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Lawndale council approves pilot public-safety officer position to handle nonemergency calls
Summary
Council authorized a pilot Public Safety Officer (PSO) position to handle nonemergency reports, free deputies for patrol, and increase community engagement; the one-off pilot and budget passed unanimously after presentations from Norwalk and Bellflower officials.
The Lawndale City Council voted unanimously on Nov. 18 to approve funding and create a pilot Public Safety Officer position designed to take routine, nonemergency reports off deputy workloads and increase visible community engagement.
City staff presented a revised job description and budget for a municipal Public Safety Officer (previously labeled a community service officer). Staff said the PSO would be a municipal employee, dispatchable by the county when appropriate, unarmed, and trained to take incident and collision reports, handle property-loss and noncriminal matters, and perform high-visibility patrols aimed at preventing escalation. The staff report included a cost breakdown and recommended a…
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