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Sheriff's deputy reports Part I crime decline and recent anti-phishing enforcement activity
Summary
Deputy Ayers reported a 23% one-year decline and a 47% four-year decline in Part I crimes for March; he also briefed the council on a regional Homeland Security operation that targeted mass-text phishing scams and resulted in arrests and seizure of SIM-card equipment.
Deputy Ayers presented the March 2026 Part I crime statistics and described regional enforcement work. He said the one-year change shows a 23% decrease in Part I crimes compared with 2022 and a 47% decrease over a four-year period; he reported 52 Part I crimes in March 2026 and 138 total for the calendar period cited. He also described assisting Homeland Security with a regional phishing-text sting in which authorities arrested suspects and found SIM-card machines capable of sending high-volume malicious text messages.
Councilmembers thanked deputies for their work and asked about viral social-media posts that listed South El Monte among high-crime cities; Deputy Ayers responded that posted numbers appeared inaccurate and may have conflated data from neighboring jurisdictions. The presentation closed with recognition of deputy community engagement and a lighthearted discussion of deputies' participation in a county baseball tournament.
