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Chief Acosta: Salinas calls roughly steady in 2025; arrests and citations rose, homicide clearance 86%
Summary
Chief Acosta told the Police Community Advisory Committee that Salinas recorded about 133,086 calls for service in 2025, an increase of roughly 1% from 2024, while arrests and citations rose about 29.31%. He reported seven homicides in 2025 and a homicide clearance rate of 86%.
Chief Acosta summarized the Salinas Police Department's 2025 statistics at the Police Community Advisory Committee meeting on April 22, saying the department responded to about 133,086 calls for service in 2025 and recorded a year-over-year rise in arrests and citations of roughly 29.31%.
The chief told the committee that the city saw seven homicides in 2025, up from six in 2024, and that the department's homicide clearance rate for the year was 86%. "Our clearance rate is something that's really, really important to the community, to the department, and to the community we serve and especially…
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