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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 our victims," he said.
Acosta highlighted other enforcement and investigative work. He said the department's violent suppression task force was responsible for a substantial portion of the department's firearms recoveries and described a large-scale operation, "Operation Logout," that led to multiple arrests. "They were responsible for 80" firearms recovered in 2025, he said.
On cyber and child-exploitation work, the chief reported the department's Internet‑crime team received about 105 tips, producing 82 reports and 15 investigations; 12 tips were closed without further action. He also noted victim services figures: 441 victims served, 2,869 services provided and 577 referrals to outside agencies.
Committee members pressed for detail on the robbery increase and how outreach numbers were counted. The chief distinguished robbery (a taking by force or threat with the victim present) from burglary and said the department is tracking robbery types in their reports.
On outreach and prevention, Acosta described a cadet program with 35 cadets who logged about 3,500 community hours and a community engagement effort the presentation characterized as rising from roughly 3,000 contacts in 2023 to over 25,700 contacts in 2025. "It's something that's really important to us," he said of the outreach work.
Committee members asked whether call and incident totals could be broken down by district. The chief said detailed district-level data would be included in the department's forthcoming annual report and encouraged residents to report incidents to ensure patterns are recorded in the CAD system.
The committee thanked the chief for the presentation; the chief said the department plans to publish the annual report in the coming days and will present similar material to the city council on May 12.
