proposition 47
Is South Lake Tahoe safer after passage of the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act?
Submitted by paula on Sun, 11/06/2016 - 2:03pm
The current crime and police officer staffing statistics in City of South Lake Tahoe is consistent with the State of California as a whole. Most of the crimes for which the Safe Neighborhood and Schools Act have mandated a reduction in criminal penalties have increased in our city. Also consistent with state-wide statistics is the reduction in numbers of South Lake Tahoe police officers available to address local crime.
Property crimes on the rise in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sun, 11/06/2016 - 2:00pm
Readers of South Tahoe Now's reports on local crime have seen an increase in reports of property crimes such as petty theft, theft from cars, auto theft and robbery.
South Lake Tahoe Police Chief: Marijuana and property thefts
Submitted by paula on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 4:45pm
Marijuana Brownie Incident - During the last weekend of July, a group of women visited South Lake Tahoe for a bachelorette party. During the visit, the women willfully ingested marijuana brownies they obtained through a ride-share company. Within a few hours, 10 of the women were taken to the emergency room in South Lake Tahoe. Eight of the ten were later admitted to the hospital for treatment. While many would have you believe marijuana is a harmless drug, those of us in the public safety arena have seen increases in medical emergencies from marijuana ingestion.
South Lake Tahoe Police Chief: Updates on crime, cleanup and murder case
Submitted by paula on Thu, 03/03/2016 - 5:45pm
Great news! Compared to last year, our violent crime rate is down 41% (from 112 occurrences in 2014 to 66 in 2015). The news is not all good. Our property crime rate is up 6% (from 516 in 2014 to 548 in 2015). This was not unexpected as we reported on a significant upward trend in property crime 6 months ago. Total crime is down 2.2% over last year.
Assault and larceny crimes on the rise in South Lake Tahoe and County
Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/05/2016 - 7:25pm
Crime statistics for South Lake Tahoe, Placerville and the unincorporated area of El Dorado County have been released for 2015, and while some areas have seen a decrease in some types of crime, others have seen some significant changes between 2014 and 2015.
STHS Resource Officer Andy Eissinger talks drugs, social media and theft
Submitted by paula on Thu, 01/07/2016 - 9:05pm
South Lake Tahoe Police Officer Andy Eissinger is enjoying his new job as the Resource Officer at South Tahoe High, having moved into the position when Aaron Crawford retired at the end of the 2014-15 school year.
Eissinger said the first five months on the job have gone well and have been a nice break from being on patrol for the City the last eight years. He spends all eight hours of the day on the campus, interacting with students and dealing with issues that come up on a daily basis.
The aftermath of Proposition 47: Property crime up in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Thu, 09/17/2015 - 3:00pm
In November, 2014, 60% of the voters in California approved Proposition 47, the "Safe Neighborhoods and School Act."
Since then, South Lake Tahoe and other cities across the state are seeing a big increase in crime. Prop. 47 reduced the penalties for certain theft and drug crimes in California. Several crimes that were once a felony because a misdemeanor overnight.
SLT Police Chief: Thieves be warned, GPS tracking coming soon
Submitted by paula on Sat, 09/05/2015 - 8:57am
Community Outreach: During the month of August, we concluded our “Coffee with a Cop” program. Members of the public expressed support for the program but several asked for us to do the same thing at the Starbucks located at the “Y” to help give locals who frequent this location a chance to participate. This said, our plan is to do another session for a month during the winter at the “Y.” When we have specific dates and times, we will forward this information.
South Lake Tahoe Police Chief: Violent crime down 3%
Submitted by paula on Fri, 02/27/2015 - 10:44pm
Good News…Crime for 2014 is down!
Police officials recently completed the official Uniform Crime Report for 2014. Overall, the “part 1” violent and property crimes are down.
Here are some details comparing 2013 and 2014:
Violent Crime - the first column of numbers is for 2013, second is for2014
Homicide ..........3..........0
Forcible Rape..........8..........14
Robbery..........16..........21
Aggravated Assault..........89..........77
El Dorado County officials join SLT Police Chief Uhler in opposition of Prop 47
Submitted by paula on Wed, 10/22/2014 - 10:29pm
The list of people against California's Proposition 47 grew today with the addition of El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson, Sheriff John D'Agostini and County Supervisors joining the fight against what has been touted "The Safe Neighborhood and Schools Act."
Prop 47: Safer schools and neighborhoods or 10,000 convicted felons on the streets?
Submitted by paula on Mon, 10/06/2014 - 7:15pm
Being touted as "The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act" by proponents, Proposition 47 will mandate misdemeanors instead of felonies for “non-serious, nonviolent crimes," unless the defendant has prior convictions for murder, rape, certain sex offenses or certain gun crimes.
The reason Prop 47 got this name is because a fund bearing it's name will be created by the estimated savings of $150M to $250M the state will receive by not having to prosecute crimes that would become misdemeanors.
