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Two men, Francisco Arias and Jose Chamales, hanged at the Water Street Bridge.
First Scotts Valley Police Cruiser 1966; 1965 Ford Galaxie Police Interceptor
The first City Hall for Scotts Valley and the Scotts Valley Police Department were both in the same building on Scotts Valley Drive.
"One of the bloodiest law enforcement battles in Santa Cruz County history took place at the end of summer, 1925. Three people lay dead in its wake."
The Davenport jail was built in 1914. Made entirely of cement from the nearby Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company, the walls are eight inches thick.The only known occupants were two boys from San Mateo who were held overnight for horse stealing and a…
The Church Street Fire Station was shared with the Santa City Police Department. The Police Court was upstairs. In front of the station are two fire engines and one police car. They are decorated for the 1929 Fourth of July parade.
Portrait of Captain Harry Love. Love was the leader of the California Rangers, which was created by the state legislature to capture Joaquin Murieta. He settled in the Santa Cruz Mountains in 1855. He married the 'Widow Bennett' and ran a sawmill on…
Ambrose Calderwood, Santa Cruz County Sheriff from October 1863 to October 1865. He led the investigation of the murder of Jack Sloan in 1865.
A portrait of Albert Jones, Santa Cruz County Sheriff from October 1865 to October 1867. As Deputy Sheriff, he participated in the investigation of the murder of Jack Sloan in 1865.