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Feburary
'05 C-PAB and Public Safety Report
Northeast Crime Report – From Sgt. Sandy Rosenberg
Year to
date violent crimes are down by 0.5% and Part One Crimes (Burglary,
Grand Theft Auto, Burglary Theft From Vehicle, Personal Theft)
are down by –6.4%. There is a recent trending increase
in Grand Theft Auto, mostly Hondas, Toyotas, and Nissans.
If you own one of these cars, you need a theft protection
device. This was reiterated in most of the Senior Lead Reports
as well.
Car
Owners
1) Lock Your Car
2) Do not leave valuables and car phones visible
3) Do not rely on your trunk to secure valuable items
4) Park in well-lighted areas
5) Check vehicle exterior regularly
6) Remove old registration tags before putting on a new tag
and make small cuts in the registration tab to make it difficult
to remove
7) Drive safely and defensively with your seatbelt on!
8) Report any suspicious activity to Northeast Police Station
213.485.2563 or 877.ASK.LAPD
Robbery
With A New Twist – Still Plaguing The Northeast
Please spread the word to all your neighbors and friends concerning
this new type of robbery that seems to be hitting the elderly
the hardest. The residents are "diverted" by leading
them into the yard to check a fence, retaining wall, look
for lost animal, check a tree or a mother uses the phone while
a child needs to use the restroom – then, another person
enters the house taking valuables from the home while the
residents are distracted. There are a 100 different scenarios
each time it may be a little different so don't be fooled
into leaving your house or opening your doors to help strangers.
The perpetrators are male, female and children – several
different descriptions – probably a whole group are involved.
Alone, there have been over 100 of these crimes in the Northeast
since January 2004. The police suspect that the elderly people
are followed home from shopping or targeted when they are
out. Sometimes the people do not know they have been robbed
for several months. Please be careful and spread the word,
especially to the elderly people you know in your community.
War
Is Declared – On Shopping Carts
Officer Falconer recently declared a no tolerance policy on
shopping carts for his area. To help him clear the Northeast
of "at-large" shopping carts, please call this number
818-563-3070 with an exact location to report any shopping
carts you see on the streets, side walks, or parks. I'm sure
the businesses that have lost their carts will appreciate
this service as well.
Graffiti
Still The Biggest Quality Of Life Issue For NE
To report graffiti call – Officer Colenzo at (213) 847-0511
or 311. To report businesses not keeping their graffiti materials
locked – note the time and location you observe the violation
– call Jeanne Munzo, the NE Neighborhood Prosecutor,
at (213) 847-8045. Graffiti remover sold at Home Depot and
other hardware stores really works for removal on a hard surface
– metal, tile, graffiti coated murals and glass. Be very
careful if you are removing graffiti, you don't know who may
be watching you.
Senior
Lead Officers (SLOs) for the Mt. Washington Area - Phone Numbers
Recently,
Officer Robert `Red' Falconer covers the Cypress Park, Figueroa
Strip west of Avenue 43 and the western portion of Mt. Washington.
Officer Falconer's phone number is 213.793.0758.
Officer
Cooper (213.793.0761phone) covers the Northeast section of
Mt. Washington – east of San Rafael, Avenue 42, Mt. Washington
Drive.
For the
Mt. Washington residents on the Nob Hill/Terrace 49 area covered
by Senior Lead Officer Galindo, there is a standing Neighborhood
Watch the third Thursday of each month held at Villaraigosa's
Eagle Rock Field Office from 6 to 7PM. Please call to make
sure they are meeting – 323.254.5295.
Senior
Leads Officers are not for emergencies but to help you with
long standing quality of life issues or to follow up on ongoing
problems. They should be used as your first line of communication
with the LAPD to report any non-emergency problems in your
area.
Annual
Consent Decree Meeting
April
25, 2005 6PM at the Northeast LAPD Station, 3353 San Fernando
Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Every year the community is given
an update on the progress of the LAPD in relationship to their
compliance within the guidelines of the Federal Consent Decree.
This is a chance to ask questions and get answers you may
have on the LAPD's Consent Decree.
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