Community Outreach
Who We Are
The Riverside County Sheriff’s-Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) is committed to assisting the community with issues related to homelessness through education and outreach. We address issues surrounding quality of life, encampments, and makes assessments of housing, substance abuse, and behavioral health needs through a collaborative effort with local county agencies and nonprofit partners.
Our Mission
To utilize a proactive outreach, while enforcing the law. We connect with local homeless populations and provide support through resources, in hopes of reducing the rate of recidivism, incarceration, and calls for service related to homelessness.
How does HOT help?
- Contact and identify homeless individuals within Riverside County
- Complete necessary documentation for services
- Refer to service providers
- Assist in case management to complete services
The Benefit of HOT within our communities
- Provide education for business owners and citizens
- Safer parks and cleaner restrooms
- Less drug use and purchase of drugs
- Reduction in crime
How you can help!
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office is committed to a joint effort in solving the issues surrounding homelessness. As a practice, we encourage our citizens to partner with proven and reliable organizations to give back to our communities. This can be done through the donation of time, effort, and resources. Using these methods, help us in the fight against homelessness with solutions rather than a quick fix.
The LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) Liaison is designated by the Sheriff to maintain and improve the relationship between the LGBTQ+ community and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
All employees share the responsibility to provide quality public safety services to our diverse communities and treat all citizens equally. Acts of hate, regardless of motivation or impetus, will be fully investigated and perpetrators held accountable for their actions to the fullest extent of the law.
Inclusion Goals
The Sheriff’s Office recognizes the value each LGBTQ+ citizen brings to our community and strives for full inclusion in all aspects of our operations, including patrol services, custody, and employment.
To promote equal treatment and ensure that the voice of the LGBTQ+ community is heard, the LGBTQ+ Liaison collaborates with community leaders, residents and businesses to establish a closer, more effective dialogue between the Sheriff's Office and the community.
LGBTQ+ Liaisons:
- Captain Dean Agnoletto
- Corporal Nicole Wilhite
- Deputy Arrenz Nulud
Mission
S.A.F.E. is committed to providing services for children, youth and families who have experienced or are at risk of abuse and violence.
Vision
Safe and healthy families where children can thrive is a universal vision. In some homes, however, there are problems of abuse and violence, and in some cases the problems are severe.
Because abuse and violence are not limited to any particular family or community, services to address the complex nature of children, youth and families struggling with abuse or violence are imperative. S.A.F.E. provides those services.
Our vision is of parents, schools, businesses and agencies working together to make a difference in the lives of children, youth and their families.
S.A.F.E Services
- BASIC NEEDS ASSISTANCE
- CASE MANAGEMENT
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES
- EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
- POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE
- TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS
- PARENT PROJECT
- RESOURCES & REFERRALS
S.A.F.E. help is a phone call away: (951) 587-3900
Call one of our centers for support and help with safety
Temecula (951) 587-3900
Murrieta (951) 304-5680
Riverside (951) 955-6100
Indio (760) 863-8363