Santa Cruz Police Department

Santa Cruz Police Department is the municipal law-enforcement agency for the City of Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz County, California, based at 1511 Mission Street. The department serves residents, businesses, and visitors within Santa Cruz limits in Santa Cruz County. Its area of responsibility covers patrol and response to calls for service, traffic enforcement, criminal investigations inside the city, and community policing programs that support local neighborhoods and commercial corridors. Santa Cruz sits along California travel and commerce routes that bring daily traffic through the area, and the police department is the primary local law-enforcement presence for day-to-day public safety inside the city. Public safety emergencies in Santa Cruz should be reported by dialing 911.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Santa Cruz city, CA has an estimated population of 60,953.