Sunday Safety Update: 06/14/2015 - 06/21/2015

Most of the activity in the MacArthur Park Neighborhood that got reported to the police included were either assaults or property damage. Just like in the past, these incidents trend north East as you get later in the week. This week there was also a lot of tagging along the south side of 15th street. This included the mailbox, light posts, walls and alleys from Gardenia all the way to Walnut. Then it continued down Walnut and showed up a little later on Peterson. All that tagging happened some time Friday evening after 11:30pm.

This is the exact same pattern from the last four maps. Starts central and then tends NE

There was also a problem with fireworks and loitering south of 14th on Walnut. There is a tremendous loitering problem there which tends to devolve into tagging at least every two weeks. When I say loitering, I mean an excess of often twenty people in the street doing things like setting off fireworks. For now keep an eye out on 15th between Gardenia and Walnut. Also keep an eye on Walnut south of 15th. Prediction: 1501 14th street will be the target of vandalism next, since it is usually tagged after Peterson and 15th get hit. There was also a trend of auto and bike thefts that begin just outside our neighborhood. 

The Sunday safety update, Be careful in the area of 15th to 14th and Gardenia to Walnut. This is where virtually all incidents, reported and unreported, center at. This is also the same pattern as the last three maps. There is a strong possibility that most of the neighborhood tagging starts on the east side of Walnut south of 14th.