Santa Barbara cops are back in the saddle. After years of struggling with recruitment and retention, the Santa Barbara Police ...

The Santa Barbara Police Department held a remembrance ceremony on Thursday in honor of the national Peace Officers Memorial Day, when departments around ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Chief Kelly Gordon of the Santa Barbara Police Department was in Washington D.C. this month to take her place as a founding ...

A police officers memorial took place in front of the Santa Barbara Police headquarters. First responders and the community ...

A 36-year-old Santa Barbara woman was arrested for driving under the influence after a fatal collision with a bicyclist on ...

Encounters like that are something Santa Barbara Police Chief Kelly Ann Gordon hopes the Blue Envelope Program will address. "For me, it's very personal. My stepbrother was autistic. So for me ...