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C o m p l i a n c e a n d
T r a n s p a r e n c y
R e p o r t
REPORTING PERIOD
January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
CHULA VISTA POLICE
DEPARTMENT
Background
In March 2026, the Chula Vista City Council adopted the Safe Neighbor Ordinance (CVMC
2.19) establishing protections to ensure that City facilities and contracts are not utilized in a manner that facilitates discrimination, unlawful detention, or the criminalization of individuals based on immigration status. The Ordinance made certain guidelines governing access to City facilities, participation with federal law enforcement entities, contractor compliance and reporting requirements.
Reporting Requirements
The City Manager shall provide a written report to the City Council twice per year or on a semiannual basis and no later than six months following the conclusion of the applicable six-month reporting period. The report shall include the following:
1. A summary of the City’s participation in Joint Law Enforcement Task Forces as described in California Government Code section 7284.6(c)(1) and as required by state law.
a. The City Manager shall not include information in the report that would endanger the safety of a person involved in an investigation or the successful completion of the investigation or a related investigation, or the disclosure of which is prohibited or exempt under federal or state law.
2. A summary of any changes to federal or state law that affect the Chula Vista Police Department’s ability to participate in a Joint Law Enforcement Task Force.
3. A summary of any known Law Enforcement Activity by Federal Law Enforcement Agency Personnel, Out -of-State Law Enforcement Personnel, or a Private Party Acting Under Color of Law Enforcement Authority involving any person for Immigration Enforcement purposes within the jurisdiction of the City.
4. A summary of the Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds (TRUTH) Act forum held by the City under California Government Code section 7283.1(d), including the place and time that the forum was held, and a general description of the information that was presented by the City, if during the reporting period, the City provided ICE Access to a person in the custody of the Chula Vista Police Department.
If the Chula Vista Police Department responds to a call for service related to Law Enforcement Activity by Federal Law Enforcement Agency Personnel, Out -of-State Law Enforcement Personnel, or a Private Party Acting Under Color of Law Enforcement Authority, the Chief of Police shall issue a publicly available incident report within three business days of the response.
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a. The report shall include:
i. The names of all agencies present;
ii. Whether a judicial warrant was presented by any Agency to the Chula Vista Police Department; and
iii. Any available identifying information of the law enforcement personnel involved, such as badge numbers, and Agency
designations, or the Private Party Acting Under Color of Law Enforcement Authority.
Reporting Schedule
Reporting Period Report Deadline
January – June No later than December 31
July – December No later than June 30
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Initial Report
This report covers an initial reporting period for calendar year 2025 (January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025). Subsequent reporting will be made on a six-month basis per the schedule on Page 3 of this report.
Joint Law Enforcement Task Forces
Homeland Security Investigations San Diego – Operation Alliance: Cartel Investigation Team (CIT)*
Purpose Focus on high-ranking members involved in the upper echelon cartels smuggling drugs across the U.S. / Mexico border.
Law
Enforcement
Agencies
Involved
• Chula Vista Police Department
• Homeland Security Investigations
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Total Arrests
Made
54 * CVPD will no longer be part of this task force as of July 10, 2026.
Internet Crimes Against Children
Purpose To enhance the investigative response to offenders who use the internet and the other online communication systems to sexually exploit children.
Law
Enforcement
Agencies
Involved
• Chula Vista Police Department
• Homeland Security Investigations
• Naval Criminal Investigative Services
• San Diego County Sheriff's Department
• San Diego District Attorney’s Office
• San Diego Police Department
• San Diego Unified School District
Total Arrests
Made
248
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Joint Terrorism Task Force (CT-1, CT-2, CT-3)
Purpose Prevent, investigate, and efficiently respond to potential terrorism threats.
Law
Enforcement
Agencies
Involved
• Chula Vista Police Department
• Coronado Police Department
• El Cajon Police Department
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Harbor Police Department
• San Diego Sheriff's Department
• San Diego Police Department
Total Arrests
Made
18 Narcotics Task Force
Purpose Dismantle and disrupt narcotics trafficking in San Diego County.
