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Sheriff's office presents 2024 public safety review; council requests deeper traffic and complaint data
Summary
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office gave its 2024 annual public safety report to the Carpinteria City Council, highlighting a 7.8% decrease in Part I crimes, a 12% increase in Part II crimes, a 36% rise in traffic collisions and a roughly 25% decline in mental-health-related calls; council members asked for more granular data and comparatives to county averages.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office presented the city———s 2024 public safety annual review, summarizing staffing, calls for service and crime trends and answering council questions about performance metrics and community policing activity.
The presenter, identified as the Chief of Police Services for Carpinteria contract operations, said the city contracts with the county sheriff's office for full law enforcement services and described the local staffing…
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