Santa Barbara / California / United States
The Santa Barbara Police Department offers an array of public safety services. It maintains a communication center that answers all emergency calls and dispatches police, fire and ambulance personnel and equipment to emergency situations throughout the city. Located in Santa Barbara, Calif., the department has a crime analysis unit that produces crime summaries, neighborhood statistics, bulletins for wanted persons, crime matrices and other informational reports. The Santa Barbara Police Department s patrol division offers uniformed law enforcement services to the community. Its records bureau provides organized solutions for the preservation and accessibility of police records. The department also operates an indoor firing range. The Santa Barbara Police Department s staff features animal control officers, cadets, forensic experts, public safety dispatchers, station officers and transcribers.
