The sheriff's department is the last local law enforcement agency in Monterey County to implement body cameras. Santa Cruz County and San Benito County sheriff officers are also already wearing them.

Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto has named Timothy Lanquist as the next corrections operations bureau chief Thursday.

An inmate identified as Cecilia Michelle Covarrubias, 41, from Santa Ynez, died at the Main Jail in an apparent suicide after ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation into an apparent suicide at the Main Jail in Santa ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office says deputies stopped a kidnapping in progress late Tuesday night in the Montecito ...

Deputies ended a kidnapping during a traffic stop of an RV traveling with its pop-out sections extended near southbound Highway 101 ...

A Newport Beach man was arrested in Montecito Tuesday night after Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a recreational vehicle and discovered a ...

November 14, 2024 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office officials report that an incarcerated person ...

November 14, 2024 – Montecito, CA – Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office officials report that Deputies conducting a ...

The Santa Barbara County and Ventura County Sheriff’s Offices intercepted two separate kidnapping events that took place on ...

An inmate at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail died on Wednesday in an apparent suicide, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. The ...

I HOPE IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN Two men are facing charges for "bank jugging" after deputies say they stalked a man taking out cash from a Wells Fargo at Berkshire Plaza off Santa Barbara Boulevard.The ...