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Good police experience in San Felipe!

Sur2baja - 4-11-2010 at 04:49 PM

Hello all, While on spring break down in the South Campos one of the sixteen year old girls in our group ran out of gas in her quad while near the poblado. She was on the dirt path that runs parralel to the main highway and riding with four others but she was last in line and no one looked back until they got back to camp. The parents were all at a campo further south but the girl started walking back to our campo further north. Along came one of the Ensenada policeman assigned to the area and tried to help. He ended up giving her a ride back to the campo, helping her with the gas for the quad and giving her a ride back making sure she was safe. We then arrived as he was driving off to check on her. I wanted to applaud the police officer as they receive enough bad press all the time. This happened last Thursday the 8th and if anyone has any idea on how to contact his superior to praise him, I would like to do so. Hasta!

Packoderm - 4-11-2010 at 05:03 PM

Cool!

mtgoat666 - 4-11-2010 at 05:06 PM

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Originally posted by Sur2baja
Hello all, While on spring break down in the South Campos one of the sixteen year old girls in our group ran out of gas in her quad while near the poblado. She was on the dirt path that runs parralel to the main highway and riding with four others but she was last in line and no one looked back until they got back to camp. The parents were all at a campo further south but the girl started walking back to our campo further north. Along came one of the Ensenada policeman assigned to the area and tried to help. He ended up giving her a ride back to the campo, helping her with the gas for the quad and giving her a ride back making sure she was safe. We then arrived as he was driving off to check on her. I wanted to applaud the police officer as they receive enough bad press all the time. This happened last Thursday the 8th and if anyone has any idea on how to contact his superior to praise him, I would like to do so. Hasta!

yes, cops often do their jobs quite well,... but problem is that they also supplement their poor pay by fleecing the public

bajabass - 4-12-2010 at 02:12 PM

Let's not drift off on the negative side. There are enough threads covering that aspect of law enforcement in Baja. I for one, like to hear about the police protecting and serving. The young lady was lucky to run into a good cop, rather than a bad guy! If you have his name, I would call the main office for Ensenada P.D., and let them know he is one of the good guys! Heaven knows they could use a few "attaboys".

Pacifico - 4-12-2010 at 02:16 PM

Great to hear good stories like this!!! There are more good people in Baja than bad.....

bajabass - 4-12-2010 at 02:22 PM

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Originally posted by Pacifico
Great to hear good stories like this!!! There are more good people in Baja than bad.....

Without a doubt Pacifico!! My best friends are south of the border. :bounce:

jahImpala3 - 4-12-2010 at 04:55 PM

Nice story!

Sur2baja - 4-12-2010 at 05:21 PM

Yeah, I mentioned the day as last Thursday because I figure he might be a "regular" officer that someone might know by name and could let me know. I would like to give an 'attaboy"to his superiors but I searched the internet for an address or ? for Ensenada P.D. but found nothing. If nothing else I would like to shake his hand, give him some of my wifes cookies and say "gracias".

DENNIS - 4-12-2010 at 05:52 PM

What was an Ensenada policeman doing in San Felipe?

Riom - 4-12-2010 at 05:56 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
What was an Ensenada policeman doing in San Felipe?

The South Campos (to the south of San Felipe) are officially in the municipality/county of Ensenada, despite being on the east coast.

Rob

DENNIS - 4-12-2010 at 06:02 PM

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Originally posted by Riom
The South Campos (to the south of San Felipe) are officially in the municipality/county of Ensenada, despite being on the east coast.

Rob

Yeah...I know the municipality is huge, but the city of Ensenada isn't in charge of the whole area. Is it common for Ensenada cops to patrol over there? Seems San Felipe PD would take care of that area.

DianaT - 4-12-2010 at 06:08 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Originally posted by Riom
The South Campos (to the south of San Felipe) are officially in the municipality/county of Ensenada, despite being on the east coast.

Rob

I am guessing that the San Felipe police trucks have the name Ensenada on them.

I am guessing this because our Bahia Asuncion police trucks have Mulege on them because we are in the District of Mulege.

bajahorselover - 4-12-2010 at 07:47 PM

Rob is right....the south campos are in the jurisdiction of Ensenada.
The San Felipe police do not "protect & serve" the south campos, as this is out of their jurisdiction....I believe (but I could be wrong) they are in the municipality of Mexicali....
Before the South Campos had a police station at the poblado, the nearest Ensenada police were down in Puertocitos....so we were pretty much on our own here.

bajahorselover - 4-12-2010 at 07:53 PM

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Originally posted by Sur2baja
Yeah, I mentioned the day as last Thursday because I figure he might be a "regular" officer that someone might know by name and could let me know. I would like to give an 'attaboy"to his superiors but I searched the internet for an address or ? for Ensenada P.D. but found nothing. If nothing else I would like to shake his hand, give him some of my wifes cookies and say "gracias".

How bout dropping by the police station at the poblado and talking to the comandante...he's speaks a fair amount of English....he has "salt n pepper" hair and hasgold teeth....nice guy. I'm sure he would appreciate hearing something good!!!!

