With multiple gun shots, crime and deaths in the past 24-hrs, its prompted Antioch Police Chief Allan Cantando to issue the following statement via the Antioch Police Department Facebook Page. In speaking with the Chief in this past couple of days, they would like to get to a point where they can stop responding to crime and instead work to prevent it when the resources are available.
EastCountyToday encourages folks to become more proactive in changing the culture in Antioch and work to prevent crime instead of complaining about it. It’s going to take a community working with the police and schools to ensure positive change occurs. It’s not something that will happen over night, but it could happen in a number of years if programs and processes are put in place in the near future.
Here is this post.
Via the Chief
Over the past 24 hours the Antioch Police Department has been responding tirelessly to criminal activity occurring in our community. What the public needs to know is that we will continue to respond, using all of our available resources to reduce crime. This response to criminal activity will include proactive enforcement details on an overtime basis when resources allow. We will continue to work with other local enforcement agencies to maximize our efforts.
I also feel it is important for our community to understand that your Police Department, working with the Human Resources Department, has stream-lined our hiring process so that we are fast-tracking Lateral Police Officer applicants to bring them on to our force as quickly as possible. In addition, our continuous hiring model allows us to test large groups of entry level applicants with an applicant pool testing this month of 125 individuals. My reason for providing this information is to ensure the citizens of this community that we are doing everything possible to get our officer workforce to the 102 positions authorized. Increasing staffing in order to reduce crime is one of our highest priorities.
When funding allows, and our authorized positions increase, I will use those additional officers to focus on crime that is affecting us all. Those crimes are to include gang violence, drug enforcement, burglary suppression, aggravated assault, as well as vice enforcement.
The men and women of the Antioch Police Department thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Chief Allan Cantando
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work with the city council and get rid of all the section 8 that was allowed in our city. Crime went up big time due to this allowance and it needs to be corrected and our city needs to be brought back to what it was!!!!!
The City can’t get rid of Section 8. It has no control over that Federally funded and County Housing Authority – managed program. You need to contact our members of Congress to get changes made – Miller and McNerney.
Where are the section 8 areas of Alamo, Blackhawk, San Ramon, Discovery Bay, Walnut Creek? Maybe they have influence with those county people? Love you Allen but not a good excuse to fall back on when preference to section 8 locations compared to population are not equal around here. Besides the city can always reject the financial benefit it gets from subsidies and refuse section 8 or at least spread it out more.
Better yet make those people work in the area they collect. Idle hands makes for easy crime temptation. Keep them so busy like the rest of us paying for them not to have time to break the law.
Hey little brother, do you just make this crap up as you go along? Don’t answer…..that was a rhetorical question. Of course you do! That’s the beauty of the Internet and a perfect example of why it works for “unique” individuals like you that have no experience in the real world.
P.S. in case you are interested in reality you might want to know that Section 8 is purely driven by the property owners in every city. There are NO mandates. The government (Fed., State, and County) have no say until the individual property owner decides to participate in the program. Without willing participants (landlords, taxpayers, “individuals” from the city) section 8 would cease to exist. It’s pretty simple.
You might want to stop making yourself look so ignorant “bro”.
I was listening to the scanner last night and I just don’t know how this dept. is doing it. If things continue, these officers will start burning out and/or be so darn tired that they just can’t be effective. Antioch WAKE UP, your police officers need your help!!! Stop with the “its not my job” It is. They can’t do it by themselves. They need all the resources that they can. If you see something call. If you witness something, step forward.
Shut up they just told me last Wednesday they can’t or won’t do shit after my son was shot at on D Streets then officer chain yelled and accused my son for lying cause all he saw was a guy hanging out of a white 4 door Honda window..
Before swerving and crashing into a ditch on the railroad
educate yourself on the whole picture of what’s going on!
I agree Lori! We had at one time 7 Sec 8 houses on our street alone! We had a very large number of problems in our neighborhood. Thru writing letters to the landlords and housing authority threatening to take them to small claims court, we are down to 3! That’s still 3 to many, and the surrounding streets still have some, so there work to be done. Support the APD and be a voice for your neighborhood! It will get better if we keep working together. Suggestion…Back east they have what they call the project housing. Why don’t they have it in Oakland or Richmond? Stop main streaming these people that bring their relatives and crime with them! Make them work for what they have! I don’t want to stereotype these people, but I know what I see everyday.
Truer words were never said by all respondent’s who are actually living with the crime. A proactive public will make Antioch PD more functional with the resources that APD has. Read: NO NEW TAXES. Why does this post seem to me like a panhandler asking for money in order to fulfill his wish for a six-pack? Keep up the good work with what you have, APD.
I agree with some of the things you had to say. I moved here from SF because I wanted my kids to be able to play outside without worry. But!!! you sound like a racist keep them all in Richmond and Oakland. I walked in the store the other day by FoodMaxx and the owner of the store who happened to be foreign said he has been robbed 4 times…all by WHITE PEOPLE….SO GO FIGURE. Where are you going to send them? most likely they were all born and raised here in good ol’ Antioch. Please people realize the crimes that are being committed are by all colors, AND NOT JUST RICHMOND AND OAKLAND, implying its people of color!!!!
Never mentioned color or even implied anything about color! I know for a fact where they have come from, because they make it known all the time in their conversations. You assuming that is what was being said just means that’s what you think about. I’m sensing a little reverse racism here. You use a lot of caps and “!” in your comments. You don’t even know if I’m white or black. You don’t even know what races my friends and family are. Shame on you!
