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Sheriff and fire officials review station resources, MET unit and planned drone and camera systems

City of West Hollywood Community Safety Presentation · March 23, 2026

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Summary

West Hollywood’s sheriff and LA County Fire Department briefed attendees on station staffing, special teams (MET and entertainment policing), and future public-safety technology including a Drone-First-Responder pilot and a real-time camera watch center.

West Hollywood residents touring public-safety facilities heard from Los Angeles County Sheriff and Fire Department representatives about local policing teams, mental-health response resources and planned technology upgrades.

Sgt. Jason Duran, service-area sergeant at the West Hollywood Sheriff Station, summarized station organization, training and special teams. He said deputies assigned to West Hollywood receive POST-certified training plus additional LGBTQ-focused training developed for the station and taught statewide. Duran described three locally based special teams: a daytime community-oriented policing/problem-solving (COPS) team focused on quality-of-life issues, a five-officer entertainment policing team (EPT) for the nightlife district, and a Mental Evaluation Team (MET) that pairs a specially trained deputy with a clinician to respond to mental-health-related calls in the field.

Duran previewed technological additions: a planned Drone-First-Responder (DFR) pilot to get overhead situational awareness on priority calls, and a real-time watch center that will display live feeds from an initial set of cameras with a goal of more than 50 fixed-camera locations.

Battalion Chief Kevin Price (LA County Fire Department) described Battalion 1 coverage and fire-station staffing. He said West Hollywood has two stations (Station 7—newer and the planned tour site—and Station 8—an older station with historic status) and noted mutual-aid arrangements with neighboring agencies for major events. Price described training, prevention programs and community-facing offerings such as youth explorer programs and a women’s fire-prep academy.

Sgt. Duran also guided attendees on station tour rules—groups of seven at a time, restricted photography in dispatch and a brief walk-through of the station’s real-time watch center and patrol resources.