Citrus Heights council revives discussion of placing officers at local high schools
The Citrus Heights City Council is slated to discuss “School Safety Options” in the next City Council meeting, including the option to fund two full-time school resource officers at Mesa Verde and San Juan High School…
Meet Citrus Heights Police Lt. Nicole Garing
Citrus Heights Police Department Lt. Nicole Garing says she knew she wanted to be a police officer ever since she saw an officer present at a career day at her junior high…
2024 Citrus Heights Police Log Spotlight: May 9-15
Latest police logs in Citrus Heights show code enforcement activity nearly doubling, along with a drop in animal service calls, theft and vandalism, and an increase in vehicle violations, violent threats, and incidents of suspicious circumstances…
Citrus Heights Police Logs: hit-and-run, baby duck, shoplifting
Latest police logs in Citrus Heights include reports of kids chasing and kicking a baby duck, a fight with a shoplifter, four stolen vehicles, and a hit-and-run incident outside Carriage Drive Elementary…
House fire shuts down traffic on Old Auburn Road
A heavy police and fire response at the scene of a residential blaze on the 7700 block of Old Auburn Road led to a portion of the roadway near Mariposa Avenue being shut down in both directions for…
Citrus Heights Police Chief joins effort calling for termination of UC Davis professor
Sentinel staff report– Citrus Heights Police Chief Ron Lawrence is taking an active role in calling for the termination of a UC Davis English professor whose past comments advocating that police officers “need to be killed” have surfaced…
Citrus Heights Police Logs: shoe store thefts, assaults, Jesus, duffel bags
Latest police logs in Citrus Heights include reports of shoe store thefts at Sunrise Mall, a neighbor “yelling about Jesus,” suspicious duffel bags near Greenback Lane, and a higher-than-usual number of assaults…
Citrus Heights council members take step to oppose AB 392 use-of-force bill
Sentinel staff report– The city’s mayor and at least three other council members directed the police chief during a March council meeting to draft a resolution and letter opposing proposed state legislation that seeks to narrow the circumstances…
Citrus Heights Police Logs: hot sauce, homeless, stolen vehicle
Latest police logs in Citrus Heights include reports of a transient sleeping inside the post office across from the police station, hot sauce being thrown at vehicles in a shopping center, and a Honda being stolen from an…
Increased DUI patrols planned throughout St. Patrick’s Day weekend
Sentinel staff report– Police in Citrus Heights and around the state are increasing DUI patrols for St. Patrick’s Day weekend, a holiday often associated with drinking…
Citrus Heights police chief elected to head statewide advocacy group
Sentinel staff report– Citrus Heights Police Chief Ronald Lawrence was installed as president of the California Police Chiefs Association on Saturday, making it the second time Citrus Heights has had its police chief serve as head of the…
Citrus Heights Police Logs: vehicle burglaries, ammo can, Craiglist robbery
Latest police logs in Citrus Heights include reports of a Craigslist transaction ending in a robbery, multiple vehicle burglaries at an apartment complex, an injury hit-and-run involving a motorcycle, and a woman at a grocery store telling people…
