A Go Long Beach Run today found 14 separate incidents of tagging and 14 incidents of dumping. Of the 14 taggings, ten were gang related and four were probably not. The gang related tagging clusters north of Gaviota and 15th street. Look for the yellow circle on the map. The dumping in that same area is also very serve. There is also a trend of dumping/ minor tagging that begins at Gaviota and Anaheim and then travels North West to 17th and Orange. There is a similar trend following Alamitos and 17th Street South.
Keep an eye on Gaviota/ Rose/ Gardenia where most of the tagging starts. This time, keep your eyes peeled north of 15th Street. Also keep an eye on the encampment outside the CVS at Ester and Orange, it has grown ridiculously large. The furniture store there was reported to Go Long beach for pick up. You can view the Google Map that saves this information here:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?hl=en_US&app=mp&mid=z-3IaZ6r2iPM.k5__YcbLgrRE
The GO Long Beach app is designed to provide Long
Beach, CA residents, businesses, and visitors the opportunity to access
City Hall, 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, from anywhere. You will be
able to quickly submit service requests for issues such as graffiti,
potholes and sign damage. iPhone and Android device users can simply
open the App, select an issue, take a picture, and tap submit - the App
knows the exact location and sends the issue directly to city staff. You
will also be able to track the status of your requests through your
mobile device. So far our neighborhood has used this app, 876 times.
We will get the East end of the MacArthur Park Neighborhood and make a run through AOC7 next. #SupportJosephine
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.
We are beginning a series of community walks through the MacArthur Park Neighborhood. They will take place after 10pm and focus on those areas that currently need the most attention. There will be at least three community walks a week, two during the weekdays and one on the weekend.Tonight's walk saw reduced loitering in the alley behind Anaheim, but the plaza at Walnut and Anaheim is still an issue.
First, neighborhood crime has tapered down, but not far enough. The pattern this week was varied and unpredictable. It does seem robberies, thefts and property crime are trending down the streets of Gaviota and Walbut. Please be extra careful in this area, especially since the police saw fit to put cameras at 14th and Gaviota; clearly something is happening in that area.
Moreover, police are also investigating a non-injury shooting that happened on Long
Beach’s Eastside neighborhood Wednesday night.
Officers were dispatched to Walnut Avenue and Anaheim Street at about
9:45PM on Wednesday, October 21 in regards to a shots heard call, Long
Beach Police Department (LBPD) spokeswoman Marlene Arrona said. Read the full story
Also notice assaults are trending down Cherry. Be especially careful on Cherry after 8pm and in both mentioned areas around 5am.
There is crime cluster south east of the MacArthur Park Neighborhood. Everything happening there is not trending in any particular direction, so be very cautious around Junipero and Anaheim where it leads into our neighborhood. A lot of the marks on the board above took place on a Sunday, especially the ones close to Rotary Centenial Park, so keep an extra eye open on Sundays.
Finally there were two other shootings out of our neighborhood. One was at MLK and 20th. The other was a fatal shooting at 20th and Magnolia.
A man was shot to death early Monday morning in the 2000 block of Magnolia Avenue, authorities said.
Long Beach police said the victim, identified as 25-year-old William Tyshoen Davis, was wounded in the upper body.
Long
Beach Fire Department paramedics responded and took Davis, who was in
critical condition, to a local hospital where he later died, police said
in a press release.Read the full story
MacArthur Park will be supporting the community of Wrigley in every manner possible. We will be reporting all tagging and dumped items a long 20th Street in response in an extra Go Long Beach run this weekend.
Community Meetings
There will be a community meeting for District Six on Tuesday October 27th at Mark Twain
Neighborhood Library. 6pm. The topic will center on public safety including gang activity.
Robert Smith and his staff will host the West Division Leadership Forum
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 6:00pm. The new location will be 1129
Alamitos, at the Grant AME Church There will be a presentation on human
trafficking and a Code Enforcement overview.
