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Cerritos reports falling burglaries as city expands cameras, drones and staffing
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Mayor Frank Aurelio Yokoyama said residential burglaries are down 7.5% in the first five months of 2025 and outlined new public-safety tools including automated license-plate readers, aerial drones and more community safety officers.
Cerritos Mayor Frank Aurelio Yokoyama told attendees at the 2025 State of the City that residential burglaries in the first five months of 2025 fell 7.5% compared with the same period last year, and city officials have deployed new tools to sustain that trend.
The mayor said the city has prioritized residential burglary alarm calls, shortening average deputy response time from 24 minutes last year to seven minutes today. "We have prioritized residential burglary alarm calls, reducing average response time of our deputies from 24 minutes last year to just 7 minutes today," Yokoyama said.
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