Neighborhood’s Anti-Drug Barricades Removed
Barricades installed temporarily across streets in a Sepulveda neighborhood two months ago to keep drug dealers out have been removed, with Los Angeles police saying the effort has been a success--so far.
The sawhorse barriers were removed Monday from the neighborhood bounded by Orion Avenue, Nordhoff Street, Langdon Avenue and Parthenia Street. On Jan. 18, the 12-block area was closed off except for one entrance, on Rayen Street, in an effort to halt drive-through drug sales. The street closures followed by three months the permanent barricading of a similar-sized neighborhood along nearby Columbus Avenue.
Police Capt. Jim Whitley estimated Wednesday that the drug dealing in the neighborhood has dropped by an estimated 75%, and other crimes by 30%.
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