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Milpitas Police Department
1275 North Milpitas Blvd.,
Milpitas, California 95035
408-586-2400
Contacting Milpitas Police
Crime Tip Line – 408-586-2500
Neighborhood Watch Info – 408-586-2525
Note: this is not the intended content of this post, which spoke to the issue of juvenile daytime curfews, but since people are looking for information about the recent (May 31, 2020 onward) curfews, I’ll post that information here.
Milpitas: At this time, Milpitas has not issued a special curfew regarding night time activities by adults. The Nighttime Curfew Law for Minors in Milpitas remains in effect.
San Jose: 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m., ending on June 7 or until further notice.
Santa Clara: 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m., until future notice.
San Francisco: 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Walnut Creek: 8 p.m. until 5 a.m., ending June 8.
Danville: 10 p.m. until 5 a.m., until further notice.
Pleasant Hill: 9:30 p.m. until 5:30 a.m., until further notice.
San Leandro: A curfew imposed late Sunday night was in effect until 5 a.m.
There’s movement in this city and state to have a daytime curfew which would ban young people of school age from being out and about during school hours. I remember how this worked in Santa Cruz when I was a 17 year old student at the University of California. I had gone into town to shop, and was walking down the sidewalk when a patrol car pulled up and a policeman jumped out of the car and spread his arms out to prevent me from continuing my stroll.
“What’s the problem, officer?” I replied politely, as my parents had taught me.
“You appear to be a truant!” he exclaimed. “Let me see your identification.”
I showed him my license, which did indeed prove I was 17. I did not have a student body card, as they had not yet been issued, but I explained I was a University student between classes, and was just shopping for my dorm room, spending a sunny fall day blowing my parents’ money on Pacific Ave.
“There’s a daytime curfew law in Santa Cruz for anyone under 18. I’ll have to take you in until you can prove you are a university student.”
He did indeed take me in and called up the provost, who vouched I was a college student, and that was that. But a day was spoiled and one young, blond girl suddenly knew what it felt like to be thought to be a criminal, based only on her looks, just like a black youth in “the wrong part of town.”
These days we homeschool our teenaged son. One Tuesday we had both worked hard so I sent him on his bike to McDonalds to get some burgers for us. No problem. If a daytime curfew goes into affect, he could be picked up. I enjoy going to technical fairs at the San Jose Convention Center and dropping him off at the Tech Museum while I take the cell phone in case he needs me. In San Jose he could be picked up as truant just for being a kid alone in a museum. I do have a card on him that says he’s a homeschooler, and he tends to blend in with kids on field trips, so there hasn’t been a problem… yet.
Neighbors, let’s not make something criminal for youth that isn’t criminal for adults. It’s not much of a step to making it illegal for adults not to be in a work place during work hours! Don’t make the library and parks “off limits” to the homeschoolers in this community during the day. We depend on these services, and we’re out learning in the community during the day while other teens are in school. I know that a few young people have crossed the line and are under supervision by parole officers. These few that have blown the trust of the community should be the only ones to suffer restrictions. But their number is few, the rest don’t need daytime curfew. We are all – youth and adults – free in this country until we break a law. Let the laws already on the books for criminal behavior, such as shoplifting, be what guides police for stopping “suspects,” not just “skipping school.”
Instead, let’s give our youth plenty of interesting things to do in school and out of school. Engage them in community activities, provide more extensive programs for At-Risk and just your usual, garden-variety kids. The Recreation Department needs to have a wider variety of activities for youth of Junior High age. Too many non-sports classes are closed for 11-15 year olds. Why shouldn’t dog obedience be open to youth? Tiger Woods certainly proved that you need to start young if you want to learn golf. Classes should only require an interest in the subject matter and basic physical requirements.
Until we have message board capability, I am going to attempt to use this “feature” capability to introduce topics for debate. People wishing to add constructive messages to the debate may send me email at info@gomilpitas.com with the subject matter the title and dateline of the feature, in this case Being a Kid is Not a Crime 05/13/97. As messages are collected, and you wish to refer to someone else’s message, include the writer and dateline, as well, in the body of the email.
By Ann Zeise
Milpitas Board of Education
Attend Board of Education meetings to find out how the schools plan to deal with daytime curfew or voice your opinion. You can also watch it on cable channel 15, 7 p.m., second and fourth Tuesday evenings.
Curfew Law for Minors in Milpitas
V-8-1.00 It shall be unlawful for any minor to remain or loiter upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place or place open to the public within the City of Milpitas between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. of the following day except as hereafter provided.
Revised Palo Alto Curfew Ordinance
Here’s how the law reads in neighboring Palo Alto. This what we want in Milpitas?
