Local News in Brief : Less Theft of City Property
City-owned buildings have had few theft problems in 1987, a year after there was a “severe” security problem, according to an unpublished Los Angeles city report.
The report, by the security division of the Department of General Services, said the value of property stolen from city buildings rose by nearly 200% in 1986, when thieves took IBM computers, television sets and other city equipment worth $136,213 and $12,030 in employees’ private property.
“We knew we had a severe problem there,” said Brookes Treidler, assistant general manager for General Services. This year, however, there have been “only a handful” of petty thefts per month, Treidler said.
City security officials believe the reduction in burglaries was due to the firing of two city employees who were suspected in the thefts but never charged.
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