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Officer Recovering From Injuries After Attack
Thursday night around 11:15 PM, we responded to a report of a person causing a disturbance near the 200 block of Chico Avenue. As our officer arrived, he found the individual who was the source of...
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Surf City Exchange Club Honors Police Officer and Firefighter of the Year
On Friday night, the Surf City Exchange Club hosted the fabulous Blue & Gold Dinner for police officers and firefighters to honor the Police Officer of the Year and the Firefighter of the Year....
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Help Us Catch A Car Burglar Working His Way Through Neighborhood
Help us catch this burglarOn Saturday night March 15th and early morning March 16th, this guy was captured via home video making his way through the neighborhood checking car doors around Sheldon...
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Welcome to Our Newest Police Officer - Chris Galli
Ladies and Gentlemen...Please give a hearty Santa Cruz welcome to our newest Police Officer……Chris GalliToday we held a “swearing-In” ceremony for the latest addition to the force. Chris comes with a...
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New Surplus Bicycle Distribution Program Underway with Santa Cruz Police and...
Our new bicycle distribution program is underway. In collaboration with Parks & Recreation and the Santa Cruz Teen Center, surplus bicycles in police storage are given to youths who have a need...
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Stolen Gun - Drugs - and Another Probation All Star Taken Off The Streets
On Thursday March 20th, Officers responded to a disturbance at the Hitching Post Motel in the 1700 block of Soquel Ave. The disturbance involved our suspect playing "tough-guy" and picking on another...
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Help Us Identify This Basketball Burglar
OK Sports Fans…Literally!Take a break from trying to figure out what happened to your March Madness Bracket, and help us identify this burglar who broke into the Santa Cruz Warriors facility at the...
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Theft and Attempt Purse Snatch Suspect Identifed by Your Tips
Remember this guy…We featured him on our blog on March 11thHe was captured on video stealing a bike from a business on Soquel Ave. While riding on the stolen bike, he rode by a woman who was walking on...
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Basketball Burglar is Identified
I can just hear Santa Cruz Warriors play-by-play man Kevin Danna calling this one like an inside dish from Cameron Jones to Hilton Armstrong for the dunk. “Patrol Officers swing the pass wide to the...
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Help us Identify This Battery Suspect
OK Santa Cruz…You are on a roll. You have been pretty successful in helping us identify troublemakers this year. Let’s see if we can keep the streak alive. This guy was quite intoxicated and asked...
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Four Sacramento Area Robbery Suspects Arrested
On March 29, 2014, four (4) Sacramento area thugs were arrested following a street robbery where the suspects attacked the victim and took gold chain jewelry from him. The robbery occurred at...
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Hula's Island Grill Donating Mahalo Mondays in April to Butch & Elizabeth
Time to get your Tiki on!!! Mahalo Monday at Hula’s Island Grill is benefiting Sergeant Butch Baker and Detective Elizabeth Butler this month. Each month, the amazing ownership at Hula’s Island Grill...
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Phone Scams Once Again Making Their Way into Santa Cruz.
The latest case involved a remake on the ol’, “Your grandchild is in jail and needs bail money” scheme. The caller impersonated a San Jose Police Officer, and ever-so courteously instructed the...
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SCPD Officers Honored For Their DUI Enforcement
CongratulationstoOfficer Ryan Kiar Officer Brad BurruelSanta Cruz Police Officers Ryan Kiar and Brad Burruel were recognized today at an award ceremony in Monterey for their DUI enforcement efforts....
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FREE Gun Locks Distributed at SCPD
For those that choose to own a firearm, proper storage and safety of that weapon is of paramount importance! To help with that, the Police Department is giving away FREE child safety gun locks and...
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Help Us Find These Suspects Who Attacked An 86 Year Old Woman
OK Santa Cruz....We need you to step up BIG TIME on this one. Video below. We need help identifying and locating these suspects. These teens attacked an 86 year old woman knocking her down and...
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Easter Weekend Roundup With 3 Cases of Interest
The Easter weekend found the Santa Cruz Police Department responding to 837 calls for service around the community. We were hoppin' around from call-to-call like the Easter Bunny!! Among the weekend...
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OK Team.....This is new video that captures our suspects just prior to the attack on our 86 year old couple. We obtained this from a business on Center Street who was kind enough to search their video...
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Security Guard Assaulted at Skate Park - Suspect Arrested
This morning, April 22, 2014 at approximately 8:25 AM, a First Alarm Security Officer was injured in an attack at Mike Fox Park. The skate park was closed to the public this morning because a filming...
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Auto Burglary Arrest Leads to Discovery of Fugitive Sex Offender....But There...
Early Monday morning……(we’re talking 2:15 AM early) officers arrested a suspect who was breaking into City Water Department trucks parked in the City Hall complex. The suspect, Mr. Joe Ray Greene,...
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