2010 Annual Report - Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department

2010 ANNUAL REPORT
SIB, in collaboration with other agencies, initiated
several major cases. A joint Santa Barbara
Sheriff’s Office, San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office
and the Drug Enforcement Agency investigation
was directed at methamphetamine traffickers in
the north county, and concluded with multiple
search warrants being served resulting in 17
arrests, the seizure of over 18 pounds of
methamphetamine, 5 weapons, $55,500 in cash
and the seizure of 2 vehicles. The importance of
this case was the direct impact of arresting local
dealers within our community, thereby improving
the quality of life for our local residents.
While maintaining high arrest and complaint filing
standards, SIB provides a protective intelligence
mission dealing with threats to dignitaries as well
as providing local knowledge of the area. SIB
personnel are members of the FBI’s Joint
Terrorism Task Force investigating matters of
international and domestic terrorism. SIB
personnel run a countywide Terrorism Liaison
Officer (TLO) program.
Gang Unit
The Gang Unit is comprised of a sergeant and two
deputies who are tasked with gang enforcement
countywide. Additionally, the Sheriff’s Office has a
deputy assigned to the FBI Safe Streets Gang Task
Force. The functions performed by the Gang Unit
include street enforcement, prevention and
intervention efforts, gang enhancements for court,
registering gang members and assisting outside
agency gang units.
The Gang Unit worked on the Hendry’s/Arroyo
Burro Beach homicide investigation and spent
hundreds of hours assisting CIB with search
warrants, tracking down witnesses and collecting
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