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

As the unit commander of your Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, I must constantly evaluate how we can best serve the needs of the community and keep all residents in the Santa Clarita Valley safe.  We are already three months into 2008 and the year-end crime statistics for 2007 have been compiled.  As a result, I once again find myself assessing and attempting to identify what the rest of the year could bring, and how we can best accomplish our many goals and meet the community’s expectations.  I am under the firm belief that as we move forward, we must look back and learn from our previous experiences. What we saw was encouraging, but at the same time we found there are areas we can focus on and work to improve.  In looking at the numbers, we are able to identify crime trends, better determine where we need to focus our attention and resources, and assess how we as your law enforcement and community protectors can improve our service and effectiveness.  Read more...