CRIME PATROL CITES OR ARRESTS 24 IN LANCASTER.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Two dozen people were cited or arrested Thursday in a daylong day·long adj. Lasting through the whole day. adv. Through the day; all day. Adj. 1. daylong - lasting through an entire day sweep targeting crime along Lancaster Boulevard and Avenue I, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's officials said. The arrests and citations included 10 people drinking in public, three people in possession of drugs or drug paraphernalia drug paraphernalia Controlled paraphernalia Substance abuse As defined in a regulatory context, DP is a hypodermic syringe, needle, metal or plastic (snorting) tube, or other instrument or implement or combination adapted for the administration of controlled , and 11 people for misdemeanor misdemeanor, in law, a minor crime, in contrast to a felony. At common law a misdemeanor was a crime other than treason or a felony. Although it might be a grave offense, it did not affect the feudal bond or take away the offender's property. By the 19th cent. warrants. Two traffic citations were also issued as part of the operation. ``This is an ongoing operation,'' said sheriff's Sgt. Gil Arce. ``We want violators to get the message to get out of Lancaster.'' The arrests come as part of the Target Oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. Policing program, a joint operation between the city of Lancaster The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. and the Sheriff's Department that focuses on high-crime areas. Thursday's sweeps come following a survey of businesses along Lancaster Boulevard and Avenue I earlier this year. Officials said they have talked to all the businesses about crime concerns in their area and are now trying to address some of those issues. In five teams of two, deputies on bicycles, in an undercover vehicle and in three patrol cars looked for loiterers, panhandlers, prostitutes, people drinking in public and any other suspects - even illegal skateboarders. ``Sometimes it is hard to catch these violators,'' said Arce. ``By the time the businesses call us and we show up, they're gone. This way we can concentrate all of our efforts on them.'' Surveys of businesses along Avenue I from Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling to 15th Street West took place about two months ago. Lancaster Boulevard sites from Sierra Highway to 10th Street West were surveyed about three weeks ago. ``We've gotten a lot of letters from businesses along Avenue I thanking us for cleaning it up,'' said Arce. ``They said it would take them hours to get rid of transients; now it only takes them five minutes.'' One of the people arrested Thursday was a man who bought a bottle from a liquor store on Avenue I, then proceeded to drink it as he walked along Kingtree Avenue, officials said.Deputies spotted him near Kingtree Avenue and Avenue H-14 and issued him a citation. |
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