Disclaimer: So, first I apologize for how long it's taken to get this up, The Crime Reports
Website was down for much of January. I did talk to the director of
Media Relations at a public safety meeting and tell our neighborhood
resource officer, they weren't aware it wasn't updating. Just a reminder
these are trends, and the presence of crime in one area in the past
doesn't guarantee it will reappear in that area in the future.
Here are this week's trends in the MacArthur Park Neighborhood.
Keep an eye along PCH. There were auto thefts that trended west and breaking and enterings that trended East. Also keep your eyes open on Alamitos. Though Alamitos may quiet down when the bike lanes are done. There is increased property damage on Peterson. And there was property damage at Gaviota and Anaheim. The encampment that used to be at Walnut and Anaheim is now there in the alley north of Anaheim. Also notice a trend of thefts at Redondo and PCH. Note virtually everything in that circle took place on Friday.
There was a very suspicious van at Cherry Donuts. Read the details here.
There were three recent shootings outside our neighborhood. Two were officer involved shootings.
The first incident began about 6:30 p.m last Thursday., when officers spotted a
vehicle that was "acting in a suspicious and evasive manner" near 68th
Street and Long Beach Boulevard, said Marlene Arrona, a spokeswoman for
the police department. The car stopped in the middle of Long Beach Boulevard, and
a man inside left the car and fled on foot away from police, Arrona
said. Officers chased the man about two blocks to an
alley near 68th Street and Orcutt Avenue. In the alley, the man
allegedly brandished a firearm and did not drop it, Arrona said. After the man was shot, officers
provided medical aid and he was later taken to a hospital, where he was
pronounced dead, police said. His identity was not released.
A man was killed during a shooting in the city’s West Side
early Saturday morning, Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) officials
said. Officers were dispatched to the 2300 block of Cameron
Street at 2:25AM on Saturday, March 19 regarding a shots heard call,
LBPD spokesman Brad Johnson said. “While responding to the scene they were advised that there was a subject down in the street,” he added. Arriving officers found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the upper torso, according to officials.
The final shooting was not officer involved: Police are investigating a shooting in North Long Beach that left a woman injured just after midnight Friday, authorities said. An officer was dispatched to a Downey hospital at 1:13AM on Friday,
March 18 regarding a gunshot victim who was shot on the 6800 block of
Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) spokesman Brad
Johnson said.
Disclaimer: Please
note these maps are meant to show which direction crime is trending,
areas to keep an extra eye on and places to remain vigilant in order for
Central Long Beach residents to remain safe. That said, previous trends
don't guarantee future trends will repeat in the same direction and
patterns. Also, an absence of crime in one area, does not guarantee an absence in the future.
The darker the arrow, the stronger the trend.
There is increased gang tagging in the neighborhood, it will be reported the day it appears. There are also increased dumped items along 17th Street and 15th. On the bright side, the trees have all been trimmed on 17th, 15th and 14th leading to a much brighter neighborhood. We'll be pressuring the city to do the vertical streets next.
So this week, in the MacArthur Park Neighborhood, there was a continued drop off in crime.The pattern hasn;t changed much from the midweek report. There were a trend of breaking and entering around Walnut and PCH trending south west. These have stopped. Most of the crimes we are seeing are car thefts or thefts from cars.
So now is a real good time to keep your cars locked and safe.
The patterns to be concerned about are right outside the neighborhood. There is a trend of car thefts that move south east towards Alamitos and 15th. Keep cars locked on Alamitos Avenue between PCH and Anaheim. Also, just below us to the south east there is a lot of car thefts in Cerritos Village around Lincoln Elementary. The trend is week but appears to start out at Alamitos and branch out both north east and north west. That same pattern repeats around a block up.
Right outside Orizaba park there is also a trend of car thefts that is working its way down to the corner of our neighborhood at Anaheim and Junipero. These thefts are definitely moving towards Cambodia Town East, as defined by Next Door.
The Neighborhood Coalition & Community Watch Program
This Sunday: 12/13/2015 @ Fox Coffee House
437 W Willow St, Long Beach, California 90806
Josie and I We're are bringing together as many Central Long Beach neighborhoods
together as possible to discuss bringing Safe Passage to more of LBUSD, a
better & more structured format for community watches and some
basic safety tips. Community Watch Start up packets will be available
for all who attend. We will also be talking about Holiday safety, gang
related issues, events going on in Wrigley and to get to know each
other. Everyone is Welcome here
We'll be giving away starter kits, flash lights, pocket guides for homeless services in Long Beach as well as a lot of valuable information. When you arrive tell Josie, "MacArthur Park Rules."
Events Page
https://www.facebook.com/events/1517150488582460/
Disclaimer: Please
note these maps are meant to show which direction crime is trending,
areas to keep an extra eye on and places to remain vigilant in order for
Central Long Beach residents to remain safe. That said, previous trends
don't guarantee future trends will repeat in the same direction and
patterns. Also, an absence of crime in one area, does not guarantee an
absence in that same area later on. as well.
