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Mayor credits residents and new public safety division as crime falls about 40%
Summary
Mayor Paseo said crime is down about 40% in the city, credited coordination with LASD, proactive city staff and resident reporting, and described a new public safety division with liaisons to relieve LASD administrative tasks and focus on traffic safety and hazard mitigation.
Mayor Paseo said he spoke with Captain Guerrero and reported that "crime is down about 40% in the city," which he credited to proactive city staff, coordination with LASD and residents reporting suspicious activity.
He described the city's newly created public safety division as intended to lower crime and address hazard mitigation and disaster preparation. The division will include public safety liaisons who will handle traffic-safety measures and other duties that reduce administrative burdens on LASD, allowing deputies to focus on core policing duties. "In the next coming months, we're gonna have full staffing," Paseo said.
Paseo also recounted a recent enforcement outcome, saying community reports helped LASD locate and arrest individuals tied to a string of arsons about a month earlier. He credited resident reporting — "see something, say something" — as important to the response.
