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Carson public-safety leaders report drop in some crimes, ramped enforcement against street racing
Summary
Carson Sheriff’s Station and Los Angeles County Fire Department presented monthly updates noting declines in robberies and residential burglaries, a street-racing enforcement operation and fire/EMS response counts for March.
Carson public-safety leaders delivered updates to the City Council on April 1, reporting recent enforcement operations, staffing challenges and statistics for March.
Captain Norman and Lieutenant Kiana Penn of the Carson Sheriff’s Station introduced the detective bureau leadership and described investigative work the station is conducting. Lieutenant Penn said the detective unit handles search warrants, surveillance, follow-up investigations and encourages the public to contact detectives with investigative information. Penn said detectives and patrol deputies are “approachable” and that the unit prioritizes follow-up on citizen reports.
Council members asked about countywide recruitment and vacancies. A councilmember cited roughly 1,400 countywide vacancies; Lieutenant Penn said the sheriff’s department has streamlined its testing process, added pop-up testing events and consolidated multiple hiring steps to attract applicants, including out-of-state candidates.
Captain Norman and staff described a recent operation targeting organized street racing in South Carson, conducted with the California Highway Patrol and other teams. The operation resulted in five arrests, 34 spectator arrests, 40 vehicles impounded, 42 citations issued and five modified-emissions citations, according to the presentation.
Assistant Fire Chief Brian Kane presented Los Angeles County Fire Department statistics for March. Kane reported 955 calls for service in the jurisdictional area for the month, of which 25 were fires (none were structure fires), including two RV/mobile-home fires, one semi-truck fire and one vehicle fire; he said 21 outside rubbish/vegetation fires were recorded, of which 18 involved persons experiencing homelessness. Kane reported 675 EMS responses for the month and said 527 of those calls involved ALS (advanced life-support) responses from paramedics.
Kane also described a small oil spill near Alameda and Sepulveda that was mitigated with assistance from local refineries and cleanup contractors; he said none of the oil reached waterways. Kane reminded residents to replace smoke-alarm and carbon-monoxide batteries at daylight-saving time and noted that the county and Red Cross can provide smoke detectors to those unable to purchase units.
Councilmembers thanked the departments for their work and urged continued outreach on recruitment and community programs.
