450 E. Latham Ave.
Hemet, CA 92543
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Officer Dylan Detwiler became a K-9 handler in September of 2021 and was matched with his 3-year-old partner, K-9 Bosco. They graduated the basic K-9 academy at Adlerhorst International, Inc. in October of 2021. Officer Detwiler and Bosco patrol the City of Hemet as...
K-9 Angel came to the Hemet Police Department in September of 2021. K9 Angel is a 2-year-old Labrador that has completed training at the Guide Dogs of the Desert and placed with the Hemet Police Department through their “Support K-9 program.” K9 Angel has a unique...
Lt. Eric Dickson currently oversees the Hemet Police Department's Community Services Bureau, which includes: R.O.C.S. (Restoring Our Community Strategy) Team Traffic Bureau School Resource Officers P.A.C.T. (Post Release Accountability Compliance Team) Office of...
Captain Glen Brock is the Hemet Police Department’s Operations Captain and oversees: Patrol Bureau Professional Standards Bureau Traffic Bureau Personnel and Training Captain Glen Brock began his law enforcement career with the Los Angeles Police Department in 1998....
Captain Michael Mouat is the Hemet Police Department’s support services captain and oversees: Communications Bureau Records Bureau Professional Standards Bureau Traffic Bureau Community Services Bureau POST Release Accountability Team (PACT) Captain Mouat began his...
Chief Michael Arellano is the current chief of police for the Hemet Police Department. As chief of police, he is responsible for the direction the department takes into the future, overall management of the command staff, and reporting to the city manager. He was...
Captain Jeff Davis is the support services captain and oversees the following areas of the Hemet Police Department: Communications Bureau Records Bureau Professional Standards Bureau Traffic Bureau Community Services Bureau Captain Jeff Davis began his career with the...
Mr. Dale Digiambattista is the public safety support services manager for the Hemet Police Department. He supervises the: Emergency Communications Center Records Bureau Mr. Digiambattista was a dispatcher for the Riverside County Sheriff's Department for about 16...
Chief Eddie Pust is the current chief of police for the Hemet Police Department. As chief of police, he is responsible for the direction the department takes into the future, overall management of the command staff, and reporting to the city manager. He was promoted...
Hemet, CA.- On February 6th, 2026, at approximately 6:00pm, Hemet Police Officers responded to a traffic collision that occurred in the 200 block of N. San Jacinto Street in the City of Hemet. Officers responded to the location and located an unresponsive female down in the roadway. Officers immediately began performing life-saving measures until relieved by medical personnel. Despite these life-saving efforts, the female succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene of the collision. The driver involved in this collision also remained on scene and was cooperative with investigators.
Based on these circumstances, the Hemet Police Department Traffic Bureau responded and assumed the investigation. The preliminary investigation revealed that the female pedestrian entered the roadway for unknown reasons, and a collision occurred. Impaired driving is not suspected, and the identity of the deceased is being withheld pending family notification. San Jacinto Street was closed from Devonshire to Latham Avenue for several hours while investigators processed the scene.
If you witnessed this collision or have any helpful information for Traffic Investigators, you are urged to contact Officer Jared Florez at (951)765-2400 and reference case #2026-00996.
The Hemet Police Department is aware of flyers currently circulating on social media and within the community that reference a potential student walkout at some Hemet-area schools on Friday, February 6, 2026.
The flyers appear to reference a form of First Amendment–protected expression and protest. The Hemet Police Department respects the constitutional rights of individuals to engage in lawful expression, while recognizing California truancy policies, as well as school district attendance and safety policies regarding campus operations.
