Leaders of Fight Against Crime Honored
The crime-fighting partnership between West Hollywood residents and city officials won praise Monday from the City Council for the coordinated efforts to make the area safer.
The council awarded plaques to sheriff’s deputies, Public Safety Commission staff, Neighborhood Watch leaders and residents. The West Hollywood sheriff’s station enlists 26 Neighborhood Watch groups.
City officials attribute a drop of 22.8% in serious crimes, including murder, rape, burglary and theft, to residents and city officials working together, said Susan Duenas, the city’s neighborhood safety specialist. The most significant drop was in auto burglaries--from 549 in June 1995 to 346 this June.
In 1984, West Hollywood was one of the first sheriff’s stations to adopt community-based policing strategies.
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