09/20/2015 - 09/27/2015: Inside the MacArthur Park Neighborhood the map looks good. I am most concerned with what I see inside the AOC7, Cambodia Town East and the Zaferia Neighborhood to the east of Old Zaferia Way. First off, here's what the map shows. Within out neighborhood, the most concerning robbery trend starts at Anaheim and Junipero and seems to trend northeast and out of the neighborhood. What concerns me even more is the trend of car thefts, and thefts from vehicles heading southeast, right where that trend ends.
Normally, I would declare neighborhood expansion and start attacking the graffiti in Cambodia Town East where that activity is the worst, but the online version of Go Long Beach is broken since the last city website update. So far, every single district and the Mayor of Long Beach has not responded to the information that is website doesn't work.
I have contacted every city agency I can think of, the website developer and posted on the Long Beach City Facebook Page.
Within the AOC7 there are some thefts and assaults clearly trending south west. There are a few burglaries to the west of that that seem to be trending the opposite direction. Keep a very close eye on the west end of the AOC7 and the Craftsman Historic District. This is right about where Lincoln Elementary is. There is no neighborhood association in this area. Also there was a fatal shooting in exactly this area about a month ago.
Within our neighborhood, there is no clear pattern and nothing is really clustering together. The "Q" was for a drug bust on the outskirts of MacArthur Park. There was also an isolated car theft at Anaheim and Alamitos. There is also one isolated robbery just north of Cherry and 15th. The map doesn't show this but there was tagging along Orange and Cherry Ave, after a long tagging hiatus. That tagging is a little harder to remove with Go Long Beach broken.
The most obvious activity is along Junipero at the east end of the neighborhood. That said, it seems mostly to be trending away from the MacArthur Park Neighborhood. Finally, where you see that blue arrow, keep your bikes locked up. I will go into detail later, after passing the information on to law enforcement.
Disclaimer: Please
note these maps are meant to show which direction crime is trending,
areas to keep an extra eye on and places to remain vigilant in order for
Central Long Beach residents to remain safe. That said, previous trends
don't guarantee future trends will repeat in the same direction and patterns. Also, an absence of crime in one area, does not guarantee an absence in that same area later on. as well.
The first thing you will notice about this map is a homicide just outside AOC7 boundaries on Tuesday 08/18/2015 at around 9:15pm. While this is out of the MacArthur Park Neighborhood, it's close enough that we are going to look at it. This was a fight that erupted into someone being struck fatally with a bottle. A 50-year-old suspect, Enrique Pina Carillo, is in custody. If you look at the previous week's map, always available on the neighborhood safety page, you will see crime was trending that direction before this homicide took place.
Neighborhood Expansion is On. That means in addition to reporting any tagging, dumping or suspicious behavior in MacArthur Park, our own neighborhood, we will also be keeping an eye on AOC7 for the few weeks, as well as an area to the west of the AOC7. It looks like activity in that area is trending west. Activity along 17th and Cerritos is trending southwest and converging in about the same area.For that reason, we're going to keep an eye on exactly that area, especially after 9:00pm.
Earlier news was that police had released footage of a person of interest in the June 28th homicide of Iran Maese. You can reread that release. We embedded all the videos and even captured a picture of the person in the video to enlarge it.
In the MacArthur Park Neighborhood, there are car thefts starting around Anaheim and Peterson trending up towards Gaviota and 17th and then towards Sherman and PCH. I am going to go out on a limb and say the lack of car thefts around Rotary Centennial Park will not continue into next week. Please reread the following article to help keep your car and belongings safe.
Just to the east of our neighborhood it looks like some car thefts are trending southwest and then back up northwest where they trend back into out neighborhood. Because of this, be very cautious around Anaheim and Dawson. Also anyone who lives south of the neighborhood keep a close eye on 11th Street from Walnut as far east as Templel. There were a lot of things happening on 11th, including two robberies, starting at Gardenia and 11th that then also trend northwest back towards the MacArthur Park Neighborhood.
Early warning this week. Keep safe around Peterson and 15th as well as on PCH between Gardenia and Cherry.
Crime is clearly down in MacArthur Park. There are three places you should keep your eye on. Right outside out neighborhood, keep you eye on Altimos Blvd, especially where it crosses PCH. Please do this for two reasons, the first being crime is up along that corridor. The second is that's the corridor that leads north to the neighborhood where the homicide of Alicia Faith Todd took place on 06/24.
Also notice there is a string of thefts and assaults on Anaheim just east of our neighborhood. They do not trend any direction, but keep your eye on the east end on Anaheim, just in case they do begin to trend east.
There was not a lot of tagging this week. The tagging shown on the map is minor and does not cluster anywhere. One trend was predictable. On Wednesday I reported that there was increased crime along PCH. While it doesn't trend either direction if you compare the map on Wednesday to the one released today you will notice, that the number of incidents has nearly doubled along PCH.
The top map represents crime through Wednesday along PCH. The bottom is crime through Sunday. Notice how both the number of overall incidents doubles as does the number of specific types. For instance, by Wed along Altimos we have two car thefts. By Sunday, we have another one and someone stealing from a car as well as a theft along Anaheim just outside our neighborhood. In other words if you see crime increase in a specific area, keep your eye on that area.
Right now, especially keep an eye on Altimos and PCH.
