are not automatically registered, community members are able to self-register their cell phone, text message and email addresses for up to five separate locations within the three counties.

Note: The system automatically registers residents as long as they have traditional landline services, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP/Digital Telephone Services).

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Americas Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) Alerts

The AMBER Alert system is a statewide program that allows media outlets and law enforcement to work together to immediately alert the public to child abductions, and enlist the community's aid in locating the child and apprehending the suspect.

AMBER Alerts can be broadcast locally to one area, to multiple counties, or statewide. All 50 states now have AMBER Alert. AMBER Alerts have been highly successful when activated properly. There are specific criteria which keep AMBER Alerts from being overused. AMBER Alerts can only be requested by local law enforcement agencies. The U.S. Department of Justice’s guidance on criteria for issuing AMBER Alerts is:

Law enforcement must confirm that an abduction has taken place;
The child is at risk of serious injury or death;
There is sufficient descriptive information of child, captor, or captor's vehicle to issue an alert;
The child must be 17 years old or younger.

It is recommended that immediate entry of AMBER Alert data be entered in FBI's National Crime Information Center. Text information describing the circumstances surrounding the abduction of the child should be entered, and the case flagged as Child Abduction. Most state's guidelines adhere closely to DOJ's recommended guidelines.

NOTE: The AMBER Alert is NOT intended for cases involving runaways, missing children where there is no evidence of foul play, custody disputes that are not reasonably believed to endanger the life or physical health of a child, or missing adults unless there is a proven mental or physical disability.

What Happens when an AMBER Alert is Activated?

The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is activated. The Emergency Alert System affects radio and television stations by sending out emergency alert tones and overriding the local station programming. Often the information is broadcast on the air and also scrolled across the television screen.
An emergency digital information system FLASH bulletin (EDIS) is distributed to law enforcement agencies and media outlets.
A child abduction poster is created and distributed with the child, and if possible, the suspect and suspect vehicle pictures on it. The poster can be distributed via the Internet, faxing, or a special computer program called Technology to Recover Abducted Kids (TRAK).
Additional resources that may be utilized are the Caltrans changeable message signs (CMS) and the Highway Advisory Radio System (HARS).
The Sacramento Police Department has specific policies and procedures in place to quickly activate the local AMBER Alert system in case of a child abduction occurring within the city limits.

NCMEC

To learn more, visit the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

California Highway Patrol

See the California Highway Patrol's Amber Alert webpage for more information.

Megan's Law

If you are concerned that someone is a child molester or sex offender, you can visit the California Department of Justice's Megan's Law website. This site includes a link to the state’s sex offender registry and important information about how to protect your family, statistics, and information for victims.

The California Department of Justice provides access to information on persons required to register in California as sex offenders. It includes home addresses of offenders in California and listings by zip code, city, and county.

Legal and illegal uses of information:

The information on the sex offender registry is made available solely to protect the public. Anyone who uses this information to commit a crime or to harass an offender or his/her family is subject to criminal prosecution and civil liability. Any person who is required to register pursuant to Penal Code section 290 who enters this website is punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment. (Pen. Code, § 290.46, subd. (k))

Who can call?

Anyone who believes that a child may be at risk for any reason including parents, organizations, and groups or businesses with employees who interact with children. You must be 18 years of age or older; be willing to identify yourself; and have reasonable suspicion that a child is at risk.

What Information must I proviode?

Be prepared to provide the person's name, his/her address, birthdate, social security number and California driver license number. If you do not have the above information you need to provide the person's name and at least five of the following identifiers: height, weight, hair color, eye color, ethnicity/race and/or description of scars, tattoos, or birthmarks.

Concerned about a sex offender?

If you have information about a registered sex offender in the Sacramento area who may be in violation of his or her registration requirements, please contact the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (S.A.F.E.) Team at (916) 874-5090. For full information, visit the S.A.F.E. website.

Additional Resources:

For additional information or to register for local updates, please visit the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office Offender Watch portal

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