Posted on 12/07/2021 12:53:06 PM PST by BenLurkin
Spurred by a series of robberies, shootings and other crimes in the Melrose Avenue area in recent months, a neighborhood group has raised $30,000 for license plate readers that will be installed beginning this week.
Melrose Action, a group that tracks crimes and breaking news in the busy shopping corridor and surrounding neighborhoods between La Cienega and La Brea avenues, spearheaded the fundraiser, which launched in August.
City Councilman Paul Koretz, who represents the area, donated $10,000 from his discretionary accounts to the project.
As of Nov. 27, total violent and property crimes in the LAPD’s Wilshire Division, which includes the Melrose area, were down 12.4% year to date from 2019 and up 2% from 2020, according to LAPD statistics. Property crimes, including burglaries and vehicle thefts, were down 17% from 2019 and up less than 1% from 2020, although vehicle thefts have surged 70% over numbers seen in 2019 and 25% over 2020 figures.
Violent crimes were up 12.3% from 2019 and up 6.8% from 2020.
But license plate readers, and the data they capture, have come under fire as they have gained prevalence among law enforcement agencies.
Last year, the California state auditor said that the Los Angeles Police Department and three other California law enforcement agencies had not provided sufficient privacy protections for the millions of images captured by their readers and shared with other agencies.
Melrose Action has contracted with Flock Safety for its cameras, which will be mounted on private property, including residences and businesses, Nichols said.
According to Flock Safety’s website, the company provides license plate reader equipment and services to neighborhoods and law enforcement agencies and stores information for 30 days before deleting it.
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RACISTS!! You’re supposed to let them take your stuff and smile.
License plate thefts predicted to rise in Melrose Avenue area .
Now that every crook in your neighborhood knows about the readers, do you think the crooks might: 1) cover the plates up, 2) steal more cars for use in the robbery, or 3) ignore the readers and just do the robbery anyway?
I think I read that in the recent 80-strong Nordstrom theft in Walnut Creek CA, the thieves covered up their plates.
There's no point in identifying thieves if the cops won't arrest them.
No point in arresting thieves if they're released without a bail a few hours later.
Dear Motorist,
Melrose Police noticed in reviewing the theft of your vehicle, that a Racist bumper sticker was visible on your vehicle that offended residents in the neighborhood where it was stripped and abandoned.
This is a serious Vehicle Code Violation which is strictly enforced.
You have Fourteen Days to plead guilty and pay the mandatory minimum fine of $2500.00 or a warrant for your arrest will be issued by the local Code Enforcement Referee. (Note that the Referee is a non judicial appointment)
Sincerely Yours,
Melrose Police Department.
“Here in Los Angeles, I’ve seen thieves brazenly walk out of grocery stores with stolen items, and the security guard just watches.”
Same here LOL. GHetto animals. The most recent one was either Ross or Marshall’s 2 months ago at Western and Hollywood. My GF and I weren’t even surprised. My guess is Marshall’s because security there looks like they want to blow their brains out.
How Dare they, they Voted and Advocated for this lifestyle thier entire lives and now that them chickens have come home they don’t like it?
Plastic People see Zappa
The will be lucky if the license plate readers aren't stolen as well.
That will not even help. The only thing that will work is a WALL. A big beautiful WALL Donald Trump has the specs.
Yes. The criminals will do all of the above.
You can also bet that the license plate reader data will be used to track "subversive elements" in the neighborhood. That will be anybody who objects to some government policy - and anybody who visits them.
What the readers won't do is reduce property crimes or violent crimes against persons.
Criminals with the approved race or ethnic background know that they have an automatic "Get-out-of-Jail-Free" card. The police will not protect residents, and the residents will not be allowed to forcibly resist criminals. That is the source of the problem.
And the crooks will spend two minutes of their time and remove the plates. Or drive stolen vehicles.
The ACLU will file suit arguing that taking measures to catch illegals performing illegal activities is illegal.
Or...change hunting grounds.
they did this in my old hood almost 30 years ago
Why is this suddenly news ?
Today Some areas have 24/7 drone coverage.
Just keep voting the same way...suckers.
“License plate thefts predicted to rise in Melrose Avenue area.”
They also identify hot plates, and vehicles with unreadable plates.
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