Trespassers in Lakeview

Apr 10, 2026

As some of you are quite aware, we often have uninvited visitors to the park who come to fish or for other reasons. Some of them are polite when told they are not allowed to be here, while others are rude or even threatening.

I have been in communication with Officer Taylor at the Citrus Heights Police Department about the situation and how we should handle it. Officer Taylor assured me that they want to support us in seeing our neighborhood and the lake area are not being violated by intruders. There are new protocols for us to follow when dealing with non-residents on the property.

Rather than using the 911 phone number we have been using, we are to call the CHPD non-emergency number and say that you are in Lakeview Village and describe whom you see that appears to be a trespasser and what they are doing.

Call (916) 727-5500

Additionally, if you are comfortable and feel safe approaching the person you might take their picture or video a brief conversation in which you politely inform them that the entire park is private property. Furthermore, the Citrus Heights Police Department is responsible for policing the area and ensuring repeated trespassers are dealt with according to the law. If you do so, please email the video/picture to me at dcoller58@gmail.com and I will save the evidence to share with the CDPH if the intruder returns.

The following information is directly from the Citrus Heights Police Department website and provides a clearer picture of how they approach the situation. Additionally, Officer Taylor strongly advised me not to worry that we are bothering their department, but instead to know they want to proactively address the issue with us to see it solved.

Duane Coller

dcoller58@gmail.com

The Citrus Heights Police Department non-emergency number is (916) 727-5500. This line is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for reporting non-urgent incidents, such as suspicious activity, noise complaints, or past-tense crimes where there is no immediate threat to life or property.

Trespassing Enforcement

Illegal camping, loitering, and illegal dumping on private property qualify as trespassing. The Citrus Heights Police Department enforces trespassing; below is a description of the enforcement and noticing process:

DIRECT CHPD ASSISTANCE WITH TRESPASSING A women holds a phone to her ear.

  • Call the Citrus Heights Police Department (CHPD) and ask for an individual to be issued a written trespass warning.

  • If a merchant who calls CHPD to have an officer respond to a trespass issue needs to leave before the officers arrive on the scene, the merchant can ask the dispatcher who takes the call to have the officer contact them at the conclusion of the call to provide the merchant with a disposition of what happened.

PRIVATE SECURITY OPTION WITH TRESPASSING

Property owners and merchants may call their local private security company for trespassing issue assistance

  • Private security can issue the forms to individuals while on duty (Please contact CHPD for trespass forms pursuant to Penal Code 602)

    • If a security officer is out with a known individual who refuses to sign the written trespass notice, the security officer may write “subject refused” in the signature box and sign their name instead.

    • Though a written warning is preferred, trespass warnings do not have to be in written format.   A video-recorded or verbal warning will suffice for establishing knowledge before issuing a citation so long as the verbal-only warning is documented in a report.

    • Once a trespass warning form or the above equivalent option has been completed, please forward it to the Citrus Heights Police Department to be uploaded into their records database so officers and dispatchers know individuals who were previously contacted and issued a trespass warning.

ONGOING TRESPASSING 

  • If a known offender who has been issued a written or documented verbal trespass warning is still on your property and you want them cited and removed, call the Citrus Heights Police Department (916) 727-5500 and advise dispatch of the situation.  The police department will respond and issue a written citation for violating Penal Code 602(o) or 602(k) or arrest the individual.

PROSECUTION 

  • The Chronic Nuisance Offender (CNO) program with CHPD tracks repeat offenders.  Once an individual commits five or more municipal code violations, penal code violations, vehicle code violations or health & safety violations over a rolling 12-month period, CHPD consults with the City Attorney.  A wrap-around chronic nuisance offender case will be completed and submitted to the City Attorney or the Sacramento County District Attorney’s office as a criminal complaint seeking more severe criminal charges for offenders who meet these criteria.

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