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 at LASD.org
Message from the Captain
It's time to touch base again and talk about some of the trends, concerns, challenges, and successes we’ve seen in the first six months of 2009. As you know, it is my philosophy that the better informed our deputies and the community are, the more efficiently and effectively we can work together to keep our community safe.
As I mentioned in my April message, I was concerned there would be an increase in certain areas of crime based on an ailing economy and the crime increases that have traditionally come with that. Unfortunately, our preliminary analysis for the first six months of 2009 has validated that concern. We have seen incremental changes in burglary, robbery, and assaults in many areas of the Santa Clarita Valley. Read more
