The drug awareness section will be presented by Field Training Officer Bill Azua. Officer Azua is a seventeen year veteran of the Santa Cruz Police Department and his primary focus has been on narcotics and gang related issues and
crimes. This has provided him with the unique opportunity to work with
the local, state and federal authorities.
Officer Azua has testified in the Santa Cruz County Superior
Courts as an expert in the sales and possession for sale of Heroin, Marijuana,
Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Ecstasy, and Crack Cocaine. He has also
testified in the Santa Cruz County Superior Courts as an expert on Sureno gangs, Norteno gangs, and Mara Salvatrucha “MS-13” gangs.
The traffic presentation will be done by Officer Jeff Auldridge.
Officer Auldridge is a 9-year veteran of the department and
has successfully completed the 80 hour motorcycle
officer training academy.
In addition, he has received the following specialized
training and education.
Officer Auldridge is a 9-year veteran of the department and
has successfully completed the 80 hour motorcycle
officer training academy.
In addition, he has received the following specialized
training and education.
Basic Accident Investigation
40 hour Intermediate Collision Investigation
80 hour Advanced Collision Investigation
40 Radar/Lidar
80 hour Commercial Enforcement
Subsequently he has conducted several hundred collision
investigations, including 5 fatal/major injury investigations, and a number of
DUI (driving under the influence) related offenses and collisions.
Officer Auldridge has also worked throughout the County as part of
the multi-jurisdictional BADGES campaign. BADGES (Before Aggressive
Drivers Get Everybody Stopped) is a local countywide effort to address traffic
safety related issues within each of the individual law enforcement
jurisdictions. These operations include officers from the Santa Cruz, Watsonville,
Capitola and Scotts Valley Police Departments, Deputies from the Sheriff’s
Department and local CHP officers. These high visibility efforts are
intended to not only bring public awareness to traffic safety but to enforce
those vehicle code violations that are primarily responsible for traffic
collisions.
