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==History==
[[File:Santa Monica Police (36755588940).jpg|thumb|Santa Monica Police vehicle]]
The department was founded in May 1897.<ref>{{cite book | last = Gabriel| first = Louise B. | author2 = Santa Monica Historical Society Museum| title = Early Santa Monica| publisher = Arcadia Publishing| date = 2006| pages = 38| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5FwcYebACtcC&pg=PA38| isbn = 9780738531441}}</ref> At the beginning of the twentieth century,
The police department operates a jail, which has a maximum capacity of 112 people, but is only allowed to confine each person for 48 hours at most. The Serial Inebriate Outreach Program tries to persuade people currently in the jail for drunkenness to seek treatment for alcoholism; the program has had a 25% success rate as of 2006.<ref name="Urban">{{cite web |last1=Burt |first1=Martha R. |last2=Aron |first2=Laudan Y. |date=December 2006 |title=Final Report: Evaluation of Santa Monica's Continuum of Care And Strategic Five-Year Plan |url=http://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/alfresco/publication-pdfs/411410-Ending-Homelessness-in-Santa-Monica.PDF |access-date=15 June 2015 |work=Ending Homelessness in Santa Monica: Current Efforts and Recommended Next Steps |publisher=The Urban Institute}}</ref>▼
The police department played a key role in the city's efforts to reduce homelessness. As part of the Homeless Liaison Program, the department assigns a group of officers to coordinate with other agencies to provide housing to the homeless, instead of perpetuating an arrest-and-release cycle. From 2007 to 2009, the program reduced homelessness levels by 8%.<ref>{{Citation | last = Groves| first = Martha| title = Santa Monica sees some progress in its battle to get the homeless off the streets| newspaper = The Los Angeles Times| date = 26 February 2009| url = http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/26/local/me-santamonica-homeless26| access-date = 15 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Palmiotto| first = Michael J.| title = Community Policing: A Police-Citizen Partnership| publisher = Routledge| date = 2011| location = New York| pages = 316| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uoCsAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA316| isbn = 9781136822797}}</ref> Efforts by Santa Monica police to fine homeless persons have often proved ineffective, not only because people arrested for homelessness are unable to pay the fine, but also because landlords are unwilling to lease housing to people with arrest warrants for unpaid fines. The police will also call paramedics for homeless individuals in need of medical attention. Some homeless individuals have complained that the police do a poor job of keeping track of their confiscated possessions, such that they rarely receive their items back once released from jail; while others have asked the police to pay more attention to crimes committed by homeless offenders against homeless victims.<ref name="Urban">{{cite web | last1 = Burt| first1 = Martha R. | last2 = Aron | first2 = Laudan Y. | title = Final Report: Evaluation of Santa Monica's Continuum of Care And Strategic Five-Year Plan | work = Ending Homelessness in Santa Monica: Current Efforts and Recommended Next Steps| publisher = The Urban Institute| date = December 2006| url = http://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/alfresco/publication-pdfs/411410-Ending-Homelessness-in-Santa-Monica.PDF| access-date = 15 June 2015 }}</ref>▼
▲The police department operates a jail, which has a maximum capacity of 112 people, but is only allowed to confine each person for 48 hours at most. The Serial Inebriate Outreach Program tries to persuade people currently in the jail for drunkenness to seek treatment for alcoholism; the program has had a 25% success rate as of 2006.<ref name="Urban"/>
Santa Monica named Jacqueline Seabrooks its first female police chief in April 2012. She assumed her new post in May 2012, succeeding Timothy J. Jackman, who retired.<ref name="LA Times">{{cite web|title=Santa Monica names its first female police chief|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/santa-monica-names-first-female-police-chief.html|work=LA Times|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref>
In 2013, the department was criticized for paying 28 of its staff more than 200,000 dollars per year. Police Chief Seabrooks claimed that high salaries were partially due to overtime paid by private events employing the officers. The department's total budget that year was 77 million dollars.<ref>{{Citation | last = Simpson| first = David Mark| title = 28 cops took home more than $200K| newspaper = Santa Monica Daily Press| date = 26 November 2013| url = http://smdp.com/28-cops-took-home-more-than-200k/129854| access-date = 15 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Reed| first = Chris| title = Santa Monica police a case study in excessive pay driven from top down| publisher = CalWatchdog| date = 10 December 2013| url = http://calwatchdog.com/2013/12/10/santa-monica-police-pay-a-case-study-in-profligacy-union-power/| access-date = 15 June 2015 }}</ref>
▲The police department has played a
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