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Police report spike in vehicle burglaries and shoplifting in July
Summary
La Verne Deputy Chief Hatcher told the board the police department recorded higher vehicle burglaries and shoplifting incidents in July, with multiple hotel break-ins under investigation.
Deputy Chief Hatcher told the La Verne Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Aug. 7 that the police department’s July report showed increases in vehicle burglaries and shoplifting compared with June. Hatcher said several cars at “the hotels” were broken into and that investigators are “working leads on that as we speak.”
Hatcher presented comparison figures for June and July and noted the other categories were “pretty even.” He did not provide specific counts in the meeting transcript beyond saying those two categories represented their “2 bigger spikes for the month of July.” The transcript does not record whether any arrests had been made or the specific hotels involved.
No members of the public spoke about the incidents during the meeting’s public comment period, which the record shows had no speakers. The department did not attach a written incident list or case numbers in the portion of the record read into the minutes.
Deputy Chief Hatcher closed by asking if there were any questions; none are recorded in the transcript about details such as timelines, suspect descriptions, or whether the department planned a targeted enforcement strategy beyond ongoing investigations.
