Category Archives: Crime/Police

CRIME REPORT—Senior Lead Officer Espin Reports on Hot Prowl; Attempted Rape

Pacific Palisades Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin wrote in a crime report released on February 9 that “last week was very busy, we had five burglaries and six vehicle crimes and an attempted rape. “I met with our detectives to … Continue reading

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Brush Fire in the Huntington Bluffs Friday

Los Angeles and Santa Monica Firefighters mounted an attack by ground and air on the burning brush in steep terrain below the Huntington Palisades on February 10. The fire was reported at 6:01 p.m. and two lanes of Pacific Coast … Continue reading

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Palisades Senior Lead Officer Espin Provides Rape Attempt Update

(Editor’s note: Palisades Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin provided the following update about an attempted rape that occurred over the weekend at Will Rogers State Beach.) I have been in contact with our Operations West Bureau Detectives who are actively … Continue reading

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Santa Monica Lacks Safety for Visitors: Businesses Ask City for Help

(Editor’s warning: the photos at the end of the piece are graphic and disturbing. This editor will leave a space between the end of the story and the  photos, so readers can exit and avoid looking at them.) A sign … Continue reading

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CRIME – Officer Espin Reports January: Homeless Encampment off El Medio

Pacific Palisades Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin has released the crime report from January. “Overall part one crime is lower,” he said in a January 26 email. “The only category that experience a rise was residential burglaries. We have had … Continue reading

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Telling the Story of the Death of Keenan Anderson

The Wall Street Journal in a Saturday letter from the publisher wrote “reliable information is the most valuable currency of the epoch. A faulty news dispatch can send massive ripples. Hyperbole, infatuation with spectacle and thinly sourced media reports with … Continue reading

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CRIME—Dead Body, Public Safety and Espin Report

Pacific Palisades Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin reported on December 23 that “West LA Area Officers received a call for service regarding a decomposed body located a quarter mile off of Parker Mesa trail. At this time there is no … Continue reading

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CRIME- Pacific Palisades from December 4 to 10

Pacific Palisades Senior Lead officer Brian Espin wrote on December 15 “As you can see our area was very busy last week. If you notice two of the burglaries occurred in the same location. This was because areas of a … Continue reading

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Captain Craig Heredia Speaks about Local Crime and Recruitement

(Editor’s note: Part I of the interview with Captain Craig Heredia, who is the new Commanding Officer of the West L.A Division, ran on November 22. This is part two.)  This past February, Captain Craig Heredia was promoted to Captain … Continue reading

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Captain Craig Heredia Assumes Command of West L.A. LAPD

Captain III Craig Heredia was appointed to the head the 65-square mile West L.A. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) at the beginning of November. Heredia was the West L.A. Patrol Commanding Office under Captain Jonathan Tom, who was promoted as … Continue reading

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