The Corpus Christi Police Department parking control will begin to strictly enforce residential parking in order to provide a safer environment for the community.
The parking control officers will not only patrol the downtown area for parking violations, but will now also focus attention with police patrol officers to vehicles parked facing traffic and vehicles that are parked on the sidewalk. State law requires sidewalks to be free from obstructions and permit pedestrian traffic in a safe manner. Vehicles parked facing traffic is also prohibited by state law and is a safety hazard for passing traffic.
Parking control officers and police patrol officers will spend the next couple weeks making the effort to educate the public about the violations. Parking control officers will distribute information cards to vehicles in violation before the strict enforcement begins. The laws are not new, but, the strict enforcement will begin in mid summer.
A few reminders about parking are that the passenger side tires must be parked less than 18 inches from the curb, do not park on the sidewalks, and trailers may not be parked on the street unless attached to a vehicle capable of towing the trailer.
Occurred on 6/9/12, 6:36 p.m. Indecent Exposure Ayers Street and Horne Road 1206090124
An off-duty Officer asked Manuel Rodriguez (05/14/55) to leave the bus stop at Port Ayers when he kept trying to get on a bus without any money. Rodriguez walked away, but approximately 30 minutes later he stopped an RTA bus in the middle of the road in an attempt to get on the bus. The bus driver would not allow Rodriguez on the bus and he retaliated by dropping his pants and exposing himself to the bus driver and passengers.
Rodriguez was arrested and charged with Indecent Exposure.
The Corpus Christi Police Department would like to thank the public and the media’s assistance in trying to locate Claude Hallmark who had been reported missing by his daughter last week. Detective R. Lee reports that 61-year-old Claude Wayne Hallmark was found to be in good health in Moriarty, New Mexico.
Occurred on 6/10/12, 5:53 am Aggravated Assault 4701 Vestal 1206100041
While Officers were conducting their investigation into the drive by at 1714 Islla, the Police Department received a call for a drive by at 4701 Vestal Drive. The caller reported multiple rounds were heard. Upon their arrival, Officers found several casings in the roadway. As the secured the crime scene, Officers heard several gun shots and Officers raced to locate the shooters.
Call takers advised Officers that two vehicles in the area of Vestal and Garden were shooting at one another. Officers located the two vehicles at 4701 Vestal and carefully approached the residence. A man in the process of calling 911 began yelling at Officers that his brother and a friend had been shot. The man’s 27-year-old brother was found sitting in the bed of a pick-up truck bleeding from his thigh. Another male, 27, was found in a white Concord attempting to drive himself to the hospital. He had sustained a gunshot wound to the stomach. Both men were taken to Spohn Memorial with non-life threatening injuries.
The men told police a black or silver vehicle turned from Garden onto Vestal and began shooting. They were unable to provide any additional information. It unknown if the two drive bys were related at this time. Both drive bys are currently being investigated by the Police Department’s Drive By Response Team. Anyone with any information on this crime is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or logon to www.888-TIPS.com. Your tip will be taken in the strictest confidence and tips leading to the arrest of the suspects pay a cash reward up to $1,000.
TAMUCC assistant professor of kinisiology Jay Dawes keeps time as an officer completes the mile and a half run
The Corpus Christi Police Department will conduct the physical fitness pre-assessment at the Police Training Center from June 11- June 15, 2012.
The purpose of this pre-assessment is to evaluate the officer’s fitness level before the actual assessment in November. Trainers will set goals for improvement and allow time for training so that the officers will perform well for the annual fitness assessment.
The Corpus Christi Police Department began the Physical Readiness Fitness Program in 2010. The purpose of the wellness testing is to improve the quality of life for the officers and seek to benefit the city with less money spent on sick time, disability and liability. The citizens benefit with better services by law enforcement officers that are in peak physical health.
The policy has a focus on fitness, health and nutrition and provides resources and encouragement for officers to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The fitness assessments administered annually promote growth and improvement to a desired level of fitness.
The Corpus Christi Police Department established the physical readiness program to increase or maintain high aerobic activity, good muscular strength, and good muscular endurance. The physical fitness test includes six events which are the 1 minute maximum push-ups, 1 minute maximum sit-ups, vertical jump, 1 repetition maximum bench press, 300 meter run, and the 1 ½ mile run.
