When Officer Jesse Pidcock came to us from Scotts Valley
PD, we knew we were getting an Officer with solid policing skills. Jesse showed off those skills early Monday
morning catching a car burglar in a West side neighborhood.
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| Officer Pidcock (Middle) Taking Oath of Office With Officers Gomez (Left) and Whaley (Right) |
On September 8th at about 0120 hours (that’s “police talk” for early
morning 1:20 AM), Officer Pidcock was patrolling through the 200 block of
Sheldon. He took note of a bicyclist
riding past him at this early morning hour and continued to patrol through the
neighborhood.
As he kept his eagle eye out, Officer Pidcock noticed a
dome light on inside a car parked in a driveway. Upon
checking the car, he noticed the door was ajar and the glove box
ransacked. As he continued to
check the neighborhood he found yet another car with the dome light on and door
ajar.
At this point he is focused on finding the bicyclist
that passed him just a few minutes ago. Officer
Pidcock uses his best prowling/sleuthing skills and surprises the bicyclist at
High Street and Highland Ave. He stops
the bicyclists and the investigation is underway.
Our suspect is….you guessed it, on Probation for possession
of stolen property. A search of our suspect reveals a CPR bag,
coins and binoculars. Officer Pidcock
sends Officer Nick Kramer back to contact the occupants of the homes where he
found the dome lights on. Guess what.....all
of those items the suspect had were taken from a car on in the neighborhood.
Our suspect, Mr. Eric Neff is arrested and the stolen
property returned to the victim.
Eric Neff - 46yrs, Transient
Mr. Neff has a long, long history of contacts and arrests
by SCPD. In 2014 alone we have arrested
him 5 times and issued him 5 cites.
Outstanding work by Officer Jesse Pidcock!!! We are proud to have him on our team.
