Crime Bill Funds Should Help 6th LAPD Division
City Councilman Richard Alarcon’s recent motion to create a sixth police division in the San Fernando Valley deserves the full support of every resident in the Valley.
The councilman points out the need to concentrate a larger police presence in the higher crime areas, while relieving the five existing police divisions of being too spread out to effectively control the high-crime pockets. While some resistance to his plan may grow out of a concern over available funds, the recently enacted federal crime bill should help implement this plan.
Councilman Alarcon has been successful in maintaining a gang truce in portions of the northeast Valley, but the recent murders of two elderly women in their homes and a businessman in Van Nuys emphasizes the need for an increased and more visible presence of the police on our streets.
DON SCHULTZ
Van Nuys
Schultz is president of the Van Nuys Homeowners Assn.
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