The program is voluntary for the officers and offers incentive for participation. The program is evaluated by the full-time training academy staff and includes an adjunct fitness trainer for this pre-assessment this year. The physical training and the fitness pre-assessment have the help from Jay Dawes, an assistant professor of kinesiology at the Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus. Mr. Dawes began to volunteer with the Corpus Christi police department in January 2012 and has increased the performance of officer’s physical training.
Mr. Dawes often helps the training academy staff with three daily workouts available to all Corpus Christi Police Officers. The Corpus Christi Police Department has the goal to have all employees be physically fit and healthy in order to provide the highest quality service to the Corpus Christi community.
Training Academy Trainer Senior Officer Travis Pace spots the maximum bench press event
Occurred on 6/10/12, 5:28 am Deadly Conduct 1714 Islla 1206100040
Officers working a drive by contacted the residents at 1714 Islla who reported their home and a vehicle parked in the driveway were struck by gunfire. Officers found multiple shell casings on the roadway in front of 1710, 1714, and 1718 Islla. A 47-year-old woman Officers everyone inside the home was asleep when they awoke to the sound of gunfire. An elderly couple, both 74 years of age, and a 53-year-old man were also inside the home at the time of the drive by. The victims were unable to provide Officers a motive or a description of the suspect or suspects. All four residents were uninjured.
Multiple rounds struck the home, a trash can, and a storage shed as well as two cars parked in the driveway, a Nissan Sentra and a Kia Spectra. The damage was estimated at 2,800. The Drive By Response Team is currently investigating the drive by. Anyone with any information on this crime is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or www.888-TIPS.com.
Occurred on 6/10/12, 9:00 pm Parole Violation 521 Starr Street 1206100124
Police received a call for service for a shirtless man wearing black gloves acting strangely as he tried to wave passersby down. A check for warrants revealed Ruben Mendiola (01/28/61) had an outstanding warrant.
Mendiola was arrested and charged with a Motion to Revoke Probation warrant out of Montgomery County for Murder.
The Corpus Christi Safe Traffic Operations Program will move their physical location and mailing address June 11, 2012 to a more convenient location next to the Office of Administrative Hearings.
The Corpus Christi Safe Traffic Operations Program (C.C.S.T.O.P.) manages the red light camera violations. The physical location will move from 3833 South Staples in Hamlin Center to the Wilson Building located at 615 Leopard Street #108. The hours of operation for the C.C.S.T.O.P. are Monday through Friday from 8:00am until 5:00pm. The phone number for the office will remain the same which is 361-887-0481.
Payments made to the C.C.S.T.O.P. may be Cashier’s Checks or money orders but personal and business checks are no longer accepted. Online payments may be made at www.photonotice.com. Violators must have the citation number, the city code (CORPCH) and the license plate number of the vehicle in violation when responding to a citaiton.
Occurred Friday, June 08, 2012, 11:00am, 13200 Shelton Blvd. Warrant Service 1206080062
Miranda Cisneros (6/13/1991) was captured Friday by the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders and Fugitive Task Force in Northwest Corpus Christi.
Cisneros had active warrants for aggravated robbery, child endangerment, and criminal mischief in connection to a theft at the Wal-Mart on the 1800 block of South Padre Island Drive on June 2. The task force developed information from Crime Stoppers tips to locate Cisneros at a family member’s residence. Cisneros was found hiding in a closet and was arrested. Cisneros was then delivered to the Corpus Christi city detention center.
Occurred Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 1:16am, 4653 Everhart Rd. Public Intoxication, Warrants of arrest 1206060009
A 21-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for having 4 warrants for his arrest when he attracted the attention of Police when he bothered customers at a night club.
Customers of a night club approached a Corpus Christi Police Officer to complain that 21-year-old Viviano Alvarado (3/16/1991) was in the club and intentionally bumped into people repeatedly in an inappropriate manner. The officer observed Alvarado bump into a person in the manner described and Alvarado appeared to sway while he stood which indicated to the officer that Alvarado was possibly intoxicated.
The officer escorted Alvarado out of the club and determined that Alvarado was intoxicated. The officer recognized Alvarado’s name as a wanted person. The officer conducted a routine warrants check and discovered Alvarado had four warrants for arrest. The warrants were all from Nueces County and were for Burglary of a Habitation ($35,000 bond), Theft (Bond $500.00), Motion To Revoke probation for Reckless Driving (No Bond), and Motion To Revoke probation for Possession of Marijuana (No Bond).
Alvarado was then delivered to the Corpus Christi city detention center for the warrants and an additional charge for public intoxication.
CCPD Blotter 
You must be logged in to post a comment.