CHP, Sheriff to Help Police on the Fourth
The City Council has agreed to pay outside law enforcement agencies about $37,000 to help the Police Department monitor this year’s Fourth of July activities.
The city will pay the California Highway Patrol $14,470 and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department $22,653 to provide public safety services.
CHP officers will help to manage traffic during the July 4 parade, and the Sheriff’s Department will assist in booking prisoners and staffing street barricades. The barricades, new this year, are part of a Police Department plan to keep peace downtown on the holiday by keeping motorists out of a 20-block area.
The department is also increasing the number of officers by 30% in the hope of preventing violence and disturbances like those that have marred past Independence Day celebrations.
Police Chief Ronald E. Lowenberg said that the total cost for holiday law enforcement services this year is projected at $127,000. “Every year, we’ve tried something different . . . to hit the right formula,” Lowenberg said.
“There will be nothing less than zero tolerance” on the Fourth this year, he said. “If anyone violates the law, they will go to jail.”
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