SHERIFF'S STATIONS HEADING FOR ARREST RECORD.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer PALMDALE -- An infusion of additional manpower and cooperation among law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). has the Antelope Valley's two sheriff stations on pace to obliterate o·blit·er·ate v. 1. To remove an organ or another body part completely, as by surgery, disease, or radiation. 2. To blot out, especially through filling of a natural space by fibrosis or inflammation. a record for arrests. That's according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Palmdale sheriff's Lt. Bobby Denham, who said the Palmdale and Lancaster stations combined for 16,257 arrests through July 15, and are on pace to make more than 30,000 arrests this year. The stations set a record last year, combining for more than 19,000 arrests. Denham predicts they could exceed that total before the end of next month. The arrest figures have increased across-the-board due in part to law enforcement targeting criminal street gangs. Denham heads 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 Crime Fighting Crime Fighting See also Sleuthing. Batman devotes his life to fighting Gotham City’s criminals. [Comics: Berger, 160] Canadian Mounties Initiative, a task force that's targeted criminal street gangs. He cited "unprecedented cooperation" among the two stations, the Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. , county Probation Department, state Parole Board and the Housing Authority as a key factor in the growing arrest numbers. "We're focusing our attention on a zero tolerance policy zero tolerance policy Substance abuse A stance taken by US government, that any type of drug abuse is punishable by incarceration. See Correctional facility, War on Drugs. , and with more deputies working the streets, there's little doubt we're going to make significantly more arrests this year," Denham said. In addition to hiring new deputies at both stations, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca created the crimefighting detail after promising local residents in a town hall meeting earlier this year a crackdown on criminal street gangs. The crime-fighting initiative has flooded the streets with out-of-town Community Oriented Police teams assigned to combat street crime in tough neighborhoods throughout the Antelope Valley. Since it was formed in March, the teams have made more than 600 arrests, highlighted by the arrests of several criminal street gang leaders, Denham said. gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 |
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