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Residents urge Cerritos council to trial closing neighborhood entrance after string of burglaries
Summary
Residents from the Liberty Park/Sunray track pressed the Cerritos City Council on Feb. 13 after repeated home burglaries and slow responses; deputies described new deterrents and staff agreed to meet residents and agendize a study on temporary closures and traffic changes.
Dozens of Cerritos residents told the City Council on Feb. 13 they are terrified after a recent wave of burglaries and home invasions, urging immediate steps including temporary closures of neighborhood entry points, additional cameras and targeted patrols.
At the public‑comment portion of the meeting, Dr. Dionne Washington said her home has been burglarized three times and that in the most recent incident, deputies took “30 minutes” to arrive; other speakers corrected the specific response time to 13–15 minutes in some incidents but stressed that delays have persisted. Multiple residents from the neighborhood near Liberty Park described…
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