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Thanksgiving Travel Tips 2022

The holiday travel rush is about to kick into gear! 

More than 54 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving, according to AAA. Most travelers will drive to their destinations, much like last year. ...

Holiday closures for Thanksgiving 2022

As a reminder, our lobby will be closed this Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. 

If you need to file a police report, you can visit watsonvillepd.com or download the Watsonville Police Department mobile app.

For off...

Ofc. Mendoza completes months-long leadership development program

A big round of applause for Watsonville Police Officer Tony Mendoza for completing the Inner Perspectives Leadership Development Program this week! 

The four-month development program touches on some of the most difficult challenges in the workpla...

Protect yourself from porch pirates this holiday season

As deliveries soar during the holiday season, packages left on doorsteps are easy targets for criminals.

Here are a few things you can do to protect yourself from pesky porch pirates:

• Schedule the delivery for when you’ll be home
• Have packages deli...

2022 WPD Pink Patch Project campaign raises more than $18,000

We are so excited to announce that our Watsonville Police Pink Patch Project campaign raised more than $18,000 this year! 

Every penny will go to the Katz Cancer Resource Center to support Watsonville families impacted by breast cancer. Our campai...

WPD hosts first annual Day of the Dead celebration

Our first annual Day of the Dead celebration at the Youth Center on Maple Ave. earlier this month was a huge success! 

We want to thank all the community members and local organizations that made this event possible. 

Next year’s celebrati...

WPD lobby holiday closures for November

The Watsonville Police lobby will be closed on November 11, 24, and 25.

If you need to file a police report, you can visit watsonvillepd.com or download the Watsonville Police Department mobile app.

For officer assistance or to report a no...

Watsonville Police to streamline all community alerts through its mobile app

We’ve begun to phase out our use of the Nixle platform for alert notifications. Starting in November, our department will strictly streamline all community alert notifications through the Watsonville Police Department mobile app. 

Our department r...

Watsonville Police Officers arrest fake jewelry scammers

Watsonville Police Officers have arrested a group of out-of-town scammers as they were attempting to swindle another community member.  

We first told you about this group of fake jewelry scammers earlier this week after multiple victims came forw...

WPD family continues to grow

Today, our Chief of Police Jorge Zamora swore in two new officers. Both are Watsonville natives, and alumni of Pajaro Valley and Watsonville High schools.

Officers Gutierrez and Ramirez’s next step is to complete the field-training program beginn...

U.S. rolls out new mental health hotline

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, now known as the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, can be more easily reached by calling or texting 988, or chatting on 988lifeline.org.

988 serves as a universal entry point so that no matter where you live in th...

Watsonville Police Cadets enter second week of program

Watsonville Police Cadets are in their second week of the program and our advisors are keeping them very busy! 

They recently had training on the fundamentals of traffic stops with advisors walking them through different scenarios. 

Our ca...

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...