Santa Barbara Police Department
| Santa Barbara Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | SBPD |
Badge of the Santa Barbara Police Department since 1990
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| Motto | "Dedicated to Service" |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1899 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Santa Barbara in the state of California, United States |
| Size | 41.4 sq mi (107 km2) |
| Population | 90,000 |
| Legal jurisdiction | City of Santa Barbara, California |
| Governing body | Santa Barbara City Council |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 215 E Figueroa St Santa Barbara, California |
| Agency executive | Lori Luhnow, Chief of Police |
| Website | |
| http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/Government/Departments/Police/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Santa Barbara Police Department is a local law enforcement agency in the city of Santa Barbara, California. It was founded in January 1900 by the mayor at the time, Charles A. Storke. The department's jurisdiction is a little over 40 sq mi (100 km2) and has a population of around 90,000.
Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the sea. Santa Barbara's climate is often described as Mediterranean, and the city is sometimes referred to as the "American Riviera."
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