Public Safety Press Releases

At approximately 8:18 a.m. on January 11, 2019, Port of San Diego Harbor Police received a call of a possible deceased individual floating in San Diego Bay within Naval Base San Diego. Upon arrival, officers located a deceased, middle-aged male...

On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at approximately 5:38 a.m., Port of San Diego Harbor Police Officers observed a vehicle driving erratically on Shelter Island. As the officers initiated a traffic stop, the driver failed to yield and fled in the vehicle....

The Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department announces an arrest has been made in a stabbing that occurred in Embarcadero Marina Park South. On May 9, 2018 at approximately 12:02 a.m., Harbor Police officers responded to a 911 call to the park at...

As part of efforts to build relationships in the community, the Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department invites the public to the agency’s Coffee with a Cop event. The mission of Coffee with a Cop is to break down barriers between police officers...

Port of San Diego Harbor Police have arrested a suspect in a felony sex offense case involving a child that was reported on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at about 7:13 p.m. In that incident, Port of San Diego Harbor Police responded to a report that a man...

Harbor Police Chief Mark Stainbrook with Corporal Armando Ramirez, the Harbor Police Department's 2018 Officer of the Year Corporal Armando Ramirez has been named the Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department’s 2018 Officer of the Year. The annual...

The Port of San Diego’s Harbor Police Department invites the public to attend an upcoming outreach session to provide input on the issue of illegal vessel charters operating in San Diego Bay, in order to assist the Port’s efforts to improve...

The Port of San Diego’s Harbor Police Department invites the public to benefit a local Special Olympics event by dining at the Boathouse Restaurant on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, from 5 to 9 p.m. during the “Tip-A-Cop” fundraiser, in which law...

The Port of San Diego is pleased to name Mark Stainbrook as its new Vice President of Public Safety/Harbor Police Chief, effective March 1, 2018. Stainbrook has been serving in this role an acting capacity since October 2017 and previously served in...

Members of the Port of San Diego Harbor Police dive team have recently returned from a training mission to Anilao Batangas, Philippines where they shared their expertise in underwater crime scene investigations with federal and local maritime law...

As part of efforts to build relationships in the community, the Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department invites the public to the agency’s very first “Coffee with a Cop” event. The mission of “Coffee with a Cop” is to break down barriers between...

Three members of the Port of San Diego’s Harbor Police Department have been honored by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) for their contributions in the field of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM). Acting Assistant...