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Help Us Identify This Burglary Suspect
Help Us Identify This Person That Burglarized a Local Small Business In the morning hours of July 19, 2013, a burglary occurred at Top A Lot Yogurt, 738 Water Street. The suspect used two large rocks...
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San Francisco Giants Honor Law Enforcment and Sergeant Butch Baker &...
The Santa Cruz Police Department participated in the San Francisco Giants Law Enforcement Appreciation event before Tuesday night’s game. In pregame ceremonies, the Giants recognized the loss of...
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Smartphone Scanner App is Back on The Air
No More "Car 54....Were Are You???"on our Smartphone Scanner App. The Scanner App is fixed. Radio from our 1961 Chevy BiscayneA number of you have asked about what happened to our Scanner App. Several...
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Talking Bike Theft on KSCO This Morning
This morning we dropped by the studios at KSCO Radio to talk bike theft with Rosemary Chalmers and the Good Morning Monterey Bay team. It is always a great time in the KSCO studios! Here are a few...
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Defense Attorney Chases Down Thief Stealing The Attorney's Bike
Interesting Call of the DayOn Thursday afternoon around 1:45 a local defense attorney was walking back to his office in the 300 block of Soquel Avenue. As he approaches his office, he sees a person...
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When Duty Calls: Chief Vogel and Officers Hernandez and Ceceña Jump Into...
On Monday July 29th during the afternoon commute, Chief Kevin Vogel and Officers Joe Hernandez and Karina Ceceña were traveling back to Santa Cruz on Interstate 280 near Foothill College in Los Altos...
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Burglar From Cruzio Identified - Our "Most Wanted" This Week
This week's "Most Wanted" suspect has been identified as the Burglar from the Cruzio building at Cedar and Church Street. The suspect isGerald Wayne Elliott II - 30 Years Old Addresses in Santa Cruz...
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SCPD Announces Three Arrests in MIssion Street Homicide
SANTA CRUZ POLICE DEPARTMENT 155 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 MEDIA RELEASELOCATION: 2015 Mission Street CASE NUMBER: 13S-06369 INFORMATION:The Santa Cruz Police Department announces the arrest...
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Second Straight Month of Crime Rate Declines
Perhaps it doesnt seem like it, with all the crime being reported, but here is some good news on the crime front. For the second straight month, crime rates have declined or stayed level in many of...
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The Facts on Victim's Gun Release
Friday's Sentinel contains a letter to the editor that lashes out at the “police” for returning a gun to one of the parties involved in our homicide on Friday August 2nd. The author of that letter...
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Suspects Arrested in the Murray Street Shooting
The good news is that all the suspects from our last two shootings are in custody. In addition to these cases, we have developed some great breaks and are making significant progress in a couple of...
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Predictive Policing International Day of Action
Announcing International Predictive Policing Day of ActionA Chance for the Community to Get InvolvedThe Santa Cruz Police Department was the first in the world to implement Predictive Policing...
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Detectives Follow up Child Porn Lead - Suspect Arrested
On Wednesday August 14, 2013, Santa Cruz Police Detectives arrested Walter Louis Gafvert III for multiple counts of Possession of Child Pornography. Mr. Gafvert is 48 year old and lived at a home in...
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Get to Know a Little More About Chief Kevin Vogel
The City Manager's Office has a new blog site. In this edition they feature Chief Vogel with some personal and professional insights. Special Thanks to Tarmo Hannula of the Register-Pajaronian for...
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Massive Illegal Campsite and Marijuana Grow Cleanup Launched
The illegal campsite cleanup in the Pasatiempo Creek was launched this morning. There are 3 people who deserve credit for spearheading and organizing this cleanup effort, Lieutenant Dan...
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Local Surf School Owner Arrested for Lewd Acts with Children
Santa Cruz Police Detectives have arrested the owner of a local surfing school for “Lewd and Lascivious Acts” with children (Penal Code Section 288(c)(1)). Dylan Greiner (38 yrs), owner and operator...
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"Most Wanted" Burglary Suspect Captured in San Francisco
Remember this guy? Gerald ElliottMr. Elliott was our "Most Wanted" posting for July 30th. We had information that he was in the San Francisco area, and shared that with police there. Late last week,...
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A Great Afternoon with Oak Tree Villa
Here’s the best news of the month for us here at the Santa Cruz Police Department.A few weeks ago, the amazing seniors at Oak Tree Villa in Scotts Valley got together and held a yard sale. They raised...
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Several Arrested in Gang Street-Level Drug Sales Operation
Over the past 3 months the Santa Cruz Police Department in conjunction with the Santa Cruz Anti-Crime Team, Santa Cruz County Sheriff, and The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration have conducted an...
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6 Months Later We Still Mourn for Butch & Elizabeth
Today marks 6 months since we lost Sergeant Butch Baker and Detective Elizabeth Butler. We still feel the sting of that wound left on our hearts and souls here at the Santa Cruz Police Department. In...
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