The number of reported crimes in our area continues to trend downward. Crimes are down almost 30% this year compared to the same period last year. This is more than the overall drop in crime for the West LA region for 2018-19. Our resident data scientist Marc Robbins has added a new chart in the …
Distraction Burglaries and Other Local Crime Trends
Many crime trends include scams, distraction burglaries and soliciting. Nearby LAPD Senior Lead Officer Chris Ragsdale shares some helpful advice on how you should deal with when these happen to you: If anyone knocks, calls, emails, texts, or approaches, unsolicited by you, DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR, DO NOT ENGAGE! Respectfully and politely indicate that …
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What is Neighborhood Watch … And What It is Not
Neighborhood Watch is about getting to know and watching out for your neighbors. A neighborhood watch meeting is a way to facilitate that and to also get some tips on what is suspicious activity and how to report it. Neighborhood watch does not involve patrols of the neighborhood. It needn’t involve a time commitment either; it …
Report Suspicious Persons
At a recent meeting of police with the Operation West Bureau in regards to recent burglaries in the area, it was suggested that residents report any suspicious persons in the neighborhood to the Communications Division with the following information: Advise the Operators that they have been advised by their Senior Lead Officers to notify the …