Sunday Safety Update: 04/19-2015 - 04/26/2015

Our crime free month has come to an end with a string of car thefts down walnut. There were also car thefts in Rose Park and virtually everywhere else on the crime reports map. Note: ours came on the same day when there was a string of tagging along 15th street from Walnut to the other side of Orange. There was also tagging that same day down Walnut from 15th. The tagging on that street was black in color and probably from the Crips Gang. There was also reported tagging on Altimos in red from the East Side Longs.

You will notice around the same time a pattern of car thefts following the V in the map. On the other side of Orange, since none of the streets are connecting the person responsible was more than likely coming from Altimos Blvd, the only street that closely connects all incidents. Please follow the link to keeping your car safe one more time. Be on the look out for any more tagging along major arteries like 14th or 15th street. And remember you can use the Go Long Beach App to make tagging vanish virtually over night.

There was also an officer involved shooting on the south side of Anaheim close to a storage facility. You can find the full details here. 

On Thursday, April 23, 2015, at approximately 2:45 P.M., officers responded to a residential multi-unit complex in the 1100 block of Hoffman Avenue regarding a report of several subjects unlawfully trespassing and vandalizing inside a vacant residence which resulted in an officer involved shooting. 

This is the second death in the area this year. While it is tragic, I think we should also give the police credit from bringing the numbers way down. Also the loitering at Orange and 17th, seems to have been brought to a halt. The first was the stabbing at Cabrillo on the west side of the 710. In this latest shooting, it was one of five suspects who were killed while engaging in criminal activity including vandalism, gang tagging and breaking and entering.