Escondido Police Department Sobriety Enforcement Results
The Escondido Police Department Traffic Unit conducted a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint on June 9, 2018, at Centre City Parkway and Decatur. Checkpoints are placed...
Criminal Justice Class at Charter High School Presented Check
Each year, former Escondido PD Lt Owens’ Criminal Justice Class at Charter High School chooses the family of a fallen officer to fundraise for....
Classical Academy High School Recognized as a 2020 Best School in...
Classical Academy High School has been recognized as a 2020 Best School by Niche, ranking #4 in San Diego and #16 in California. The...
Fatal Shooting in Escondido
On December 11th, 2022, at around 5:45pm, numerous 911 calls were received by the Escondido Police Dispatch Center of gunshots heard in the area...
Escondido Police Partners with 7-Eleven Stores for Operation Chill
This summer, Escondido police officers will be dispensing well-deserved Slurpee® justice to good kids in our community. For the 23rd year, 7-Eleven® is working...
Escondido Police Participate in State-Wide “Shoulder-Tap” Operation
Escondido Police Participate in State-Wide “Shoulder-Tap” Operation
On 03-10-18, Escondido Police detectives conducted a “Shoulder Tap” operation. In this operation two seventeen-year-old minors,...
Officer Involved Shooting in Escondidio
The following information is fragmentary and has not been completely verified. It is based, in part, on hearsay and is intended for early information...
It’s Crazy Spider Dance Time; Orb Weaver Season is Back!
By Gig Conaughton, County of San Diego Communications Office
They’re big. They’re scary looking. And they spin enormous, circular webs that can stretch between trees,...
Escondido Police Department – Homicide Update
The victims in last Thursday’s homicides have been identified as Veronica Soto Ortega (30) and Ana Gabriela Soto (26), both residents of Escondido. ...
Thirty-Six Men Arrested During Online Prostitution Sting
On 4/8/2021, The Escondido Police Department partnered with the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force and other local agencies to conduct Operation Century Week,...