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: […]
Written by a Public Health Researcher at the request of the Needles Solutions Team Supervisor “check your cynicism” Leopold feels that the public should not question the syringe service program […]
Yesterday the Justice System failed Officer Bayani, the SCPD and the community as a whole. Yesterday Judge Volkmann sent the message that it is OK to assault a police officer […]
No Supervisor John Leopold, The Community Doesn’t Need To “Check The Cynicism” –YOU Need To Listen To The Community! At the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting on June […]
Update 4/13/17: County Board of Supervisor’s Coonerty and McPherson have requested Santa Cruz removed from AB 186. Please continue to let our Assemblymember Mark Stone know your thoughts! Contact info […]
Take Back Redding recently wrote a letter to Governor Jerry Brown. That letter is now being shared as a very heartfelt, thoughtful and compelling video. Our community has been destroyed […]
By Officer Wes Hansen, Santa Cruz Police Department (re-posted with permission) These are some photos of me and my friend Sebastian. He is a local business owner and, more importantly, an […]
Thank you Grand Jury for recognizing these programs for their effective work! All deserve to be commended for going well beyond community expectations and simple compliance with applicable policies and […]
The presence of hash-oil laboratories in neighborhoods throughout Santa Cruz County is a growing and very dangerous problem. What seems like a simple manufacturing process can quickly become deadly due […]
