​Commanders Message

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Welcome to the California Highway Patrol, San Andreas Area website. As the Commander of the San Andreas Area, I am honored to work with such fine men and women who are dedicated to ensuring our citizens, and all who may pass through here, are safe. Each day I am amazed by the quality of work and dedication displayed by these professional men and women and I believe the citizens, visiting travelers, and local business owners are well served by them.

The San Andreas Area covers all of Calaveras County and a portion of Alpine County. The Area is assigned three sergeants, twenty uniformed officers, including two officers specifically assigned to the Ebbetts Pass Resident Post which handles the eastern areas of State Route 4, and five non-uniformed, professional, administrative staff.

In 2010, the California Highway Patrol was accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), becoming the largest accredited state police agency in the world. I am proud to work for a law enforcement agency that is based upon solid values, ethics, and professionalism.

The mission of the California Highway Patrol is to provide the highest level of safety, service, and security to the people of California. This is accomplished through five departmental goals:
· Prevent Loss of Life, Injuries, and Property Damage
· Maximize Service to the Public and Assistance to Allied Agencies
· Manage Traffic and Emergency Incidents
· Protect Public and State Assets
· Improve Departmental Efficiency

Our officers are well trained and prepared to provide you with these indispensable services and professionalism. I look forward to working with you, the community, to build a strong partnership for a better and safer community.

The San Andreas Area continues to strive for short term and long range solutions to address the growing traffic problems within our area of operations. Using the objectives found in the Area’s Strategic Plan, and guided by the Department’s Mission Statement, the Area aggressively seeks out DUI drivers, and aggressively enforces occupant restraint and distracted driving violations in an effort to lower the number of fatal and injury traffic collisions within the County. 

2015 has been a difficult year for law enforcement as several agencies, including our own, lost valued members. I want to take a moment to acknowledge these heroes and the contributions each one made to their families, their communities and their respective Law Enforcement Departments.

I want to acknowledge my uniformed staff for their dedication to duty, their professionalism, and their tireless work in every kind of extreme weather imaginable. Every day they go out to serve, willing to lay down your lives if necessary to protect the citizens and visitors to Calaveras County, Alpine County and the State of California. They have all made me very proud.

I also want to specifically acknowledge and recognize our non-uniformed members and administrative professional staff who continue to support our daily operations. All of the hard work they do each and every day, from the large amounts of paperwork required to be processed; to keeping our vehicles in good running condition; to maintaining our office interiors and exteriors, they are what keep us going every day. They are all a vital and important part of our CHP family and they are truly appreciated. Every job they do, regardless of how big or small, plays an important part in supporting our Department's goals and mission.

To our dispatchers who are with us 24 hours a day, seven days a week, you are truly our lifeline. When we are responding from call to call, asking you for more information or resources, it is of great comfort knowing you are there watching over us. Your professionalism and ability to prioritize our responses is a matter of utmost importance to the safety of all, and for that, I thank you.

I appreciate everyone’s professionalism, knowledge, and support as the Commander of the San Andreas Area. Every day we put on the uniform and pin on our badges we will be reaffirmed in our commitment to uphold the high standards of the California Highway Patrol and to live by the tenets of CHP PRIDE.

John C. Warren, Lieutenant
Commander
San Andreas Area