SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County Deputy Sheriff”s Association awarded $1,000 scholarships to three college students this week in honor of fallen deputies and police officers in the county.

Show Caption. 1 of 3. Santa Cruz County Sheriff Chris Clark stands in salute for Deputy Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller who was killed June 6, 2020, while responding to reports of a suspicious van in Ben ...

Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart announced his retirement this week, effective in December, leaving the Board of Supervisors to choose his successor."He has risen through the ranks here in our ...

Work on a memorial area for a fallen Santa Cruz county deputy is underway at Willowbrook County Park.The memorial is in honor of Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, who died in the line of duty in June 2020.

The sign dedicating Highway 9 in honor of Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, killed in the line of duty in 2020, was unveiled Friday at a ceremony outside the sheriff’s ...