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Police, staff summarize busy Car Week; officers cite crowd control and parking as main issues
Summary
Police Chief Trejo and city staff presented an after-action review of Car Week events, citing heavy visitor volumes, a small number of arrests, towing and traffic enforcement statistics, and resident survey results; staff outlined next-year options including traffic-pattern changes, more officer staffing and community listening sessions.
Police Chief Trejo and Community Activities staff summarized the city’s Car Week after-action review, saying the events were busy but were handled without large public-safety incidents.
The presentation matters because tens of thousands of visitors pass through Carmel-by-the-Sea during Car Week, producing safety, parking and business impacts that the city and residents repeatedly identify in surveys.
Police Chief Trejo said the department recorded 137 traffic stops, issued about 70 citations, made seven arrests, towed 13 vehicles and documented one drunk-driving arrest. A small number of weapons were confiscated, and two high‑profile vandalism incidents (damaged McLarens) were investigated and a suspect was taken into custody, he said. “We had a no-tolerance approach to sideshows and burnouts,” Trejo said, adding that two…
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