Sheriff’s Office responds to mutual aid request as National Guard and federal agents crack down on protests, immigration unrest, and rising violence
On the evening of Sunday, June 8, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office answered a call for help from the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, deploying 32 deputies to Los Angeles to assist with civil unrest that has gripped the region in recent days. The officers, drawn from the department’s Sheriff’s Response and Special Enforcement Teams, arrived in downtown Los Angeles late Sunday night and worked into the early morning to provide building security and public safety support.
They join a growing force of law enforcement and military personnel now operating in the greater Los Angeles area in response to escalating tensions, protests, and violent disturbances sparked by federal immigration enforcement actions and broader frustrations with government authority…