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Promotional & Badge Pinning Ceremony 2022

Nineteen members of our police department were recognized during a Promotional & Badge Pinning Ceremony Wednesday afternoon. 

During the ceremony, eight WPD officers received their permanent badge numbers and 11 department members were honored...

Annual Watsonville PAL Golf Tournament scheduled for September

The 12th Annual Watsonville Police Activities League Golf Tournament has been scheduled for Friday, September 9 at the Pajaro Valley Golf Course Club. 

All proceeds from the event will support PAL’s athletic and educational youth programs.

We will ...

Outreach program for farmworkers, “Agua con la Chota” returns

For the first time in more than two years, Watsonville Police officers met face-to-face with some of the hardest working people in our community. 

It’s part of our  “Agua con la Chota” or “Water with a Cop,” outreach program, wh...

Watsonville Police releases 2021 Annual Report

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2021 was quite a year.  A virus that was only supposed to last a couple of weeks has now lasted almost two years. But the adversity that this pandemic has brought h...

Watsonville Police Officers recover teen’s stolen bike

Fourteen-year-old Mateo is all smiles after Watsonville police officers recovered his stolen bike! 

The teen had taken all the necessary steps to safeguard his bike while at the Overlook Shopping Center on Main Street. Unfortunately, a thief still...