APD TO SPONSOR PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY COLLECTION SITE On Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Arcata Police Department will be one of thousands of collection sites across the country for community members to drop off any unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications as part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s nationwide…
Arcata Police seek reported slashing suspect
Mad River Union ARCATA – Arcata Police are asking for the public’s help in solving a slashing incident reported to have occurred the night of Aug. 26. The incident appears in the daily bulletin for that day in APD’s Citizen RIMS online crime reports. According to Police Chief Brian Ahearn, an 18-year-old African American Humboldt…
APD investigating sexual assault in Redwood Park
City of Arcata PRESS RELEASEAPD INVESTIGATING SEXUAL ASSAULT IN REDWOOD PARKOn Friday morning, Aug. 16, 2019, the Arcata Police Department received inquiries from community members regarding a sexual assault that occurred in Redwood Park two to three days ago. The Police Department immediately began an investigation. Community members who had information were contacted by APD and…
Citizen report leads to two arrests, array of charges
City of Arcata PRESS RELEASE On Saturday, Aug. 3 at about 12:29 a.m., officers with the Arcata Police Department were dispatched to the 1300 block of Q Street for the report of a hit and run which had just occurred. It was reported by a witness that a white pickup truck pulling a trailer had struck…
Celebrate the Arcata Police Department with cake on the Plaza Wednesday
APD press release The Arcata Police Department was established on July 31, 1894. Wednesday, July 31 marks the 125th anniversary of community policing in the City of Arcata. Everyone plays a role in keeping Arcata safe and in maintaining a quality of life that all neighborhoods take pride in. As a community policing organization, the Arcata Police Department invites all community…
Armed felon arrested in Arcata
City of Arcata PRESS RELEASE On Monday, July 29 at 11:03 a.m., officers with the Arcata Police Department conducted an enforcement bicycle stop on the 1700 block of Alliance Road. Officers contacted Stephen Ray Noble (Age 22) of Arcata. Noble is on active formal county probation for Assault with a Deadly Weapon. During the subsequent investigation,…
Hello Valley West – cleanup, celebration and movies coming up
Arcata Police Dept. Hello Valley West Business Watch; I hope all of you are doing well and enjoying the summer. Attached are photographs from our Valley West Business Watch BBQ on May 22. This event captured the spirit of Valley West as people kept coming out to enjoy a meal with friends and neighbors,…
APD seeking security cam cooperation
VIDEO CAMERA LOCATION FEATURE NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH APD The Arcata Police Department is encouraging community members to utilize Citizen RIMS to assist investigators with locating video evidence that can potentially be used to solve crime. Citizen RIMS, or Records Information Management System, is an on-line information sharing tool that provides real time data on locations where crime…
APD issues emergency alert over lewd, aggressive man
City of Arcata PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ARCATA POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUES COMMUNITY ALERT On Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 12:58 PM, Arcata Police Department Officers responded to HealthSPORT, 300 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, on a report of an adult male attempting to reach for a juvenile female and then making a lewd gesture…
Gun violence restraining order training at D Street Center
CITY OF ARCATA HOSTS GUN VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDER TRAINING On Thursday, April 25 from 9 a.m. to noon at the D Street Neighborhood Center, 1301 D Street, the City of Arcata is hosting training for law enforcement, attorneys and court personnel on gun violence restraining orders. Gun violence restraining orders are civil orders, issued in…