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Sheriff, CHP and DA present December/January crime and traffic numbers; commissioners request comparative traffic reports
Summary
LA County Sheriff's deputy, CHP and District Attorney staff presented December/January reports showing mixed trends: overall Part 1 crime down about 15.8% (Deputy Gruppe), traffic and crash priorities for CHP with 47 fatal accidents in 2025 and strategic enforcement goals, and felony filing counts from the DA; commissioners requested comparative traffic data for year‑over‑year review.
Deputy Kit Gruppe of the LA County Sheriff's Lancaster Station presented ComStat crime statistics for December 2025, reporting city‑level totals and year‑over‑year percentage changes. Gruppe said city homicides numbered 18 in December (a city drop of 35.7% compared with the prior period), while forcible offenses in the city totaled 91 (a city increase of 22.97%), for an overall Part 1 crime drop of 15.76% across city and unincorporated areas. Gruppe also reported city totals for…
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