Sur2baja - 4-12-2010 at 10:34 PM

I'm not going to be down for awhile but I'll do that my next trip. On the subject of jurisdiction, San Felipe is policed by Mexicali authorities. I believe their jurisdiction ends around the turn off to the Saguaro forest and then Ensenada takes over.

Sharky - 4-13-2010 at 08:57 PM

The Deputy Chief of the Patrol Section of the Tijuana Municipal Police, Juan Martín Borja Murillo, 45 was just brought up on charges today of aggravated sexual abuse under color of authority, for sexually abusing a 16-year old girl he had in custody.

So, I guess Mexico is batting 1 and 1 so far. I'm not sure I like the odds.

http://tijuanapress.com/index.php?option=com_content&vie...

I am not trying to get political, really!

Howard - 4-13-2010 at 09:33 PM

I do not want to turn this thread into a political forum but whenever I hear of someone talking about the corruption amongst police in Baja I think of the saying, “he who lives in glass house should not throw rocks.” (Or something like that)

I feel that we are lucky and privileged to live in the USA (legally) but when we talk of dishonesty, cheating, deceitfulness, lying and treachery. I think of Nixon and Clinton. Those are the ones who got caught, so who know the real numbers. That’s around 5% of our Presidents. I am not trying to get political, just that all countries, including our beloved US of A has lots similar problems, it’s just at much higher levels of government than Baja.. Stop all the Mexico bashing and look within first!

I for one have had 99% pleasant experiences in Baja and will not let a few negative people dissuade me from spending as much time as possible in Baja.

Donjulio - 4-13-2010 at 09:40 PM

I have been in San Felipe since 2003 and I have been stopped twice. Once because I was going the wrong way down a one way street (I just wasnt paying attention and turned a block early), and the other time I was parked in front of a house waiting for a friend and that house was very close to a well known corner for drugs.

The first instance I had to pay $12 at the police station and the second time once they figured out that I wasn't a druggie waiting for drugs they just went on their way.

That is it! Never a problem with the police here. I hear people b-tch about the police here all the time. Well yeah they are driving around loaded half the time.

Sur2baja - 4-13-2010 at 10:39 PM

I have been visiting San Felipe and the South Campos since 1972. I have had only one bad experience when my boom box radio was stolen out of my vacant tent while camping in town during 1986 (not the wisest move!) Otherwise I have dozens and dozens of good experiences I could pass on when I was in need of help. This includes George's restaurant at 2:00 AM, Sam the Clam Man helping me start my van, a rather stout local woman picking up a half full 55 gallon drum of fuel and pouring it into my truck so I could get home after spring break, people feeding me in their homes, etc, etc,.. The reason I posted the incident with the officer is again, with all the bad press that Mex gets, San Felipe (I believe) is about as close to the mexican spirit as you can get. Most are just good honest people trying to make an honest buck and smile at the same time. Now on the other hand, don't get me started at about Fransisco and what he's doing to my friends at La Perlita!!!(lol)

Sur

BajaRob - 4-14-2010 at 06:08 AM

The police officer that helped was most likely Manuel the senior officer. Our Delegado does not speak english but his secretary does and she could translate your appreciation to him. Our experience with the police has always been positive and it doesn't hurt that I have pulled them out of deep sand several times when they were stuck.
On the other side, Francisco ( Javier ) has just told three more tenants, who sided with Ed and Paula, that they must vacate their homes when their lease is up shortly.
We continue to enjoy all the positives of living here.

DENNIS - 4-14-2010 at 07:50 AM

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Originally posted by Howard

I am not trying to get political, really!

At last. A thread without political thought.

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I do not want to turn this thread into a political forum

Good for you, Howard. Keep it clean.

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I feel that we are lucky and privileged to live in the USA (legally) but when we talk of dishonesty, cheating, deceitfulness, lying and treachery. I think of Nixon and Clinton. Those are the ones who got caught, so who know the real numbers. That’s around 5% of our Presidents.

So far, so good. Very refreshing.

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I am not trying to get political, just that all countries, including our beloved US of A has lots similar problems, it’s just at much higher levels of government than Baja.. Stop all the Mexico bashing and look within first!

What a relief it is to see a post that is barren of the political rancor that permeates too many threads on this Baja oriented site.
Howard, you are an example for all of us to follow and I'm nominating you for "Dalai Lama of BajaNomad."

:lol:

all in fun :lol:

David K - 4-14-2010 at 08:25 AM

Municipality
001 Ensenada
002 Mexicali
003 Tecate
004 Tijuana
005 Playas de Rosarito

San Felipe is in 'Mexicali', just north of Laguna Percebu is the border with 'Ensenada'.

DENNIS - 4-14-2010 at 10:45 AM

WOW....I didn't realize Playas was a Municipality. I wonder how that tax base was removed from TJ.

Sur2baja - 4-14-2010 at 12:56 PM

Great insight with the map. Is there any signs or markers indicating the "border". I'm one of those guys who likes to point out those details.