Children and the Curfew Law
Currently, there is no law in California which sets out a curfew that would apply to all youngsters in the state. Instead, these laws or ordinances are typically passed and enforced by local municipalities, cities, and townships.
The Impact of Juvenile Curfew Laws in California
Statistical analysis provides no support for the proposition that stricter curfew enforcement reduces youth crime either absolutely or relative to adults, by location, by city, or by type of crime. By Dan MacallairMike Males, Justice Policy Institute.
Dear Neighbors,
Every month we provide tips on how to prepare for emergencies and disasters. This month, we offer resources for individuals and families to help manage stress in the aftermath of the mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival and subsequent incidents in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
After a major traumatic event, it is important to take care of yourself and your family. A traumatic event can have a major impact on health and well-being, even if you or a family member were not directly affected. Below are some resources that might be helpful:
1. If you were involved in a disaster, terrorism, or a traumatic event like a car crash, you may be affected personally regardless of whether you were hurt or lost a loved one. It is common to show signs of stress after exposure to a disaster or other traumatic event, and it is important to monitor your physical and emotional health. For more information on how to manage stress and Tips for Survivors of a Disaster or Other Traumatic Event – visit:
2. The Disaster Distress Helpline, 1-800-985-5990, is a 24/7, 365-day-a-year, national hotline dedicated to providing immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. This toll-free, multilingual, and confidential crisis support service is available to all residents in the United States and its territories. Stress, anxiety, and other depression-like symptoms are common reactions after a disaster. Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor. For more details: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline
We hope these resources will provide a means of emotional support and help restore and maintain a sense of safety and well-being for you and your family.
Sincerely,
Office of Emergency Management
Milpitas Beat: Protesters are beginning to descend on city hall after marching from Milpitas High School.
Milpitas Beat: The view from the Milpitas Civic Center about 3PM, June 7, 2020.
Milpitas Beat: A rally in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement has begun in front of the Milpitas Community Center.
Milpitas Beat: Black Lives Matter Milpitas March
Black Lives Matter Rally in Milpitas, by Kansen Chu, Assembly member
Walking in Solidarity, Assembly Member Kansen Chu
Sorry, but there were some more that weren’t embeddable here. Search Facebook videos for more, if you have an account there.
Here’s a link to one I couldn’t embed from Jhonathan Muñoz Angulo.
Did I miss a favorite one? You cannot use the chat bot to send me message quickly. Or the Contact me link above.
#BlackLivesMatter #Milpitas
We try to keep our community as safe as possible. One way is by providing the Megans Law map so you can tell if there is a sex offender in the area where you live or learn or play.
The Milpitas Police Department is committed to keeping its community as safe as possible.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) sergeant coordinates the Milpitas Police Department’s responsibilities with respect to Megan’s Law. Any concerns or questions regarding Megan’s Law or other SIU related matters should be directed to the SIU sergeant at 408-586-2400.
California Megans Law Map Website
Informational Only. The California Department of Justice has not considered or assessed the specific risk that any convicted sex offender displayed on this website will commit another offense or the nature of any future crimes that may be committed.
History of Megan’s Law
By Charles Montaldo
Updated November 06, 2019
Megan’s Law is a federal law passed in 1996 that authorizes local law enforcement agencies to notify the public about convicted sex offenders living, working or visiting their communities.
Megan’s Law was inspired by the case of seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a New Jersey girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who moved across the street from the family. The Kanka family fought to have local communities warned about sex offenders in the area. The New Jersey legislature passed Megan’s Law in 1994.
In 1996, the U.S. Congress passed Megan’s Law as an amendment to the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children’s Act. It required every state to have a sex offender registry and a notification system for the public when a sex offender is released into their community. It also required that repeat sex offenders receive a sentence of life in prison.
Should Megan’s Law be abolished?
Debating points pro and con on the effectiveness and fairness of Megan’s Law.
Telephone Area Codes in Milpitas, CA, are 408 and 669
Emergency
408-263-1212 – Program this number in your cell phones. Goes to our local dispatch.
911 goes to Vallejo where calling number linked to an address, so use from home or business phones.
For all other non-emergency questions about police or fire services, call their business numbers:
408-586-2400 for Milpitas Police
408-586-2800 for Milpitas Fire
For my land line, I have bought this phone system at Staples for about $100: AT&T CL84207 DECT 6.0 Expandable Corded/Cordless Phone with Answering System & Smart Call Blocker, Silver/Black with 2 Handsets. Its built-in software blocks telemarketing calls, but also allows you to whitelist friends by asking them their name and to hit #.
