San Luis Obispo County Drug and Alcohol Services—Promotes safe, healthy, responsible, and informed choices concerning alcohol and other drugs through programs responsive to community needs.

Federal Bureau of Investigation website—Use for crime statistics from across the country, compare with local information. Helpful for school reports and research papers.

Federal Trade Commission website - The FTC is the primary source for information on fraud and identity theft.  Find resources of information on prevention and report internation fraud at their website.

Office of Homeland Security website—Use for accessing the White House’s official Office of Homeland Security webpage.

California Department of Justice website—Use for crime statistics and information from across California, county-by-county and city-by-city. Help in assembling data for research projects and school papers.

California Attorney General’s website—Lists designated registered sex offenders in California as required by Megan's Law.

State Department Travel Advisory website—Plan trips abroad and check conditions in countries you or your family plan to visit.

California Highway Patrol website—Use for traffic collision statistics, traffic and freeway conditions statewide, as well as real time dispatch information.

Drug Enforcement Administration website- Use for getting up to date information on drug abuse, prevention programs, youth information, and the consequences and effects of illegal drug use.

National Crime Prevention Council website—This site contains extensive information on crime prevention programs, McGruff the Crime Dog, national prevention programs, and the latest version of the Citizens Preparedness Guide.

We Prevent—More crime prevention information for adults, teens, and kids from the National Crime Prevention Council.

McGruff the Crime Dog—Hey kids, this is your site! Check out letters you can write to McGruff and he will write back to you! Comic books and other cool stuff are available from this kid friendly, approved site.

TrustLine—TrustLine is California's registry of in-home child care providers, tutors and in-home counselors who have passed a background screening. It was created by the California Legislature in 1987 and is a powerful resource for parents hiring a nanny or baby-sitter. All caregivers listed with TrustLine have been cleared through a fingerprint check of records at the California Department of Justice. This means they have no disqualifying criminal convictions or substantiated child abuse reports in California. TrustLine is administered by the California Department of Social Services and the non-profit Child Care Resource and Referral Network. It is endorsed by the California Academy of Pediatrics.

The annual report, "Preliminary Report: Crime In 2009, January through June" has been posted to the Attorney General's website and is now available for viewing.
This report compares preliminary crime counts for January through June 2009 with final counts for the same period in 2008 for California law enforcement jurisdictions serving populations of 100,000 or more. The 87 jurisdictions that met this criterion account for approximately 64 percent of the crimes reported in the state annually.