Councilmember Mike Bonin requested more officers following an uptick in crime in the neighborhood.
Following a recent spate of crimes over the summer in Brentwood, CD11 Councilmember Mike Bonin stepped in to organize additional police presence in the area.
After receiving reports of break-ins and other crimes, Bonin reached out to Commander of LAPD’s West Bureau Dennis Kato. Kato agreed to increase police presence in the area, which will help in the short term.
However, Bonin is continuing to work with the Los Angeles City Council and top officials at LAPD in an effort to have more officers patrolling neighborhoods.
Bonin is also working on a “Back to Basic Car” proposal, which would see more police patrolling neighborhoods in an effort to stop crimes before they happen.
West LA Police Officer III James W. Lavenson said he had reviewed the local crime reports and said he believed some of the crimes may be avoidable. “Hide It, Lock It, Keep It,” is his motto: urging residents to please lock and secure their vehicles and residences. He added, “Some of our quality of life issues and rules need to be reinforced to our homeless population.”
Below is the police blotter for July and August:
BURGLARY/THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
13OO Wellesley Ave. 7-26-17 7:00 P.M
Suspect entered the victim’s vehicle by unknown means and removed property.
11200 Olympic Bl. 7-29-17 2:30 P.M
Suspect(s) removed fog lights from the victim’s vehicle and fled location with said property.
11600 Iowa Ave. 7-29-17 1:00 A.M
Suspect gained access to the victim’s vehicle by unknown means and removed property.
1400 S. Bundy Dr. 7-26-17 6:00 P.M
Suspect(s) pryed the victim’s vehicle door and removed property and fled the location in an unknown direction.
1500 Armacost Ave. 7-26-17 5:00 P.M
The suspect(s) opened the victim’s unsecured vehicle and removed property.
1800 Corinth Ave. 8-6-17 12:00 A.M
Suspect smashed the front passenger side window of the victim’s vehicle. Suspect(s) fled location with the victim’s property.
1500 Amherst Ave. 8-5-17 4:00 P.M
Suspect gained entry into the victim’s vehicle by unknown means. Suspect(s) removed property and fled location.
1200 Armacost Ave. 11:00 P.M
Suspect(s) entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle and removed property.
1800 W. Olympic Bl. 6:30 P.M
Suspect(s) smashed the victim’s vehicle window and removed property.
11900 Walnut Ln. 8-3-17 3:30 P.M & 8-4-17 7:55 A.M
Suspect(s) removed the headlights from the victim’s vehicle and fled the location.
1800 Purdue Ave. 7:00 P.M & 8-4-17 7:00 A.M
Unknown suspect(s) gained entry to the victim’s unlocked vehicle and removed property.
1270 Granville Ave. 8-4-17 6:00 P.M
Suspect(s) gained entry to the victim’s unlocked vehicle and removed property.
1300 Wellesley Ave. 8-4-17 5:00 A.M
Suspect(s) opened the victim’s unlocked vehicle and removed property.
1900 Sawtelle Bl. 8-4-17 3:00 & 8-7-17 4:00 A.M
Suspect opened the victim’s unlocked vehicle and removed property.
1200 Barry Ave. 8-4-17 6:00 P.M & 8-6-17 9:00 P.M
Suspect(s) smashed the victim’s vehicle window and removed property from the vehicle.
11900 Walnut Ln. 8-11-17 6:30 P.M & 8-12-17 8:30 A.M
Suspect(s) smashed the victim’s vehicle window and gained entry. The suspect removed property and fled the location.
1200 S. Barrington Ave. 8-11-17 6:00 P.M
Unknown suspect(s) smashed the victim’s vehicle window and removed property.
1600 S. Westgate Ave. 8-12-17 5:30 A.M
Suspect(s0 gained entry to the victim’s unsecured vehicle and removed property. The suspect gained entry into the parking structure by prying the door to the complex.
Bundy Dr. & Olympic Bl. 8-10-17 8:00 P.M
Suspect broke the victim’s passenger side window and gained entry and removed property.
1200 S. Barrington Ave. 8-10-17 7:30 P.M
Suspect broke the side window to the victim’s vehicle and removed property.
1800 Barry Ave. 8-7-17 4:00 P.M & 8-9-17 11:00 A.M
Suspect entered the victim’s vehicle by unknown means and removed property.
BURGLARY
11300 Nebraska Ave. 7-30-17 12:00 P.M & 8-1-17 8:30 A.M
Unknown suspect gained entry to the apartment complex and went into the laundry room. The suspect pryed the machines and removed coins and fled the loction.
11400 W.Olympic Bl. 8-5-17 2:00 A.M
Unknown suspect(s) gained entry into the building. The victim stated that no property was missing.
2200 Colby Ave. 8-8-17 1:25 A.M
Suspect(s) climbed over a fence and gained entry onto the victim’s property. The suspect removed electronics and fled the location.
1500 S. Saltair Ave. 8-14-17 4:00 P.M & 8-5-17 9:00 A.M
Suspect forced entry into the laundry room and removed coins from the machines. The suspect fled the location with victim’s property.
1200 Federal Ave. 8-9-17 5:45 A.M
Suspect(s) gained entry into the victim’s residence by unknown means, the property was ransacked. The suspect(s) fled the location in an unknown direction with the victim’s property.
ROBBERY
1500 Purdue Ave. 8-2-17 12:35 A.M
The suspect pushed victim to the ground and pulled a bag from his shoulder and fled the location. The victim was not injured, however the suspects fled the location with the victim’s property.
Wilshire Bl. & Texas 8-15-17 3:15 P.M
The suspects approached the victim in the alley and pulled a knife and demanded property from the victim’s pockets. The victim’s were in fear and gave their property to the suspects.
1700 S. Carmelina, Olympic Bl. & Bundy Dr. and the suspect was arrested on Berkeley & Santa Monica Bl.
7-28-17 5:00 P.M
This was a carjacking that involved multiple victim’s, several patrol units and our Air Unit. The suspect was arrested, no citizens were injured.
ARRESTS
Numerous arrests were made in the first two weeks of August: several for possession of narcotics and narcotics for sale, Burglary, Robbery and several other crimes.
