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Police describe school-resource-officer coverage and falling crime rates; vaping and youth outreach flagged

City of Santa Paula & Santa Paula Unified School District (joint session) · March 3, 2026
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Summary

The police chief told the joint meeting that school resource officers are assigned to the middle and high school and that overall Group A offenses in the city are down about 15.1% year-over-year; the department flagged vaping and nitrous-oxide incidents in youth settings and announced a parent–student forum in English and Spanish.

The police chief briefed the joint session on campus safety, SRO coverage and crime trends. He said SROs are assigned to Santa Paula High and one middle school, that the department also supports other district campuses and that SROs take part in youth programming and welfare checks.

On city statistics, the chief…

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