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Armed robber sought in Shell Beach holdup

Written on 10 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Pismo Beach police are seeking an armed man who stole a woman’s purse at gunpoint in Shell Beach Saturday night and has since evaded capture. At about 10:30 p.m., the woman was getting out of a car in the 300... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach dispatchers shed their desk jobs

Written on 24 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Pismo Beach police dispatchers are now taking work in stride. [KEYT] Police Chief Jake Miller has given the okay to a plan to place a treadmill in the Pismo Beach police dispatch center. Dispatchers approached Miller with the request, citing... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach police hit with racial discrimination suit

Written on 10 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Grover Beach resident Rayvell Snowden Jr. is suing the Pismo Beach Police Department in federal court, alleging officers racially discriminated against him in a 2012 burglary case. Officers arrested Snowden, a 44-year-old African-American man, following a burglary of about $12,000... (Continue reading)

Two charges dropped against Pismo Beach woman

Written on 6 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The San Luis Obispo County District attorney agreed to drop charges of resisting arrest and battery of a police officer against a Pismo Beach woman as part of a plea deal. Andrea Hansen, 32, agreed to plead guilty to public... (Continue reading)

Two Pismo Beach police officers axed

Written on 13 Feb, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 19 comments

By KAREN VELIE Three Pismo Beach police officers were reprimanded and two were let go late last year because of issues in their romantic relationships that allegedly impacted their ability to serve as peace officers. Two of the officers had... (Continue reading)

Naked man with pit bull loses foot chase

Written on 12 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A naked man with a pit bull led police on a half-mile foot chase Wednesday morning. Around 9:30 a.m., Pismo Beach officers responded to a report of a possibly suicidal man in the 300 block of Foothill Road, according to... (Continue reading)

Suspect arrested for Pismo Beach rape

Written on 23 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Police arrested a man who is suspected of raping a woman on Thursday at The Tides Motel on Price Street in Pismo Beach on charges of rape by force, making terrorist threats and sodomy. [KSBY] Though the victim did not... (Continue reading)

Woman claims seizure, not intoxication, in Pismo Beach arrest

Written on 19 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A Grover Beach woman has taken to crowdfunding to prove her innocence and convince live an online audiences that Pismo Beach police wrongfully arrested and assaulted her. [Tribune] Andrea Nicole Hansen, 32, says officers mistook her suffering several seizures for... (Continue reading)

Three city sting nets 37 johns and prostitutes

Written on 25 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

Police officers from Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo conducted a three day joint sting on prostitution this week that resulted in the arrests of 37 johns and prostitutes. Both male and female undercover officers were used in... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach to swear in new police chief

Written on 19 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The Pismo Beach city clerk will swear in a longtime member of the police department as its new chief Tuesday evening. Commander Jake Miller, a 20-year veteran of the Pismo Beach force, is slated to take over as the next... (Continue reading)