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PHOTO BY DONNA RITCHIE PHOTO BY DONNA RITCHIE

boat safety inspections, Rules and Regulations compliance and incident ob-
Community Patrol provides the community with services that include gate access control, Rules and Regu- Marine Patrol provides the community with services that include quagga and
lations compliance and incident observation and reporting to the POA. The Community Patrol office is servation and reporting to the POA. The Marine Patrol office is located at the
located on the corner of Blue Bird Drive and Canyon Lake Drive South. Holiday Harbor Park launch ramp.

Community Patrol stats presented for June

The Community Patrol and Marine tions were issued. hours, 277 boat safety inspections, 22 loud noise complaints, motorcycle rid-
Patrol reports for the month of June were Eight citations were issued for verbal boat tows, one battery assist and 29 ing in the community, speeding vehicles,
presented by the POA on Aug. 6. The abuse to staff and six citations were is- quagga inspections. Eleven fishing li- parking violations, vehicle accidents and
Community Patrol report was prepared sued for failure to comply. Three noise cense checks were performed. Forty- other non-emergency incidents.
by Account Manager William Jordan. citations and eight animal-related cita- seven citations were issued for POA The primary functions of Marine Pa-
The Marine Patrol report was prepared tions were issued. expired/no registration and one citation
by Marine Patrol Captain Don Motteler. Officers confiscated 52 guest passes was issued for state expired/no registra- trol are to provide the community with
services that include quagga and boat
Community Patrol and issued 11 citations for gate running. tion. No significant incidents were re- safety inspections, Rules and Regula-
There were four motor vehicle acci-
ported.
Community Patrol answered 567 calls dents reported. The accidents occurred tions compliance and incident observa-
at Vacation Drive and Scout Court, Steel About Community Patrol
for service. Staff performed 3,833 foot tion and reporting to the POA.
patrols of amenities and parks. Eight- Head Drive and Clear Water Drive, Loch The POA provides Community Patrol
five suspicious persons/vehicles were Lomond Drive and Long Point Drive. Services for the community. Its primary Police Services
reported with an average response time There were six reports of vandalism functions are to provide the community Police services are provided by the
by Community Patrol of 8.84 minutes. in the month of June. with gate access control, Rules and Reg-
Three speeding citations were issued Marine Patrol ulations compliance and incident obser- City of Canyon Lake through a contract
by patrol. The speed trailer issued 113 vation and reporting to the POA. with the Riverside County Sheriff’s De-
speeding citations. Six miscellaneous Marine Patrol received 358 calls for Community Patrol can assist with partment. For emergency situations and
traffic citations and 150 parking cita- service and performed 8.25 escorted barking or loose dogs, illegal fishing, to report a crime, call 911 for help.

Residents warned to

beware of phone scam

The Riverside Sheriff’s Depart-
ment has recently identified an in-
crease in reports of a specific tele-
phone scam in which victims are
being called by persons identifying
themselves as agents of the Social
Security Administration. These fic-
titious agents then advise the victim
of felonious activity associated with
their social security number. The vic- FILE PHOTO
tim is then directed to post a mone-
tary bond to prevent an arrest warrant The Riverside Sheriff’s Department is warn-
from being issued. ing residents to beware of phone calls from
Frequently, victims report that sig- persons identifying themselves as agents of
nificant lengths are gone through to the Social Security Administration.
establish the caller’s credibility. In The public should be aware that
several cases, the caller requested a no police or government agency will
FILE PHOTO contact number for the local law en- ask for or accept a store gift card for
forcement agency where the victim
payment of a lawful, legitimate fine
Staff at Animal Friends of the Valleys invites the community to take part in Clear the Shelters, lives. The agent directs the victim or fee.
This type of scam has several vari-
the largest, single-day pet adoption event in the country. to wait for a call from the local law ations. In addition to callers claim-
enforcement agency. The victim re-
Help AVF ‘Clear the ceives a call from a Caller ID identi- ing to represent the Social Security
fied number naming the local law en-
Administration, the IRS, out-of-state
forcement agency. The person on the
police agencies and other government
phone identifies themselves as an of-
Shelter’ on Aug. 17 ficer with the local agency, who then agencies have also been falsely rep-
resented. The consistent theme is the
directs the victim to comply with the
victim is directed to submit the gift
“agent” when called again. The ficti-
tious agent calls back then threatens card bond. The victim is told the bond
will be refunded when the criminal
NBC and Telemundo owned stations Every year, millions of companion the victim with a felony arrest war- issue is resolved. Since the cards are
are teaming up with hundreds of shel- animals end up in shelters across the rant unless a bond is posted. purchased then provided to the ficti-
ters across the country to host the 5th country. According to the American So- The fictitious agent advises the tious agents, there is no mechanism
annual Clear the Shelters, a nationwide ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to bond can be most conveniently taken for reimbursing the victim. Similar
pet adoption drive on Saturday, Aug. 17, Animals, about 1.5 million animals are care of with a Google Play, Apple scams have the victim going directly
to help find loving homes for animals euthanized each year due to overcrowd- Pay, Target, Walmart, or other com- to the bank for withdrawals.
in need. More than 250,000 pets found ing. mercial gift/payment card. Once pur- Anyone wishing to report this type
their “fur”ever homes since 2015. Animal Friends of the Valleys is lo- chased, the victim is directed to read of crime is encouraged to contact
Canyon Lake’s local animal shelter, cated at 33751 Mission Trail in Wil- off the coded numbers on the back Riverside County Sheriff’s Depart-
Animal Friends of the Valleys, will be domar, For more information, call of the cards to the agent, completing ment Telephone Reporting Unit at
lowering its adoption fees for this one- 951-674-0618 or visit animalfriendsoft- payment of the bond. 951-776-1099.
day event. hevalleys.com.