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Monterey County Sheriff's Office

County agencyCA0270000NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020Founded 1850

Monterey County, California

Serves ~105,365 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Monterey County Sheriff's Office is the county law enforcement agency for Monterey County, California. It provides protection and law enforcement to the non-municipal areas of Monterey County. The Sheriff's Office has about 300 employees and a budget of over 50 million dollars.

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Crime & staffing trends

No snapshot trend data is stored for this agency yet. Explore its full crime and employment history directly on the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which covers UCR summary data, NIBRS incidents, and police employment for ORI CA0270000.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 908 victims, 1,067 offenders
Victim sex
Male577 (64%)
Female325 (36%)
Unknown6 (1%)
Victim race
White834 (95%)
Black or African American33 (4%)
Asian9 (1%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons330 (42%)
Other127 (16%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument70 (9%)
None66 (8%)
Blunt Object51 (7%)
Firearm44 (6%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home334 (37%)
Jail/Prison/Penitentiary/Corrections Facility205 (23%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk127 (14%)
Other/Unknown60 (7%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage43 (5%)
Field/Woods39 (4%)

Top 6 of 30 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown586 (45%)
Acquaintance135 (10%)
Otherwise Known113 (9%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend86 (7%)
Stranger64 (5%)
Spouse56 (4%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault48 (20%)
Kidnapping/Abduction47 (19%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property42 (17%)
Weapon Law Violations21 (9%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations16 (7%)
Intimidation16 (7%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
308
Part-time sworn
1
Full-time civilian
145
Part-time civilian
7
Total FT employees
453
Population served
105,365
Operating budget
$113,948,366
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2003336136$42,946,236
2000351120$41,163,530
1999327103
1997324102
199028995

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Open data

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POP conference activity

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