SAN FERNANDO VALLEY : Guardian Angels Launch Patrols on Sepulveda Blvd.
Saying they have been inundated by calls from residents frightened by crime, the Guardian Angels this week returned to the San Fernando Valley, opening a local headquarters and launching patrols on Sepulveda Boulevard.
The Angels set up shop in the Valley once before, in 1982, but pulled out three years later to consolidate operations in Hollywood.
Guardian Angels Southern California Director Weston Conwell said his private group, which conducts anti-crime patrols by civilian volunteers who have no police powers, has received hundreds of requests for assistance, especially after the Los Angeles Police Department released studies of so-called Valley crime hot spots.
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