Raids Continue in Palmdale as "Crime Assessment Center" is deployed for the first time Posted by ekf on 8/18/2010, 10:54 pm, in reply to "Palmdale drug raid nets 43"
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Raids Continue in Palmdale as "Crime Assessment Center" is deployed for the first time
By Fran Paolinelli and Tom Bryant
Palmdale — In Palmdale Station’s continual fight to further drive down the crime rate in the Antelope Valley; they have teamed up with the Sheriff’s Department’s Crime Assessment Center (CAC) and the Crime Analysis Program (CAP), to implement a pilot program that will aid in future policing.
Palmdale Station worked with members from both the CAC and CAP conducting an in depth study from January to Current of two reporting districts in the Palmdale Station area deemed to be the most active. Their research identified that the area had the following criminal elements;
-220 Active Parolees.
·10 Section 8 Residents with outstanding arrest warrants.
·Year to Date, 528 residents had been arrested for various crimes within those districts.
·46 Robberies, 47 Narcotics Arrests, and 23 Assaults with Deadly Weapons.
·25 Armed and Unarmed Robberies in the last three months have all had similar suspect descriptions.
Aided with this information as well as an onsite Crime Assessment Unit, 66 Deputies will be divided into 7 teams to target 350 active arrest warrants in the area, 33 parole and probation locations, and 10 section 8 locations. Deputies will also be conducting saturation patrols both in marked units, bicycles, and motor units to gain intelligence and identify potential suspects in the recent rash of robberies.
This operation will focus on the area comprised in the boundaries of Ave Q to Ave R and from 10th Street West to 20th Street East. The information gathered during the contacts made by deputies will, for the first time, be “Real-Time” and processed by the on-scene Crime Assessment Unit to identify correlation to recent criminal activity.
“It’s truly an honor that we’re seeing the latest in high tech law enforcement unveiled right here in Palmdale,” said Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford. “It’s certainly appropriate because not only are our Sheriff’s the finest in the world, but also because Palmdale has always been on the cutting edge in some of the world’s most advanced technologies, especially in the aerospace field.”
Palmdale Station captain Commented, “This is an exciting step in the advancement of technology as it relates to law enforcement. I am very excited that Palmdale Station is able to implement another first in modern day policing here in Palmdale.”
Similar real-time operations have been slated to occur throughout the Antelope Valley in the near future.
Palmdale Deputies Stage Raids
By Fran Paolinelli and Tom Bryant
Palmdale — Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies assigned to the Palmdale station staged raids into an area of Palmdale Thursday night. Almost 70 deputies deployed into the area between 10th street west and 20th street east, Avenue Q to Avenue R in what Lt. Gregg called a “quality of life issue”.
The Palmdale station received some help Thursday with the “Crime Assessment Center” which was deployed from Headquarters to the Palmdale area. The 40 foot trailer was being manned during the operations and the operations are expected to continue until late into the evening.
The system gives deputies “real time Intelligence” into the arrests, crime and incidents within the area saturated by deputies and is another modern tool used by the Palmdale station to continue bringing crime down.
Updates to follow
As of 7:15PM Thursday night deputies had arrested 23 subjects on various crimes including robbery, burglary, narcotics alcohol violations and warrants.
www.avnewstodayonline.com Raids Continue 'OG gangsters' arrested in L.A. gang sweepPosted by EKF on 8/26/2010, 4:57 am, in reply to "Re: Raids Continue today in Palmdale "
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EXPOSITION PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Dozens of suspected murderers and drug dealers were taken off L.A. streets and put behind bars in a citywide gang sweep on Wednesday.
During an overnight raid, at least two dozen members of the gang Pueblo Bishops Bloods were taken into custody. They are all being charged under the federal racketeering and corruption act.
It was called Operation Family Ties because police targeted the shot callers and the "original gangsters" - the heavy hitters in the gang.
It's the first time that the RICO Act has been used against a black L.A. street gang.
"This gang was among the most violent that we've encountered," said Steven Martinez, FBI assistant director.
More than 1,000 FBI and LAPD agents swept down on the Pueblo del Rio housing project in South L.A. Police said more than 30 people have been arrested so far.
According to the indictment, Pueblo Bishops Bloods, was a criminal enterprise, using narcotics, robberies and murder to control their territory.
"Much of this criminal activity happened right in the midst of a preschool, playground and elementary school in the Pueblo del Rio neighborhood," he said.
There are believed to be 300 active gang members. They are even accused of targeting police officers who were on patrol in the area.
Some of those arrested will be facing life in prison if they are convicted. Arrests are expected to continue.
Authorities said they know the gang sweep won't end the gang's dominance, but they're hoping the arrests will severely hamper their efforts.
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