DENNIS - 4-14-2010 at 01:18 PM

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Originally posted by Sur2baja
Great insight with the map. Is there any signs or markers indicating the "border". I'm one of those guys who likes to point out those details.

I think this is where David found that map. There's lots of other info there:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities_of_Baja_Californ...

square areas of North American "municipalities

durrelllrobert - 4-14-2010 at 02:21 PM

Yukon Terriotory is the largest North American ":municipality" @ 147, 843 sq mi.
San Bernadino County is largest US "municipality" @ 20,105 sq mi
Ensenada "municipality" is largest in Mexico @ 20,058 sq mi
Mulege "municipality" is 12,777 sq mi
La Paz "municipality" is 7,828 sq mi :tumble:

Timo1 - 4-14-2010 at 02:25 PM

Yukon Territory is the smallest of the 3 territories in Canada

David K - 4-14-2010 at 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by Sur2baja
Great insight with the map. Is there any signs or markers indicating the "border". I'm one of those guys who likes to point out those details.

I spotted a somewhat new marker on Hwy. 5, at the Mexicali/ Ensenada border... south of San Felipe, just a ways north of Rancho (Laguna) Percebu... I have seen another map that indicated the border was Arroyo Huatamote... which is the big arroyo just south of the 'Valley of the Giants' cactus road... south side of the Punta Estrella mountain.

Sur2baja - 4-14-2010 at 07:04 PM

I'll have to check it out, thanks!

David K - 4-15-2010 at 07:50 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Originally posted by Sur2baja
Great insight with the map. Is there any signs or markers indicating the "border". I'm one of those guys who likes to point out those details.

I think this is where David found that map. There's lots of other info there:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities_of_Baja_Californ...

Here's another one Dennis... (from this web site: http://geologia.cicese.mx/sist_inf_geo/delegaciones/mun.htm )

and with the delegaciones of Ensenada:

1.- La Misión 13.- Valle de la Trinidad.
2.- El Porvenir. 14.- Punta Colonet.
3.- Francisco Zarco. 15.- Camalú.
4.- Real del Castillo. 16.- Vicente Guerrero.
5.- El Sauzal. 17.- San Quintin.
6.- Ensenada. 18.- El Rosario.
7.- San Antonio de las Minas. 19.- Puertecitos.
8.- Chapultepec. 20.- El Marmol.
9.- Maneadero. 21.- Punta Prieta.
10.- Santo Tomas. 22.- Bahía de los Angeles.
11.- Eréndira. 23.- Calmallí (Villa Jesus Maria).
12.- San Vicente. 24.- Isla de Cedros.

[Edited on 4-15-2010 by David K]

DENNIS - 4-15-2010 at 08:23 AM

That's even better. Thanks, David.

durrelllrobert - 4-15-2010 at 10:38 AM

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Originally posted by Timo1
Yukon Territory is the smallest of the 3 territories in Canada

sorry, you are right in terms of territories but I was trying to compare municipalities (based on census data for Canada) and the entire Yukon territory is a single census area (closest thing to a Mexican municipality), while Nunavut (largest territory) and Northwest (2nd largest territory) are broken down into smaller census areas.

[Edited on 4-15-2010 by durrelllrobert]

durrelllrobert - 4-15-2010 at 10:48 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
That's even better. Thanks, David.

If 6 is Ensenada what is that island above Cedros that's also labled as "6" :?:

DENNIS - 4-15-2010 at 10:58 AM

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Originally posted by durrelllrobert
If 6 is Ensenada what is that island above Cedros that's also labled as "6" :?:

6 is part of 6. And to think you designed weapons for the US government. :lol:

"Our finest achievment to date, the SCUD MISSLE."

OOOOOPS...

"Oh well, we'll let someone steal those plans."

[Edited on 4-15-2010 by DENNIS]

Wiles - 4-15-2010 at 11:05 AM

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If 6 is Ensenada what is that island above Cedros that's also labled as "6" :?:

Guadalupe Island

Dennis

Howard - 4-16-2010 at 06:23 AM

So, if I accept the title that you propose, would people off the street say "Hello Dalai” or refer to me as Mr. Lama?

Meaning no disrespect to the Dalai himself but I do think I can get use to the new title!

Also, if accepted, will I be taxed by some government agency for this mark of respect? ("I am not trying to get political, really!")

[Edited on 4-16-2010 by Howard]

durrelllrobert - 4-16-2010 at 09:29 AM

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Originally posted by Wiles

If 6 is Ensenada what is that island above Cedros that's also labled as "6" :?:

Guadalupe Island

Thanks! Now I know everytng I need to know about this island :coolup:

Guadalupe Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

No....no

mcfez - 4-18-2010 at 07:30 AM

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Originally posted by mtgoat666

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yes, cops often do their jobs quite well,... but problem is that they also supplement their poor pay by fleecing the public

Not all dude.............not all. I have been going to Mexico since 1971. Very few cops that I didnt think much of. Give the good ones credit, will ya?

[Edited on 4-18-2010 by mcfez]