Grass Valley Police Department

August 20, 2019 – Yesterday morning, a suspicious device was located behind a commercial building in the 1100 block of East Main Street. GVPD Officers decided to enlist the help of the Placer County EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team in order to safely disarm the device. They responded quickly with their robot, affectionately named “Karl”. […]

December 27, 2018 – Beginning December 27th Nevada County Law Enforcement and Fire department agencies including; the Grass Valley Police Department, Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, Nevada City Police Department, CHP, Grass Valley Fire Department, Penn Valley Fire, Nevada County Consolidated, Cal Fire and the Sierra Nevada Ambulance Service will be conducting Active Shooter preparedness training. […]

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. July 5, 2018 – Beginning July 9th Nevada County Law Enforcement and Fire department agencies including; the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, Grass Valley Police Department, Nevada City Police Department, CHP, State Parks, Grass Valley Fire Department, Penn Valley Fire, Nevada County Consolidated, and Cal Fire will be conducting Active Shooter preparedness training […]

GRASS VALLEY Calif. May 2, 2018 – From GVPD’s Facebook page: On Tuesday last week, Caralyn from Grass Valley Animal Control responded to a call for help from some GV residents who believed a cat may be trapped under their house. They did not own a cat but could hear “Meows” from time-to-time coming from […]

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. May 1, 2018 – During the 2nd week in May, Law Enforcement officers from the California Highway Patrol, Grass Valley Police Department, and the Nevada City Police Department will be increasing patrols looking for drivers who fail to stop for school buses as the students are entering and exiting the bus. Our […]

February 9, 2018 – On February 9, 2018 at about 1204 hours, Grass Valley Police Officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Arcadia Dr. regarding several subjects entering a residence and one was armed with a shotgun. Officers responded along with numerous officers from allied agencies. Shortly after officers arrived on scene, several subjects […]

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. February 2, 2018 – From the Grass Valley Police Department social media pages: Last night, around 10:30pm, GVPD Officers were dispatched to the report of a stolen vehicle. While Officers were enroute, a Nevada County Sheriff’s Office deputy ran a vehicle license plate and the dispatcher advised it was the vehicle BEING […]

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. September 7, 2017 – At approximately 6:25PM on 09/07/17, a vehicle stolen out of north Sacramento was spotted by a GVPD officer on patrol in the vicinity of the 800 block of Sutton Way. Before the officer could make contact with the occupants, the driver fled the parking lot across Brunswick Road […]

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. August 6, 2017 – On Sunday, August 6, just before noon, a 911 caller reported that two adult males had been stabbed in a residence in the 300 block of North School Street. Officers responded to the scene and located two victims – one had been stabbed in the abdomen and the […]

June 27, 2017 – On Sunday, June 25, Grass Valley Police Officers responded to the 300 block of Sutton Way in response to reports of an altercation occurring in an apartment. Upon arrival, officers found an unconscious male, 44-year-old Brian Sharp, in the apartment. Despite lifesaving efforts, Sharp was pronounced deceased by medical personnel who […]

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. June 26, 2017 – On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 4:26 pm Grass Valley Police Officers were dispatched to an apartment on Sutton Way regarding a disturbance. Upon arrival, officers located an unconscious adult male inside the apartment. The officers performed CPR until medical personnel arrived on scene. However, the male did […]

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. June 22, 2017 – Police Officers are often called upon in people’s most desperate moments. Tuesday afternoon a young man was contemplating ending his life by jumping off a local overpass. Officers arrived and spoke with him for several minutes, trying to get him to reconsider. The officers focused their efforts on […]

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. February 24, 2017 – On February 23rd at approximately 5:00 PM a male victim came in to the Grass Valley Police Department and reported that he had been held against his will, assaulted and tortured for the past two days. The incident reportedly occurred at a residence in the city of Grass […]

January 16, 2017 – On 01/16/17 at approximately 4:53PM, Grass Valley Police Officers responded to a report of a subject acting erratically on the McKnight Way overpass. The subject was reported to have been attempting to flag down cars and in an out of the traffic lane. A GVPD officer and a CHP officer initially […]

October 27, 2016 – Grass Valley Police officers are investigating the shooting of a man at a store off McKnight Way Wednesday night, but for protection of investigative leads, we can only release the following information. Just after 11 p.m. Wednesday, officers were dispatched to a residence on Banner Lava Cap Road regarding a man […]

October 24, 2016 – Tonight Grass Valley Police Officers, with assistance from Nevada City PD Officers and K9 Rüdiger, as well as assistance from the Nevada County Sheriffs Office, responded to the 1000 block of Sutton Way and arrested a Grass Valley man for criminal threats and resisting arrest. The male, whose full identity is […]