LAPD Hollywood Wants to Hear From the Community
How is LAPD Hollywood doing? What is working — and what could be improved?
The Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollywood Community Police Station is asking community members to participate in its Community Sentiment Survey, giving residents an opportunity to provide direct feedback about police services and community concerns.
City Takes a Harder Look at License-Plate Surveillance
Los Angeles is taking another look at how automatic license-plate reader technology should be used—and what safeguards should be in place before a new system is deployed.
On October 20, the Los Angeles City Council’s Public Safety Committee voted to recommend a veto of LAPD’s proposed Axon automatic license-plate reader pilot program. The action follows the City Council’s earlier October 6 vote to assert jurisdiction over the proposal and pause its implementation while Council members examined it more closely.
Community Safety The Future of Unarmed Response
Register to Attend Community Safety: The Past, Present, and Future of Unarmed Crisis Response
Attendees will learn more about LA City's Unarmed Response Programs, and how the Office of the Mayor is working to fully integrate these programs into our public safety system. This event will host a panel discussion featuring both Unarmed Response program leaders, and representatives from our public safety departments. The Office of the Mayor hopes attendees will gain insight into the intent of each program and learn how to utilize both.
Reported Copper Wire Theft: Streetlight & Communications Outages in Hollywoodland
Streetlight, Telephone and Internet outages
Neighborhood reports link copper-wire theft to widespread streetlight outages in Hollywoodland. Volunteers have cataloged approximately 70 dark streetlights, although the cause of each outage has not been independently confirmed.
Copper theft has also reportedly disrupted internet service at Beachwood Market and affected other AT&T DSL customers in the neighborhood. Witnesses reported suspected wire theft from a nearby manhole and notified police and AT&T. Telephone outages have also been reported, but their connection to the thefts remains unconfirmed.