Residents asked to remain vigilant, not give personal info If you receive a phone call from someone claiming to be an Internal Revenue Service agent stating that you have unpaid taxes that you will need to pay over the phone with a debit or credit card, do not fall for it. This is a scam […]
Benicia K9s greeted customers at weekend fundraiser
Pet Food Express hosted a fundraising event for “Cover Your K9” over the weekend, donating 100 percent of proceeds from the purchase of dog wash tokens to the California non-profit during business hours Saturday and Sunday. Benicia Police Department (BPD) canine officers Kirk Keffer and Jake Heinemeyer and their canine partners Bak and Atos, […]
Middle schoolers to get firsthand look at police life with Youth Citizen’s Police Academy
It is never too early to start thinking about careers. Middle schoolers who have an interest in policing will have the opportunity to get a taste of the profession at the Youth Citizen’s Police Academy, a weeklong instructional event which will be held at Matthew Turner Elementary School. From July 18 to 22, incoming seventh […]
Benicia Middle School placed on temporary lockdown following alleged gunman sighting across street
Benicia Middle School was placed on a temporary precautionary lockdown Tuesday morning after a student claimed to have seen a man carrying a gun at the church across the street, police said. According to a Benicia Police Department Facebook post, a Benicia Middle School student reported seeing a suspicious person carrying a gun in his […]
Chief: Crime lowest in 27 years
Improvement comes amid budget cuts, top officer reports; Benicia called one of California’s 50 safest cities Benicia’s 2013 crime rate was the lowest in 27 years, Benicia police Chief Andrew Bidou wrote in his annual department report, in which he recognized several employees for their accomplishments last year. Bidou cited statistics from the FBI’s Uniform […]
Police plan ‘takeback’ of old drugs
■ Pharmaceuticals to be collected for proper disposal on Saturday Unwanted and out-of-date prescriptions can be misused, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and old drugs can cause contamination to the environment if they’re tossed into the trash or flushed down a toilet. Benicia residents can get expired or unwanted drugs safely out of […]
Police: New K-9 officer played key role in drug discovery
Atos, the newest Benicia Police Department K-9 police dog, made his first drug discovery during a traffic stop conducted by his hander, Benicia police Officer Brian Collins, Lt. Frank Hartig said Thursday. The stop took place March 14 on the westbound Interstate 780 ramp at East Fifth Street, Hartig said, and led to the arrest […]
Four cited in Benicia police ‘shoulder tap’ sting
Four people were cited last weekend by Benicia police, who accused them of buying an alcoholic beverage for a minor, Lt. Frank Hartig said Tuesday. That youth was a decoy who helped Benicia police and California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents with the Saturday sting, Hartig said.