On the evening of Thursday, August 5th, a Santa Clarita Sheriff Station deputy performed a traffic stop near Via Princessa and Sierra Highway. As the deputy approached the vehicle and asked for the driver's identification, the suspect quickly sped away, hitting the officer with the side of the vehicle and knocking him to the ground.
After pursuing the vehicle a short distance, the deputy lost sight of it. Later, the vehicle was discovered on the opposite side of a Costco where the incident be...
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Domestic Violence Call Reveals Treasure Trove
Recently, deputies working out of the Santa Clarita Sheriff Station responded to a domestic violence call in Valencia. When they arrived, they discovered money, narcotics, and paraphernalia, as well as mail and credit cards, addressed to people other than the suspects. After initially seeing these things, detectives were able to get a warrant to perform a more thorough search of the area.
During the more in-depth search, deputies discovered firearms, cash, scales, drug packaging items, and hu...
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Vote NO on Prop 25
A few years ago, SB10 was passed in an attempt to replace cash bail with a different system that was designed to replace the bail industry. The bill would do so by incorporating the use of computer algorithms which would be used to determine an arrestee's candidacy for release. The algorithm would take into account a variety of information about the arrestee and tell the police whether or not the individual should be held in custody.
Aside from the algorithm, the power of judges would be incr...
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