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Loomis police, fire report: armed robbery response, neighborhood traffic stops and traffic-calming plans
Summary
The sheriff’s sergeant described an armed suspect incident that prompted a large multi-unit response, canine deployment and shelter-in-place messages; deputies also reported a spike in traffic stops in the Oak-and-Walnut neighborhood and coordinated a forthcoming speed and traffic calming study with public works.
Sergeant Chris Fisher of the Placer County Sheriff’s Office briefed the Loomis Town Council on July police activity, including a notable armed incident on Taylor Road that prompted a multi-unit law enforcement response and deployment of a canine unit and crisis negotiators.
According to Fisher, deputies confronted a suspected thief who lived in a nearby trailer. The suspect was reportedly agitated and armed at times; deputies deployed a canine unit and “less-lethal” rounds to subdue and take the suspect into custody. Businesses in the area briefly sheltered in place and the Sheriff’s Office used the county Everbridge notification system to alert residents in the neighborhood while the response was underway. Fisher told the council the subject was taken into custody without significant injury to deputies or the suspect.
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