On our cell phones we did two things. First I downloaded the free ringtone: Silence. I then made it my default ringtone. I gave all people and businesses I don’t mind hearing from a sounding ringtone. Look on YouTube on how to install a new ringtone on your cell phone. So that telemarketers can’t even get that far, I got the app from AT&T to protect my phone from fraudulent calls. Their software selection here works on both iPhones and Android system cell phones.
Directory Assistance
Locate People and Businesses based on name or by telephone number. (Reverse directory). Smart Pages.
Calling Bargains
A comprehensive telecom resource, providing industry news, consumer info and advice, as well as reviews for a broad array of telecom products and services with an emphasis on low cost calling solutions including 1+ long distance, Internet phone service, cell phone plans, conference call and more.
Do Not Call Registry
Most telemarketers cannot call your telephone number if it is in the National Do Not Call Registry. You can register your home and mobile phone numbers for free. Your registration will be effective for five years. File a complaint here.
What’s up with the National Do Not Call Registry?
The Do Not Call Data Book also shows that many of the calls reported at donotcall.gov are robocalls. Just keep in mind that pre-recorded sales calls are illegal whether you’re on the Registry or not unless a company has your written permission to call you that way.
AT&T
Local phone service is provided by AT&T. At this site you can get an overview of the products and services offered to businesses and residents in Milpitas.
AT&T Retail Locations
185 Ranch Dr., 408-942-7570
447 Great Mall Road, 408-809-2816
308 Barber Court, 408-456-2888
Infinitel Communcations
Pagers, cellular phones for the Asian community. 380 Barber Lane, (Milpitas Square), 408-943-1688
Milpitas Phone Directory
Online address and phone book for Milpitas.
Area Code Listing, by Number
Have an area code and need to know where it is located? This page will help. Use your browser’s Find command to search fo a city to find its area code.
City of Milpitas Telephone Directory
Telephone numbers for City of Milpitas services and information.
Milpitas Science, Technology, and Innovation Commission
The Commission considers and recommends information technology services to benefit the Milpitas community.
California Public Utilities Commission – Telecommunications Industry
Since the transition from monopoly to competition began in the telecommunications industry, the California Public Utilities’ Commission’s focus is in developing and implementing policies and procedures to facilitate competition in all telecommunications markets, and to address regulatory changes required by state and federal legislation.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
California net neutrality bill bends to telco, cable wishes
Senate bill 822 was approved by the senate energy, utilities and communications committee mid-April, 2018, on a party line vote, with the condition that undisclosed changes, negotiated behind closed doors, would be made. Those amendments were finally released, and the result is fewer net neutrality enforcement options.
Be on the lookout for phone fraud
From slamming to cramming and everything in between, con artists and companies have tapped into telephone bills as a place to bilk consumers out of money they shouldn’t owe. Learn to spot the most common phone frauds.
Fastest Mobile Networks in Bay Area 2017
We tested data speeds on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless in 30 US cities. Find out which network is the fastest where you live.
Cash for Trash Fundraising Program
A new approach which enables your organization to generate significant revenue. Simply collect old unused cell phones that many people have just lying around.
FundingFactory
Helps schools and nonprofit organizations Unlock the Power to fundraising success. The nation’s largest free recycling fundraising program, FundingFactory offers free technology, sports & recreation equipment, playground systems and even cash in exchange for empty inkjet & laser cartridges and used cell phones.
Give to Charity Without Spending a Dime: Donate your Old Cell Phone
Rather than letting old cell phones and tablets sit in your junk drawer, or worse–in a landfill–here’s your chance to put your old cell phones to good work. Check out these phone recycling programs that use your donated devices to help those in need.
Green Ewaste Recycling Center
We provide FREE pickup and disposal services to customers recycling at least 5 larger items including Computers, LCD Monitors, Notebooks, Networking Equipment, Test Equipment, Servers. Please visit our our pick-up page for detailed information.
1664 Watson Ct, Milpitas, CA 95035
(408) 898-8640
Recycle Wireless Phones
Most cell phone companies will now take back and recycle most cell phones and their accessories, such as battery chargers. Check here for how and where to recycle.
The Support Network for Battered Women
Sunnyvale. Collects old cell phones, reprograms them and distributes them to victims of domestic violence, allowing women to call the police in a domestic emergency. Cell phones with or without batteries and chargers can be dropped off on-site, Monday through Friday, 10 AM – 5 PM. Our address is: 1257 Tasman Drive, Suite C, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. 408-541-6100 x 117
Tired of Graffiti in Your Neighborhood? The City of Milpitas needs your HELP! Become a Volunteer Graffiti Terminator today! All paint and equipment will be supplied. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Please call Milpitas Volunteer Services at 408-586-2787
Do you know what a bail bond or bail bondsman is? There are a several ways of explaining bail bonds and how a person in jail can get out of jail. Milpitas bail bonds men follow the same rules as other bail bonds companies. We found a few good descriptions of the bail bonds procedure and reprinted in part below.
