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While keeping our community safe is the number one mission of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, we all need to be a part of this effort. You can help reduce your chances of becoming a victim of crime or accident by learning how you and your family can be safe in your home, on the road or around the community.
Crime Prevention is the anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk, and the initiation of action to remove it or reduce it. Utilizing an active approach of public awareness and preventive measures to reduce crime. Crime Prevention is cheaper, safer, and healthier for communities to prevent crime than to have to treat its victims, deal with its perpetrators, and lose civic health and productivity.
Please take a moment to read the different safety tips we have on a variety of important topics. Please also take time out to watch the Focus on Safety videos we have posted here. We hope all of these resources will better prepare you for what to look out for and how to best safeguard yourself, your loved ones and your belongings.
- 25 Ways to Keep Kids Safer
- Crime Prevention Tips for Residential
- Crime Prevention tips for Storefronts
- Elder Abuse
- Common Elderly Scams – SeniorLiving.org
- Emergency Preparedness
- Kids & Gangs
- Neighborhood Watch
- Personal Security
- Traffic Safety
- Faith Watch
- Operation Identification
- Terrorism Early Warning Signs
- Business Watch
Focus On Safety Videos
Avoid. Deny. Defend.— Surviving an Active Shooter Event
SBSO Twitter Feed
Wednesday, October 9th is National Walk and Roll to school day! The Sheriff's Office is sharing safety tips for drivers and pedestrians - read more here:
National Walk and Roll to School Day Celebrates Benefits of Exercise, Promotes Safe Routes to...
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Sheriff’s detectives are sharing additional information about a custody-related death that occurred on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. Read more here:
Update to Custody-Related Death – Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office
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