Emergency Services

 

Santa Cruz Police Dept.
Emergency 911
(831) 471-1131 - Non Emergency dispatcher
(831) 420-5810 - Administration
(831) 420-5814 - Deputy Chief Patty Sapone

 

Santa Cruz County Sheriff Dept.
Emergency 911
(831) 471-1121 - Non Emergency number
From a brochure developed by the department: “Hate Crimes are criminal offenses motivated by prejudice based upon who the victim is, or who s/he is perceived to be. The law does not punish bigoted speech alone. However, when someone commits a criminal act based upon his or her prejudice, then the hate crime statute comes into effect. Verbal name calling ...is not a crime unless accompanied by a verbal threat of violence and the ability to carry out that threat.”

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