Category: News Updates

Ramon Batista has been chosen as the next Chief of Police for the City of Santa Monica. Batista was previously the Chief in Mesa and was a finalist for the Chief job in Madison Wisconsin although he was passed over for that position despite strong

On Oct. 5 the Santa Monica Police Department is seeking to revive all the community camaraderie of old-school block parties and will be helping neighbors close their streets to cars in clusters across the City. The parties are coordinated as part of National Night Out,

onica’s first civilian police oversight body is still accepting applications from community members who wish to promote the best practices in community-oriented policing, but local police officers are taking issue with their exclusion from the newfound commission. A 15-member Public Safety Reform Advisory Committee originally

Santa Monica Police Department Sergeant Tina Greer remembers ringing up customers in the Fred Segal shop she worked at during the late 1990s and spotting undercover officers enter the store. “I just thought it was the coolest thing ever, and they would tell me stories

The Santa Monica Police Department has added a new canine to the team that will allow it to conduct sweeps for guns and other explosive devices like never before. Most police dogs are known for their ability to apprehend criminals on the run or find