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Friday is First Responders Night at The Epicenter, where law enforcement officers, firefighters and paramedics will be honored for their services. The game will be against the Stockton Ports. "First responders of the year" will be awarded and the county's sheriff's department will conduct a helicopter flyover. The event is hosted by the offices of Sen. Bob Dutton, Assemblyman Bill Emmerson and Supervisor Paul Biane.

Game starts at 7:35; pre-game festivities start at 7 p.m. 

Tickets for the general public: (909) 481-5000

Despite your strong desire to sit at home in front of the air conditioner, the sheriff's department wants you to spend Aug. 4 outside.

National Night Out, an evening focused on crime and drug prevention, is scheduled 5 to 9 p.m. Residents are encouraged to turn outside lights on and spend time outdoors for block parties and ice cream socials, said sheriff's Capt. Joe Cusimano.

Call (909) 477-2890 for help setting up an event.

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Last night, the crime reporting resource group named Don Kurth "Mayor of the Year" at its annual dinner in Riverside. What do you think? Does Kurth deserve it?

According to an A1 story by Lori Consalvo and Melissa Pinion-Whitt today, a spate of burglaries has hit the city leading to 11 arrests in two weeks. Suspects are knocking on front doors and kicking them in when nobody answers, a crime that officials are calling "a new trend."

Anyone with information should call the police at (909) 477-2800 or leave an anonymous tip at 1(800)78-CRIME.

Simone, a 32-pound Beagle mix, recently survived a harrowing ordeal.

A member of the city's graffiti clean-up crew found the brown dog with 13 stab wounds to the neck and torso. Simone had to go through two hours of surgery at the Animal Care and Services Department. After 23 staples and sutures later, Simone is recovering.

The sheriff's department is currently investigating this crime, which happened some time before 8:11 a.m. April 5 near the intersection of Red Hill Country Club Drive and Carnelian. Anyone with information should call the police station at (909) 477-2800 or 1 (800) 78-CRIME. The city is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator.

The Animal Care and Services Department is also accepting donations for Simone's care. Checks made out to the Community Foundation can be sent to The Animal Care and Adoption Center, PO Box 807, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91729-9963. Put "animal center" in the memo line.

Information: (909) 466-PETS

The City Council gave tentative approval to an ordinance that provides the police and code enforcement the right to fine scavengers. Joe Cusimano, the de facto police chief, said his department gets the occasional calls from residents who witness people rummaging through their trash and recyclable bins.

"I've seen it at my own house," Cusimano said.

Really? Cool. So you ran out of your house flashing your badge and gun?

"I didn't do anything," Cusimano said. "What are you going to do? There isn't an ordinance."

Note to Dumpster divers: Now there is an ordinance, so don't Dumpster dive. Especially not at the police chief's house.

 

Rod Hoops, who led Rancho's police department for five years starting 1997, was picked to fill the remaining two years of Sheriff Gary Penrod's term. The county supervisors made the unanimous vote earlier today.

"I couldn't think of anyone more prepared to step into Sheriff Penrod's shoes than Rod Hoops," said Supervisor Paul Biane, who was on the City Council when Hoops was captain. "I saw the day-to-day, top-to-bottom way he ran the police department for the city of Rancho Cucamonga."

Read more on the Breaking News blog.

 

Lesson of the day: Don't leave anything that you value in your car, even if you're the police chief.

I got my car broken into earlier this year and got my camera stolen. It was an expensive lesson, one I retold to sheriff's Capt. Joe Cusimano. I was mostly seeking sympathy but I also wanted to put it in his mind in case he happens upon a bad guy with an expensive camera around his neck.

Don't leave anything in your car, Cusimano advised. "I don't even leave anything in my patrol car. Those guys will break in looking for weapons."

How sad is that? Even the top law enforcement officer in the city has to watch his back.

Rancho police will be aggressively enforcing the seat belt law through the end of the month as part of a Thanksgiving seat belt campaign.

California currently has a seat belt usage rate of 95 percent.

Which certainly makes you wonder, what's up with that other 5 percent?

I used to think that everyone automatically buckles up these days until I visited my uncle this summer in Chicago. I felt bad telling him what to do, especially since he was my chauffeur during most of my trip, but I was so annoyed by both the thought of him unbelted and the constant din of the car's seat belt reminder. After joining the beeping sounds to remind him to buckle up, my uncle would wave me away as if my suggestion was a pesky fly.

If he got ticketed here in California, he would have to fork over $80 to $91. Tickets go up to $330 to $401 for children under 16.

"We will not accept excuses or give warnings," said Police Chief Joe Cusimano. "It's click it or ticket." 

A charity softball game between the city's fire fighters and sheriff's deputies on Saturday resulted in a lopsided victory at the doughnut stand. Law enforcement beat out fire 23-11. And no, they were not playing football.

Rumor had it that the fire fighters were aggressive on the trash talking front, promising three runs per every run by the sheriff's. But they didn't bring that aggression to The Epicenter. No word yet on a rematch.

Proceeds from the game will go to the Loma Linda University Children's Hospital and the Rancho Cucamonga Community Foundation.

On a side note, did Ty Harris from the fire department really get injured during the game?  

Remember in sixth grade when you got a chance to play softball with a bunch of middle age teachers as a rite of passage for middle school? I waited six years for that opportunity to trash talk my mentors.

Rancho's police officers and firefighters will be doing something similar -- playing each other in what Fire Chief Peter Bryan stressed as a "non-professional softball game" at The Epicenter Saturday. Gates open at 6 p.m.; game starts at 7 p.m. Bryan and Police Chief Joe Cusimano brought their bats to the City Council meeting last night to announce the game but disappointingly did not engage in an ounce of trash talk.

The game is free but donations are welcomed. Proceeds will benefit the Loma Linda University Children's Hospital and the Rancho Cucamonga Community Foundation.

Councilman Dennis Michael, a former fire chief, encouraged the public to watch, "fine professional officers beat up on fine professional officers." 

The San Bernardino sheriffs have a peculiar idea of fun. They want you to join their mud run, a 5K or 10K (1K for the young ones) trek through adverse conditions on a hot, Saturday morning. Their flier promises explosions and twisted obstacles. On the same breath, they ask you to bring family and friends. When I got this press release, I thought it was a prank. So I checked out their Web site.

 

"Caution," wrote some scary Web master. "You will be running through the sounds of machine gun fire, explosions, and our Tactical Officer Mud Pits, GET THROUGH THAT MUD, YOU..!!!!!"

 

Yikes. Two periods and five exclamation marks. I was scared.

 

But if this is your thing, head to the sheriff's training academy at 18000 W. Institution Road in San Bernardino. The run starts at 9 a.m. on Sept. 6. The flier claims it is open to the public but I'm not sure if it's open to criminals. For more info, call Rob McCoy at (909) 387-3621.