Redondo Beach commissioners receive police and harbor patrol safety reports; new harbor response fees noted

Redondo Beach Harbor Commission members on Sept. 8 received quarterly safety briefings from the city police and harbor patrol and voted to receive and file the reports.

Sergeant Brian Weiss of the Redondo Beach Police Department told commissioners the department’s three-month stat summary covering June through August shows ongoing issues at the pier with graffiti, transient-related welfare checks and animal calls, even as some serious crimes have trended lower. "A lot of graffiti going on in the pier," Weiss said, and added that existing cameras have helped "catch a couple of crimes" at the substation.

Weiss read broader counts for the pier area: in 2024 officers logged 2,157 calls for service; crimes against persons were 45, disturbances involving transients that became mental-health holds numbered about 16, the department produced approximately 435 incident reports and made 50 arrests. For 2025 to date he reported 734 calls for service, 25 crimes against persons, roughly 10 disturbance/mental-health holds, about 190 reports and 43 arrests.

Weiss and commissioners discussed youth behavior tied to…