RESIDENTS TO PATROL LITTLEROCK.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Hoping to deter peach peach, fruit tree (Prunus persica) of the family Rosaceae (rose family) having decorative pink blossoms and a juicy, sweet drupe fruit. The peach appears to have originated in China, where it was mentioned in literature several centuries before Christ. thieves, illegal dumpers and vandals, a volunteer citizens group will begin patrolling Littlerock today watching for illegal activity. The Littlerock Volunteers Organized to Improve Community Environment members will serve as extra eyes and ears for sheriff's deputies by patrolling shopping centers shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into , parks and other areas, watching for any suspicious activity and reporting it to the Sheriff's Department. ``This is going to have a great impact on the community,'' said Capt. Joe Hladky, the Palmdale sheriff's station commander, speaking to the team in front of its office in a garage and storage building behind the Littlerock fire station. ``You being out in the community is going to make our life better.'' The 19-member Littlerock team is the fifth citizen patrol group organized and trained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. 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 since in 1993. Groups also patrol Palmdale, Lancaster, Quartz Hill and Lake 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. , and total 170 volunteers and five vehicles. ``It's been one of the most successful volunteer programs so far,'' said Deputy Marty Shearer shearer person whose occupation is shearing sheep. , who spent a year organizing the Littlerock team and worked with Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich's office to get a cell phone installed in the Chevrolet Caprice The Chevrolet Caprice (later called Caprice Classic) was a series name of automobile produced by Chevrolet, a division of General Motors, in the United States from the 1965 through 1996 model years. the volunteers will use. Team members are expected to work day and night shifts patrolling the 9,200-resident community that calls itself the fruit basket of the Antelope Valley. Marlene Mallory, president of the Littlerock Town Council and a VOICE volunteer, said the patrols will help make anti-crime efforts more visible. ``The Littlerock Town Council gets a lot of people complaining about illegal dumping or thefts in peach orchards or vandals,'' said Mallory. ``I told them to put their money where their mouth is, and many of them have (joined the VOICE program).'' Peach stealing is a problem in Littlerock, Mallory said. ``People come from out of town and are taking peaches overnight,'' said Mallory. ``By the time deputies get there, the trees are stripped and the trucks are gone. If they see the VOICE car, it may deter their activity.'' |
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