2024 Citrus Heights Police Log Spotlight: March 7-13

Latest Citrus Heights police logs show a spike in vehicle violations during the most recent week in March, attributed to a regional traffic operation held on Wednesday morning.

Police said in a social media post that the operation allowed traffic officers from “all over the Sacramento area to work together in a highly visible collaborative.” Vehicle violations for the past week totaled 359, up from 205 the week prior.

Below is a summary of incidents by category from March 7-13 logs, along with comparison data from the prior week:

• Animal control: 52 (up from 40)
• 911 hangups: 41 (up from 39)
• Code enforcement: 35 (up from 25)
• Traffic accidents: 19 (down from 38)
• Vehicle violations: 359 (up from 205)
• Theft: 39 (up from 30)
• Homeless-related: 49 (up from 36)
• Vandalism: 9 (up from 5)
• Violent/threats: 30 (down from 32)
• Disturbance: 120 (up from 119)
• Suspicious circumstances: 174 (up from 155)
• All incidents: 1332 (up from 1122)

See full police activity and arrest logs on the city’s website: click here.

Citrus Heights police resumed publishing of daily incident logs in March 2023. The department notes that its logs “are not intended as a full and complete list of all police activity,” with some information not displayed for legal reasons, such as arrests of minors. As such, police advise that summary totals based on public logs may differ from weekly incident and arrest totals posted by police on social media.

The department notes on its website that: “All arrested suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty. Additionally, the original crimes, nature of offenses, and charges may be amended or dismissed as further information is made available.”

Editor’s Note: police log summaries are published with assistance from AI, but edited by humans. Please contact us if you spot an error.