Hearth division provides emotional assist canine
COURTESY PHOTOThe Santa Barbara County Hearth Division has introduced Rhonda as its first emotional assist canine.
The Santa Barbara County Hearth Division has welcomed its latest member, Rhonda, who will function the division’s first emotional assist canine.
Rhonda was educated over a nine-month interval to acknowledge indicators of agitation, nervousness and stress and to interrupt these behaviors by offering affection and enabling people to precise themselves in a protected atmosphere.
She is going to help firefighters after emotionally difficult calls or with private points, mentioned Capt. Daniel Bertucelli, hearth spokesman.
Firefighter Sam Dudley has been assigned as Rhonda’s handler, and the 2 will work collectively every single day, each at work and residential.
“With firefighter depression and PTSD rates five times higher than the general population, Rhonda will help ensure Santa Barbara County firefighters are working at their highest potential and support the department’s efforts in sustaining long lasting, healthy careers,” Capt. Bertucelli mentioned in a press release, including that Rhonda will assist all space hearth businesses inside the county and may be utilized statewide.
The Santa Barbara Firefighters alliance facilitated bringing Rhonda to the division.
The Wooden-Claeyssens Basis and Manitou Fund supported the acquisition of a Ford F150 XL pickup truck particularly outfitted for Rhonda for transport. Pet Home in Goleta supplied to produce all meals for Rhonda and help with grooming prices.
— Mitchell White
5 arrested in narcotics, gun bust
SANTA MARIA — Officers arrested 5 individuals throughout a narcotics bust on Monday.
Based on a Santa Maria Police Division information launch, at 3:11 p.m. Monday, officers responded to experiences of a topic with a firearm at a enterprise within the 500 block of North Broadway. When officers arrived, they detained 5 males with out incident.
Officers discovered two firearms, one reported stolen from Southern California, methamphetamine, prescription narcotics and marijuana.
Santa Maria residents Donnell Smith, 22, Jonelle Smith, 24, Johnny Dewitt, 18, Mason Talaugo, 26, and Mansa Evans, 43, of Guadalupe, had been arrested on suspicion of assorted narcotics and firearm-related offenses, together with transportation or possession of narcotics on the market, felon in possession of a handgun and possession of a stolen firearm.
All of the suspects had been booked into County Jail.
— Paul Gonzalez
Police use Narcan to save lots of overdose sufferer
SANTA BARBARA — A Santa Barbara resident was revived via the usage of Naloxone, higher often known as Narcan, Tuesday afternoon at Pershing Park, police mentioned.
Emergency personnel had been dispatched to the world at 2:44 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a topic discovered unresponsive after presumably overdosing on heroin. Officers with the Santa Barbara Police Division arrived on scene previous to the arrival of fireside personnel and AMR paramedics. The sufferer, a 32-year-old whose identification was withheld, was in “serious distress and not breathing,” mentioned Lt. Joshua Morton, police spokesman.
Officers carried out CPR, and it was confirmed the sufferer had used a managed substance moments previous to personnel arriving. Narcan was administered and the sufferer started to breathe on their very own, Lt. Morton mentioned.
The sufferer was then transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital for additional therapy.
— Mitchell White
Man arrested in bank card theft
SANTA BARBARA — A person was taken into custody Tuesday and is accused of bank card theft following a citizen’s arrest.
On Tuesday morning, Santa Barbara resident Josh Blair acquired an alert from American Specific relating to a $40 cost on the Seaside Gas Depot, at 101 W. Carrillo St., however he had not acquired his alternative card within the mail. He then observed a sequence of different prices, together with $87 on the Chase Restaurant Lodge and $4.09 from a neighborhood Starbucks, Mr. Blair mentioned in a press release.
Earlier than submitting a police report, Mr. Blair obtained surveillance footage from his advanced and observed a person had gained entry to the advanced early Sunday and later realized {that a} postal employee had misplaced the important thing machine used to ship mail to the advanced, he mentioned.
Following a number of different prices, Mr. Blair was notified of a cost on the restaurant contained in the Montecito Inn. He was instructed by the resort supervisor the one that charged the cardboard was staying on the resort.
The person allegedly supplied Mr. Blair cash to let him go, however he refused. Roughly 30 minutes later police arrived and the person was taken into custody.
Police discovered Mr. Blair’s bank card within the suspect’s pockets. The suspect had racked up $500 in prices, Mr. Blair mentioned.
— Mitchell White
Downtown parking charges resume
SANTA BARBARA — Town of Santa Barbara has resumed downtown parking operations.
Based on a metropolis assertion launched Wednesday morning, workers will accumulate parking charges from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at metropolis parking heaps.
“Parking lot attendants will provide the public with a safe, contactless means of payment,” a metropolis press launch learn.
Clients will pay by bank card or pay as you go card upon exit.
— Paul Gonzalez
SBPD launch weekend exercise log
SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Police Division acquired 496 requires service between June 19 and 21, leading to 18 filed felony experiences.
The felony incidents included assault with a lethal weapon, theft, rape, housebreaking, ID theft, home battery, terrorist threats, stalking and DUI inflicting damage. Of the 18 felony experiences, eight had been cleared with arrests, and two had been referred to the District Lawyer’s Workplace for prosecution, mentioned Capt. Marylinda Arroyo, police spokeswoman.
The opposite felony experiences might be reviewed by the division’s Prison Investigations Division, Capt. Arroyo mentioned.
— Mitchell White