Everyone should understand the city council of Antioch has no control over the FEDERAL Section 8 housing program. The LANDLORDS who are running an untaxed business in Antioch are the cause of the Section 8 problems. Until we can get our local FEDERAL officials involved in this discussion it will continue. It is time the landlords pay for the city services used by the tenants. We need to pass the business tax on landlords come November 2013.
To Chief Cantando: Thank you to everyone you guys are the greatest!
Untaxed business? I would check your facts on that blanket statement.
Unfortunately those landlords are paying for city services. They pay the property taxes of their property. The section 8 program needs to step back and require the participants to drug test, attend job training and acquire a job within one-two years on the program. The property owners should be required to visit the properties on a regular basis and if the certificate was issued in Oakland, Richmond or wherever then they should be required to stay in that community. Section 8 has its issues, but there are also good people suffering setbacks on the program. Lets not put them all in the same barrel.
AGREED!!!
Sorry, I was referring it the landlord business license tax. of course they pay many taxes just like you and I do. Other businesses in Antioch are required to have a business license. An example of the 2 ex 49er players who own over 300 homes in Antioch with no business license needs to be corrected and will with the passing of the rental business license initiative on the November ballot.
I have to speak up here, everyone seems to blaming Section 8. Now yes, a large number oft he issues and problem homes are section 8 but not all of the problems are section 8 that moved out here. Many of the issues are home grown. I have dealt with 2 problem homes in my neighborhood. Both long time residents whose kids were the problem.
True, but not so true on the sec 8 in my neighborhood. Been in Antioch for almost 40 years and have seen a lot. So sad. We have renters and really not any issues. There really isn’t a lot of problems with landlords that take care of their properties. Sec 8 is easy money for landlords with no penalty for letting the property go. In all my years I have seen a lot of people both bad and good, come and go in this area. It is that way in any city. We need to bring back the CAT for Antioch to go after the problem properties. That, with the APD going after the crime and things will improve.
Its true. In our neighborhood, everyone took care of their homes. All looked respectable. Then there was the ONE house in the neighborhood well known for unruly children, teenagers, blight in the yard, a few police calls there. Come to find out, you guessed it. Section 8. I am not calling Section 8 the problem. Section 8 are doing it to themselves. Look at the facts. No arguing until you look at the facts of ratio of crime to section 8.
I agree SP, the facts say it all!
If you put too much salt in the soup, do you throw out the pot or dilute it and add more ingredients to bring it back to a palatable meal? I don’t think the answer is blocking out the section 8 housing. I think that having some paths to a better life are good for our community, but, there does need to be some oversight. The government can’t be that oversight, they’re already too stretched and bloated. Asking the police to do this is not viable, they need to react to crime. The community needs to react before it becomes a crime.
I’m all for oversight, but, the community needs to take ownership of the oversight, not the government. Most of the problems arise because people let too many little things get by. Small things are overlooked, then when all of a sudden the neighborhood is looking at an eyesore, and there are illegal activities going on, it’s too late.
Be proactive, get the city to agree to a citizen committee for oversight of Section 8 housing that doesn’t just mete out punishment, but also metes out resources of volunteers that assist in prodding the renters to take care and take ownership of the property and their children. Pride is a powerful thing, and it can empower great things in people.
Absentee landlords are a problem. They take the money and run. No one can get a hold of them to get them to take care of their properties.
Section 8 isn’t the problem it is the landlords.
Words, words, words… I want actions
Wanting and acting are two different things. Are you willing to do more than want? How about you act?
MR (how fitting)
Is that why you act like an idiot? You should stick to just words.
Why do you constantly do personal attacks? Can’t make a cogent argument on any subject Burkeholder puts up without slinging a personal insult. I won’t say as others have that your are a bully, but I do feel you have a problem with open debates of issues without you frothing at the mouth and throwing crap on people whenever they have an opposing opinion.
How sad for you.
Just pointing out the obvious. Don’t need to make a arguement (you usually prove my point with yours). Ironic that you think it’s a personal attack.
Really sad.
Section 8 is certainly one of the main problems. I, being an African American whose lived here half of my life, can say that. Families move here from Oakland, Richmond and wherever else, bringing with them ghetto family members and ghetto habits. During any verbal altercation you will hear them yelling out “The town” or “The Rich”. Unfortunately, As much as they love these neighborhoods and want to represent them, they’ve chosen to move to ours. The good people of the neighborhoods are moving out and more ghetto trash is moving in. No more section 8. This place will look like the bad parts of Oakland in no time
Medium Rare. There is oversight already. Contra Costa County Housing Authority. AKA Board of Supervisors. It is a rare instance the housing authority punishes “their clients”. The second in command of the H/A, Bruce, told us, in a meeting, he does not work for us he works for his “clients”. Well, we pay his salary so he works for us and should do a much better job.
You have to admit, that is a ballsy statement… Or he’s really dumb. On the other hand, I stated before, the gov oversight won’t work imo. They are not stakeholders. People from the community (unelected/unpaid) need to take on that role. Just how I see it. Thanks for the thoughtful response.
Do all of you guys realize that the tax payers (us citizens of this city) are the ones who pay for the sec 8 housing! And we also are the ones who vote for our city council! Remember that the next someone tells you about your rights!
All of this violence is upsetting. APD wants support from the residents but won’t allow conceal and carry permits. Go do the research…it REDUCES crime! As a productive citizen of Antioch, I feel I have the right to protect myself and my children from those who are out to hurt others.
On another note…I’m glad to hear Antioch will be hiring more officers since I read this weekend in the paper that there are as few as 5 officers on duty at one time.
And yes…I have all the research. I can post…its a lot!!!
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