Safety

Lompoc is a safe place to live! Safety in an important quality-of-life factor and a strong incentive for locating in a given area. One indicator of safety is the FBI Crime Index. The City of Lompoc has always recorded crime statistics that are well below the state and national averages.

City Police and Fire departments are very involved with the community with programs that include: G.R.E.A.T., Every 15 Minutes, Citizens’ Police Academy, Jr. Police Camp, Youth Fire Camp, and Citizens’ Emergency Response Team (CERT).

Hosted by the Police Department, “Lompoc Police Beat” airs live on Channel 23 on Thursdays from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. The live show allows viewers to call in at 805-736-2408 with questions. Rebroadcast times are Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m.

The city’s full service fire department enhances the quality of life in Lompoc through disaster preparedness,firefighting, hazardous materials response, EMS (Advanced Life Support), confined space/ urban search and rescue and fire investigations, and serves as a technical reference and support to the community and staff for fire and building regulations.

The department participates in fire operations on a county, state and federal level through cooperative agreements that allow Lompoc personnel to assist with major fire incidents with most costs reimbursed. In 2006-07, the department sent personnel to 20 incidents throughout California and New Mexico, including heavy activity at our local Los Padres Forest and other Forest Service Dispatch centers.