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Seaside police report: mental‑health and homelessness calls down; traffic enforcement up
Summary
At the council meeting Seaside police presented an annual report showing a decline in mental‑health and homelessness calls (attributed in part to Stepping Stones services), fewer use-of-force incidents, and more traffic enforcement tied to increased patrol staffing; dispatch and new CAD/RMS rollout were also discussed.
The Seaside Police Department told the city council on March 23 that calls related to mental health and homelessness have declined from recent years, which officials partly attributed to services at the Stepping Stones shelter and to recent crisis‑response partnerships.
Chief Mitch said the department wrote roughly 25–26 fireworks citations in recent Fourth‑of‑July periods and that those have routinely been reduced in court under current practice. He also reported a decrease in…
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