Policy Text
Roll Call Training Bulletin
Produced by: Dr. Nicole Clavo, Office of Violence Prevention Katherine Lester , Chief of Police
Prepared by: Officer Mark Kimble , PSU Volume 25-10
Violence Reduction/Community Referrals
2-27-2025
In 2022, the Sacramento Police Department’s (SPD) Violent Crime Reduction Strategy (VCRS) was
officially launched. Part of this strategy embraces a collaborative partnership between field and
investigative personnel of the SPD and designated community -base d organizations (CBO’s). These
CBO’s are coordinated through the Office of Violence Prevention (OVP). The goal of VCRS is to reduce
violent crime in our community through a multifaceted approach. This includes the use of CBO’s during
preplanned events, cri tical incidents, and referrals for assistance from SPD personnel.
SPD personnel with field and investigative assignments can help augment the VCRS through direct
contact with community members. When contacting a person who matches the conditions listed below,
consider forwarding the person’s information to the Office of Violence Prevention so that a CBO can
follow up themselves. CBO referrals are not intended to be used in place of enforcement action.
1. Officer Referrals (Focused Individual Intervention)
• Patrol officer referrals should be focused on individuals 24 years of age or younger who are
involved in or with a history of violent crime, gun violence, or gang affiliation.
• Officer s provide the referral business card (with QR code that directs the referred person to
potential resources).
• Officer s will include the following required information (with parental or responsible party
consent for minors ):
o Name, physical address (district), phone number, and email address
o Summary of services needed .
• When an arrest is made, referrals shall be completed by including the designated
documentation in the arrest report. Instead of creating a separate Outreach I -report, select
7000 -95 OUTREACH I -RPT as the secondary or subsequent offense. This will route the event
to the OVP VIDS email handle.
Roll Call Training Bulletin
Produced by: Dr. Nicole Clavo, Office of Violence Prevention Katherine Lester , Chief o f Police
Prepared by: Officer Mark Kimble , PSU Volume 25-10
VCRS Subject Referral:
In addition to field contacts and referrals, CBOs can be used for planned events and critical incidents by
managers or their designees. Examples include working with a CBO for an event like National Night Out,
when completing an Incident Action Plan; or calling for assistance at the scene of a violent crime. To
efficiently deploy CBOs and properly track their use, please use the guidelines below to route information
to the Office of Violence Prevention .
2. Planned Events (Short notice response to public gathering places to prevent and intervene in
problematic behaviors) .
• Required information: The m anager should include the following pertinent information, as well as
the nature of the event :
o The a ddress of the event (include the district) .
o The s pecific date and time of the event .
o The s cheduled incident commander for the event .
Roll Call Training Bulletin
Produced by: Dr. Nicole Clavo, Office of Violence Prevention Katherine Lester , Chief o f Police
Prepared by: Officer Mark Kimble , PSU Volume 25-10
o The e vent’s primary contact (name, phone, email) .
o The e stimated number of CBO representatives needed and at what time .
• The m anager emails required information above to the OVP at ovp_vids@pd.cityofsacramento.org .
• The following information for the event shall be noted on the incident commanders daily report and
emailed to ovp_vids@pd.cityofsacramento.org :
o Was the CBO response timely?
o Did the CBO representatives help de -escalate the situation?
o Were the CBO representatives helpful to the SPD?
o Was CBO and SPD communication effective?
3. Critical Incidents (Emergency response after a critical incident)
• IC or WC directs Communications to send a CBO Community Emergency Notification System
(CENS) notification.
• Required Information for CBO Notification : IC or WC should include the following pertinent
information, as well as the nature of the event:
o Summary and type of the event .
o Address/location of the event (district) .
o IC/WC’s name and mobile phone number .
o Estimated number of CBO representatives needed .
• Lead CBO contact will call the IC/WC to coordinate specific responses and identify responding
CBOs/provide responding CBO(s) mobile phone number(s).
• Responding CBO contacts IC/WC .
o CBOs will check -in/out with the IC/WC .
o IC/WC will track the arrival/time on -scene/departure of responding CBOs .
• The following information for the event shall be noted on the IC or WC’s daily report and emailed t o
ovp_vids@pd.cityofsacramento.org :
o Was the CBO response timely?
o Did the CBO representatives help deescalate the situation?
o Were the CBO representatives helpful to SPD?
o Was CBO/SPD communication effective?
• The event will be tracked by the Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) .
The collection and tracking of this information are critical to the overall communication, effectiveness, and
response of this referral process. Please include all the required information for each notification and
contact Dr. Nicole Clavo for any question s.