Santa Barbara, Calif. – Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Bureau have concluded a month-long sex offender operation that included over 100 compliance checks and a sting that netted 3 arrests…. Read more »
On June 15th and 16th of 2018, Sheriff’s detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Bureau conducted plain clothes surveillance and compliance checks on 81 sex offenders registered in the City… Read more »
CUSTODY GLOSSARY OF TERMS Electronic Monitoring (EM) A program in which offenders are allowed to serve jail sentences in the community while being monitored by electronic GPS devices which… Read more »
Overall Crime Rate Rises & Specific Concerns Identified Santa Barbara, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the 2020 crime statistics for the communities served by the… Read more »
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has lost our first and only female K-9 to work for our agency. Retired K-9 Betti passed away yesterday, September 14, 2018, at age… Read more »
Case is Being Investigated as a Potential Hate Crime and Possibly Gang Related The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an assault that occurred on July 28, 2018 at… Read more »