Sheriff forms new team to focus on intelligence-led policing in unincorporated areas

SAN DIEGO – The Sheriff has created a new team to help solve crime in unincorporated areas of San Diego County. It’s called the Sheriff’s Analysis Driven Law Enforcement or SADLE Team.

The Sheriff’s sergeant and eight deputies will use intelligence-led policing strategies to see where the crime hot spots are and why.

It’s about putting resources at the right place and the right time to stop the crime before it happens. For example, an unincorporated community might have a few car burglaries. A bordering neighborhood might have had a few more. In intelligence-led policing, a crime analyst...