Video - 4th of July Safety Tips

Sheriff's Message

No Job is Too Big and No Responsibility is Too Small - by Lee Baca

As Sheriff of our nation's largest county serving ten million people, my responsibility for public safety requires constant action, innovative, strong core values, cutting edge technology, and positive political partnerships at the federal, state, and local level. Also required is a daring to be different, no fear of criticism, transparency regarding our mistakes, full respect and cooperation with the media, and big ideas. Most important is the training of all my employees to be leaders who thirst for knowledge to do better. This permeates our thinking and actions. Read more... LASD.org  

Message from the Captain

With the commitment of the City of Santa Clarita to keep public safety a top priority, we have made some great progress toward improving and enhancing every level of our service and infrastructure at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station over the past several months. The 2008-2009 Public Safety Contract with the City of Santa Clarita went into effect July 1st and we have added two Patrol Deputies, which will help us improve responsiveness and crime prevention efforts.  We have also added one Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Deputy to help keep our local roadways safe and free from large and potentially unsafe commercial vehicles. Over the past several months we have worked hard to target and dismantle the active gangs in the Santa Clarita Valley.  Read more...