SANTA CRUZ
POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES HALLOWEEN STATISTICS
Approximately 15,000 people
came to downtown Santa Cruz on Halloween for what has become the largest single
informal gathering in the city. The Santa Cruz Police Department teamed with ten
allied law enforcement agencies for proactive enforcement of all laws. In
addition, the agencies worked diligently to identify and contact suspected gang
members downtown during the evening. Overall, arrests were down and citations
were up from 2011. The following provides an overview of the night’s statistics
(downtown only):
32 Total Arrests
· 22 for public intoxication/alcohol related
· possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a concealed
weapon (knife), parole and probation violations, drug possession and resisting arrest
59 Triple Fine Municipal Code Violations
·open container violations, smoking, littering
Throughout the evening the
department made contact with number of known county and out-of-county gang
members. Gang investigators from Santa Cruz and Santa Clara County teamed to
maintain a safe environment.
Elsewhere in the city the
Santa Cruz Police Department fielded 319 calls for service during the evening.
Those calls included party/noise calls, a hit-and-run, drug arrests and an
individual under the influence that was lying down in the middle of Ocean
Street impeding traffic.
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