Advocating for a Safe and Clean Santa Cruz
In 1996 SCPD employed 89 sworn police officers. The population in 1996 was about 50,000. Annual calls for service around that time were approximately 67,000 a year. Fast forward 20 […]
Author: E. Bovee 2016 FBI Crime Statistics Published FBI has released its 2016 crime stats, including reported crimes by state, by city. This will be the same exercise as last year: […]
2015 Year-End Crime Stats Source: City Manager’s Weekly Report, March 18, 2016 The Santa Cruz Police Department released the End-of-Year statistics for 2015. These statistics represent work volumes and crime […]
Addiction, untreated mental health, and the lack of consequences Here in Santa Cruz crime is on the rise. There are three driving forces; addiction, untreated mental health, and the lack […]
With property crime rising and by all accounts it seems like more and more criminals are being re-arrested time and again for committing the same crimes, maybe it’s time that […]
Santa Cruz is not by a long shot, your average city, why do we have an average or below average size police department? Santa Cruz stands out with its warm […]
Author: E. Bovee October 17, 2013 (link to original blog post) Essay and Analysis on Crime in Santa Cruz, CA This first post was based on research I began in 2007. After […]
A Stanford Law School study recently published reports that inmates released under Prop. 47 are not causing the crime spike seen in cities all over California. Keep in mind that […]
Thanks to the solid investigative journalism and research of TBSC member Erik Bovee, there is undeniable fact-based evidence to support the reason that Take Back Santa Cruz exists: the need […]
