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Lancaster officials credit hybrid police model and new technology for steep crime declines
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City leaders and law enforcement credited Lancaster’s hybrid police–sheriff partnership, expanded cameras, drone response and a newly awarded $2 million violence-intervention grant for reductions in several crime categories, including a reported 15% drop in Part I crimes.
Lancaster, CA — City leaders and law enforcement on the Lancaster City Council dais on Monday described a roughly yearlong operation that the city says has driven down several categories of crime by combining a newly created Lancaster police force with expanded sheriff’s resources and new technology.
Mayor R. Rex Paris told the council the city pursued a hybrid police model to supplement, not replace, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s resources after a decade of what he described as slow county response. "We now have the Lancaster Police Department with very experienced officers," Paris said, noting the city hired officers with significant patrol backgrounds and installed street technologies the city had wanted for years. "Crime has dropped 15%."
The mayor credited executive decisions to pursue local capacity and new tools with improving public…
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