This is always very difficult for us to talk about, but we wanted to share with you that one of our retired police K9s, Oles, was put to sleep due to medical issues on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. K9 Oles was born on March 16, 2008 and began his career with the Mountain View Police Department […]
Read More…The Mountain View Police Department will be replacing our current Ford Crown Victoria Police Vehicle fleet with the all-new Chevrolet Caprice Police Vehicle; and we’re excited to announce the first Caprice is here and ready to hit the streets. MVPD has a total of 32 marked patrol vehicles (the Crown Victoria was discontinued in 2012), […]
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The Silicon Valley Beat #024 – MVPD Says Farewell To Sgt. Ecdao Who Imparts Some Stories And Words Of Wisdom >> We invited Sgt. Ecdao to chat with us before his retirement from MVPD. Sgt. Ecdao talks about investing in people rather than programs and the slap heard around the world. Want to know what goes on […]
Read More…Retired Mountain View Police Officer Henry “Ed” Henderson died peacefully in his sleep on December 29, 2014. At 96 years-old, Officer Henderson was Mountain View Police Department’s (MVPD) oldest retiree. He officially retired in 1976 and holds the distinction of being the first officer in MVPD history to put in enough time to officially retire from the […]
Read More…The Silicon Valley Beat #020 – MVPD Special Gobble Gobble Edition With Records Specialist Amber Wilson >> We talk to Records Specialist Amber Wilson who is one of the drivers behind the “Cops & Gobblers” event now in its 18th year thanks to Mountain View Police Department founders retired Captain Bruce Barsi and retired Officer Steve Mello. […]
Read More…The Silicon Valley Beat #009 – MVPD Special Edition With Detective Kevin Galloway >> We interview Detective Kevin Galloway — who admits to loving COPS — about how detectives “detect” by “peeling back the layers” to hunt down a suspect, his past life as a business owner and his journey into law enforcement as a father of three. Want […]
Read More…On May 7th, 2014, Chief Scott Vermeer of the Mountain View Police Department will be named the 2014 ‘Champion for Youth’ at this year’s Champions for Youth breakfast to benefit the Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills Challenge Team. Lauren Burns, a student at Mountain View High School, is also being honored as […]
Read More…By Community Services Officer Flores We respond to many types of calls for service here at the Mountain View Police Department. Of these calls for service, the most rewarding for patrol personnel are those where officers can help those that are unable to help themselves. This can be helping and assisting elderly persons, small children, or sometimes […]
Read More…A continuación se presenta una versión en español de este comunicado. Today we are hosting the 11th Annual “Cops That Care” Event! We are open until 6:00PM. This program is designed for families in Mountain View who are unable to purchase gifts for their children this holiday season. Parents or guardians of participating children will be asked […]
Read More…By Community Services Officer Thrower I recently attended the 4th Annual Community Service Officer Symposium hosted by Fremont Police Department. The symposium was held at Washington Hospital in Fremont, CA and it was my first experience with training specifically designed for community service officers. The symposium was designed to provide education, networking and resources specifically for […]
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