CITY LAUNCHES APARTMENT POLICING TEAM.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - Eight sheriff's deputies next week will begin policing apartment complexes and other rental properties in a new city program. The eight deputies, plus a sergeant and a lieutenant LIEUTENANT. This word has now a narrower meaning than it formerly had; its true meaning is a deputy, a substitute, from the French lieu, (place or post) and tenant (holder). Among civil officers we have lieutenant governors, who in certain cases perform the duties of governors; (vide, the who will supervise them, were introduced Tuesday morning. ``I've been dreaming of this for so long,'' said Deputy District Attorney David Berger David Berger may refer to:
The deputies will be assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to fight crime in and around rental properties, which city officials say contain about 39 percent of Lancaster's population but accounted for 64 percent of reported crimes in 2002. The deputies will not only target illegal activity by residents of rental properties but will also police areas around apartments that become hangouts for gang members and drug dealers. ``Our rental property tenants have been held hostage hostage, person held by another as a guarantee that certain actions or promises will or will not be carried out. During periods of internal turmoil, insurgents often seize hostages; recent examples include seizures of Americans and other foreigners by militants in long enough,'' said Lancaster Sheriff's Station Commander Capt. Carl Deeley. ``They have a monumental mon·u·men·tal adj. 1. Of, resembling, or serving as a monument. 2. Impressively large, sturdy, and enduring. 3. project ahead of them. They will be dealing with something that has been building for the last several years.'' The eight LAN-CAP deputies were picked from 37 deputies who applied for the new team, officials said. All eight already work in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , and the sheriff's department will transfer in other deputies to fill their former positions. Sheriff's officials said they don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how long that will take. The deputies will attend a three-day training session on rental property housing laws and other subjects. Their patrols begin Monday. In addition to investigating crimes and making arrests, the deputies will also teach crime-prevention methods to rental property owners, managers and tenants. ``You look at this team and you can see that nothing can happen but success,'' Councilman Andy Visokey said. The program is funded in part by a landlord business license fee imposed by the city last year. The fee - $65 a year for landlords who own at least two rental units, plus $25 for each additional unit - will pay about a quarter of the cost for the eight deputies, officials said. |
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