Bail bonds in its simplest form is where; one human guarantees another human will be at a specific place at a specific time. This works well until the bonded person that is out on bail skips court or their hearing date and then they have to be physically forced to go to court on time. Then it is time to call out the bondman’s bounty hunter. This is where the stories come from, Chasing down the bonded out of jail person and returning them to jail to wait for their court date. One of the first westerns on television was about a bounty hunter chasing down people that had jumped bail and the bounty hunter was hired to go get the bonded out of jail person and bring them back to the bondsman and jail. Today the most prominate bounty hunter bringing back the people that jump bail is Dog the Bounty Hunter, a reality TV show.
“Monetary guarantee that an individual released from jail will be present in court at the appointed time. If the individual is not present in court at that time, the monetary value of the bond is forfeited to the court (jumping bail). Personal automobile policies commonly cover fees for an insured’s bail bond.”
This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.
A written promise signed by a defendant or a surety (one who promises to act in place of another) to pay an amount fixed by a court should the defendant named in the document fail to appear in court for the designated criminal proceeding at the date and time specified.
Most defendants are financially unable to post their own bail, so they seek help from a bail agent, who, for a nonrefundable fee of 10 percent to 20 percent of the amount of the bail, posts bail. A bail agent becomes liable to the court for the full amount of bail if the defendant fails to appear for the court date. Read more about bail bonds.
A bail bond agent, or bondsman, is any person or corporation which will act as a surety and pledge money or property as bail for the appearance of a criminal defendant in court. Although banks, insurance companies and other similar institutions are usually the sureties on other types of contracts (for example, to bond a contractor who is under a contractual obligation to pay for the completion of a construction project) such entities are reluctant to put their depositors’ or policyholders’ funds at the kind of risk involved in posting a bail bond. Bail bond agents, on the other hand, are usually in the business to cater to criminal defendants, often securing their customers’ release in just a few hours.
The first modern bail bonds business in the United States, the system by which a person pays a percentage of the court specified bail amount to a professional bonds agent who puts up the cash as a guarantee that the person will appear in court, was established by Tom and Peter P. McDonough in San Francisco in 1898.
Bond agents have a standing security agreement with local court officials, in which they agree to post an irrevocable “blanket” bond, which will pay the court if any defendant for whom the bond agent is responsible does not appear. The bond agent usually has an arrangement with an insurance company, bank or another credit provider to draw on such security, even during hours when the bank is not operating. This eliminates the need for the bondsman to deposit cash or property with the court every time a new defendant is bailed out.
Bond agents generally charge a fee of 10-12% of the total amount of the bail required in order to post a bond for the amount. This fee is not refundable and represents the bond agent’s compensation for his or her services. As the practice of paying a 10% cash premium for a bond became widespread, some courts have recently instituted a practice of accepting 10% of the bond amount in cash, for example, by requiring a $10,000 bond or $1,000 in cash. In jurisdictions where the 10% cash alternative is available, the deposit is usually returned if the case is concluded without violation of the conditions of bail. This has the effect of giving the defendant or persons giving security for the defendant a substantial incentive to make the cash deposit rather than using a bail bond agent.
For large bail amounts, bond agents can generally obtain security against the assets of the defendant or persons willing to assist the defendant. For example, for a $100,000 bond for a person who owns a home, the bond agent would charge $10,000 and take a mortgage against the house for the full penal sum of the bond.
If the defendant fails to appear in court, the bond agent is allowed by law and/or contractual arrangement to bring the defendant to the jurisdiction of the court in order to recover the money paid out under the bond, usually through the use of a bounty hunter. The bond agent is also allowed to sue the defendant for any money forfeited to the court should the defendant fail to appear.
In most jurisdictions, bond agents have to be licensed to carry on business within the state. Several unusual organizations[1]often provide bail bonds.
Four states–Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, and Wisconsin–have completely banned commercial bail bonding, usually substituting the 10% cash deposit alternative described above. However, some of these states specifically allow AAA and similar organizations to continue providing bail bond services pursuant to insurance contracts or membership agreements.
The economically discriminatory effect of the bond system has been controversial, and subject to attempts at reform since the 1910s, at least. See, e.g., Frank Murphy‘s institution of a bond department at Detroit, Michigan‘s Recorder’s Court.[2]
In addition to the use of bail bonds, a defendant may be released under other terms. These alternatives include Own Recognizance or Signature Bond, Cash Bond, Surety Bond, Property Bond and Citation Release. Alternatives to Bail are determined by the court.
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