Law
Enforcement
Agencies
Involved
• Carlsbad Police Department
• Chula Vista Police Department
• Coronado Police Department
• Drug Enforcement Agency
• Escondido Police Department
• Federal Bureau of Investigations
• Homeland Security Investigations
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• La Mesa Police Department
• National City Police Department
• NCIS
• Oceanside Police Department
• San Diego District Attorney's Office
• San Diego Police Department
• U.S. Border Patrol
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection
• U.S. Postal Service
• U.S. Secret Service
Total Arrests
Made
258
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Operation Stonegarden
Purpose Disrupting / degrading transnational criminal organizations while enhancing land and coastal border detection for the purposes of contraband interdiction.
Law
Enforcement
Agencies
Involved
• California DFW
• California Highway Patrol
• Carlsbad Police Department
• Chula Vista Police Department
• El Cajon Police Department
• Escondido Police Department
• La Mesa Police Department
• Los Angeles Sheriff's Office
• Monterey Sheriff's Office
• Oceanside Police Department
• Orange Sheriff's Office
• San Diego Harbor Police Department
• San Diego Sheriff's Office
• San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office
• San Mateo Sheriff's Office
• Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office
• Sycuan Police Department
• UCSD Police Department
• Ventura Sheriff's Office
Total Arrests
Made
785
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San Diego Fugitive Task Force
Purpose To locate and arrest violent and serious offenders within San Diego County.
Law
Enforcement
Agencies
Involved
• Alcohol Tobacco Explosives and Firearms
• California Department of Corrections
• California Highway Patrol
• Chula Vista Police Department
• Drug Enforcement Administration
• El Cajon Police Department
• Escondido Police Department
• Federal Bureau of Investigations
• Homeland Security Investigations
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• La Mesa Police Department
• National City Police Department
• San Diego County Sheriff's Department
• U.S. Border Patrol
• U.S. Marshals Service
Total Arrests
Made
1,255
Transnational Organized Crime (TOC-2/TOC-3)
Purpose Identify, investigate and disrupt organizations involved in large-scale narcotic trafficking into the United States.
Law
Enforcement
Agencies
Involved
• California Highway Patrol
• Chula Vista Police Department
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Harbor Police Department
• San Diego County Sheriff's Department
• U.S. Border Patrol
Total Arrests
Made
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Violent Crime Task Force – Gang Group
Purpose Address violent gang criminal enterprises in San Diego County by identifying, prioritizing, and targeting the most violent street, motorcycle, and prison gangs.
Law
Enforcement
Agencies
Involved
• California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation • Chula Vista Police Department
• San Diego County Sheriff's Department
• San Diego Police Department
• U.S. Attorney’s Office
Total Arrests
Made
29 Federal or State Law Changes
No changes to federal or state law in 2025 materially altered the Chula Vista Police Department’s ability to participate in Joint Law Enforcement Task Forces.
Summary of Known Immigration Enforcement Activity
This section provides a summary of any known immigration enforcement activities that occurred within the City during the reporting period and involved federal law enforcement personnel, out-of-state law enforcement personnel, or private parties acting under color of law enforcement authority.
Methodology for Identifying Known Immigration Enforcement Activity To identify any known immigration enforcement activity, staff conducted a keyword search in calls for service1 database. Search terms included references to immigration status, deportation, federal agencies (DHS, CBP , ICE, USCIS), and Spanish-language terms for immigration authorities.
Identified calls were further evaluated to determine whether they involved federal law enforcement personnel, out-of-state law enforcement personnel, or private parties acting under color of law enforcement authority, and whether the activity was undertaken for immigration enforcement purposes within the City. The resulting
1 A call for service is a record documenting a request for police response or notification. Calls include both response-generated incidents and informational notifications. Some incidents may generate multiple records due to multiple reporting parties or dispatch entries for the same event.
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summary reflects only those activities known to the City based on the records and information available during the reporting period.
Summary of Calls for Service
Upon initial keyword search, a total of 395 calls2 flagged for immigration-related. Of those, and after manual review, 92 calls were actually related to federal immigration agencies (i.e., ICE, DHS, CBP , or USCIS).
Further review determined that 33 calls in 2025 involved immigration enforcement activity events within Chula Vista.
2 The purpose of creating a call for service for these is for deconfliction and information only; this supports officer safety.
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Incident Details
Summary of Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds (TRUTH) Act Forums
There were no qualifying events in 2025.
Call Type Call Count
STAKEOUT 25
INFORMATION 3
WARRANT 2
SPEC IAL DETAIL 1
5150 EVAL 1
KNOC K AND TALK 1
Grand Total 33