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Cerritos safety committee hears rise in residential burglaries, reports multiple arrests and enforcement steps
Summary
Sheriff's station reported a spike in Part 1 crimes in January and February, with residential burglaries highlighted; deputies described recent arrests, daytime burglary patterns, and steps including increased patrols, tinted-window enforcement, and phase-two license-plate reader installs.
Captain Drew of the Cerritos Sheriff's Station told the Cerritos City Safety Committee on Feb. 18 that the station has seen an increase in Part 1 crimes countywide and locally, with residential burglaries the committee’s primary concern.
“Departmentally across the board in the county, an increase in Part 1 crimes, especially in the months of January and February,” Captain Drew said, listing homicide, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and larceny among the categories driving the rise.
The captain said residential burglaries rose after 2020 and that the station recorded 40 residential burglaries in January when attempted break-ins are included; earlier counts had shown about 30 for actual completed break-ins. He said the department’s year-to-date count for March was 10 (year-to-date through the meeting), and added the department believed it had reached a peak and was observing a possible downward…
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