The San Luis Obispo City Council approved the 2021-23 financial plan at a meeting June 1. It includes an expansion of the city’s police budget, which has
San Luis Obispo Police Department
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. The San Luis Obispo Police Department has a new chief. Chief Rick Scott was sworn in during a ceremony Thursday morning.
On Thursday at around 6:45 a.m., San Luis Obispo Police Chief Rick Scott was sworn in at the San Luis Obispo Police Department.
Police Chief Scott joined in the efforts on Monday evening after an arrest warrant turned into a deadly officer-involved shooting.
The shooting Monday night took the life of Detective Luca Benedetti, a 12-year law enforcement veteran.
Chief Scott will also have another swearing-in ceremony on June 1 with the San Luis Obispo City Council.
At an April 13 special meeting, the San Luis Obispo City Council amended its municipal code to explicitly ban the use of tents in public parks and passed a new ordinance regulating shopping carts both moves that aim to curb the impacts of homelessness, but that opponents say target and punish the unhoused during a pandemic.
The City Council voted 4-1 to pass the prohibition on tents at parks. In January, city officials began interpreting existing laws on encroachment to include tents which had proliferated in parks, especially Mitchell Park issuing three citations thus far. The April 13 amendment codified that interpretation into law, officials told the council.
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