Law Enforcement and Crime
The Santa Rosa Police Department currently has 259 employees, of which 172 are sworn peace officers. Its budget is more than $40,000,000, comprising more than one third of the city's entire General Fund Budget. Police shootings in 2007 led to calls for an independent civilian police review board.
Neighborhoods such as South Park and Roseland in south Santa Rosa, and Apple Valley in northwest Santa Rosa are most vulnerable to criminal activity. Acts of crime in these neighborhoods are commonly burglaries, graffiti, and violent gang activity. Mexican American street gangs such as Sureños and Norteños have large concentrations throughout Santa Rosa. A chapter of the Asian Boyz is present in west Santa Rosa.
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