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On June 21, 2023, as part of a human trafficking investigation, the Palm Desert Business District Team, Special Enforcement Team, and Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force served a search warrant at a spa business in the 74000 block of Alessandro Drive, in the City of Palm Desert.

On June 20, 2023, the Palm Desert Investigations Bureau and Riverside County Gang Impact Team served a search warrant in the 66000 block of San Remo in Desert Hot Springs.  Daniel Santacroce, a 19-year-old resident of Desert Hot Springs, was arrested for his involvement in this shooting.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that VA police officers will begin to use in-car and body-worn cameras. All VA police officers will be using body-worn and in-car cameras by the end of 2023, beginning with police officers in VA’s Desert Pacific Healthcare Network on June 20.

On Monday, June 19, 2023, at 11:31 PM, a deputy from the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station conducted a check of an occupied vehicle in the area of Bromley Avenue and Baker Street in Lake Elsinore.

On June 19, 2023, the Moreno Valley Station, Problem Oriented Policing (POP), Gang Team, and Robbery Burglary Suppression Team (RBST) along with the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) conducted a comprehensive “John” prostitution sting in an effort to reduce the demand for sex trafficking in the city of Moreno Valley.