Santa Rosa Police Department
Update
1 Public Safety Subcommittee Meeting
April 23, 2024
Chief John Cregan
Santa RosaPolice Department
inRESPONSE Progress in 2023
• 4,759 calls responded to by the multi-disciplinary team of a licensed mental health clinician, a paramedic, and a
homeless outreach specialist.
• 3,568 of those calls were classified as diverted from law enforcement.
• 4,418 contacts by a team of trained system navigators to help those in need get the services they so desperately need. inRESPONSE Progress in 2023
• inRESPONSE Team has two crisis response teams working 15 hours a day, seven days a week.
• inRESPONSE Team moved into the new team building located at 983 Sonoma Avenue.
• inRESPONSE Team is working to launch a third team and have a 24/7 response model later this year.
Traffic Enforcement and Safety Progress in 2023
• Traffic stops were up 60% (from 13,955 to 22,292)
• Traffic citations were up 139% (from 3,444 to 8,230)
• Fatal collisions were down 75% (from 8 to 2)
• Reported collisions were down 3% (1,142 to 1,104)
• Increased motorcycle traffic team to 6 officers and 1 sergeant • 4 accident investigators/DUI Enforcement Officers and 1 sergeant Violence Reduction Efforts
• Gang Crimes Team re-launched in December of 2023
• Juvenile arrests involving firearms up 320% (from 5 to 21) • Homicides were down 17% (from 12 to 10)
• Aggravated Assaults down 19% (from 491 to 398)
• Total shooting calls down 14% (from 420 to 361)
• 255 firearms seized as evidence in 2023 (includes 55 ghost guns) Questions?