LAPD staffing / agressive homeless

Please make it a point to call and report any and all inappropriate conduct by aggressive homeless individuals. Due to the constant movement of homeless, it can be hard or impossible for officers to investigate, issue tickets, make arrests and get stay-away orders. The call logs document the problems and are used for staffing purposes. The more calls LAPD gets the better staffing we will have. Walking by a group of drinking transients or juvenile truants without making a call perpetuates the problem and leads to increased numbers.

There was a truant sweep a couple of weeks ago and 40-60 truants were picked up in Venice and West LA. Juvenile truants quickly mature into self-made homeless.

Please don't be shy about calling 1-877-ASK-LAPD (then # 1-1-3) for officer dispatch.