Burglary Arrest at West Arcadia USPS

Last Friday, June 19th, a 55 year old man from Los Angeles was arrested at the West Arcadia Post Office on Duarte Road. The male came in about noon and attempted to purchase a large quantity of stamps by "paying" with fraudulent checks. Alert USPS employees recognized him from a similar theft that occurred last week where about $400 of stamps were taken. APD was called and the man was arrested and later booked on burglary/forgery charges.

Arcadia Barricade Situation Over

Officers remain on scene along with the APD SWAT team in the 1700 block of South Mayflower. Officers responded to a call last night at a residence where a man was allegedly threatening to harm himself and others. The SWAT team ultimately made entry by use of a tactical robot and SWAT personnel. An elderly man was removed from the home but the alleged suspect was not located, apparently fleeing prior to the arrival of APD. The incident began shortly before 11:00 PM. The investigation is continuing.

POLICEPAY DAILY UPDATE: Just How Obscene Are Those California Pensions? Part 2

Part 2 of Ron York's post at Policepay.net;

POLICEPAY DAILY UPDATE: Just How Obscene Are Those California Pensions? Part 2

POLICEPAY DAILY UPDATE: Just How Obscene Are Those California Pensions? Part 1

Below is an interesting commentary from Ron York at Policepay.net, part 1. We'll follow-up with part two tomorrow.

POLICEPAY DAILY UPDATE: Just How Obscene Are Those California Pensions? Part 1

Happy Father's Day!

To all the Dads, Step-Dads, Grand Dads, and any father figure out there! Happy Father's Day!

“Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.” ~ Anne Geddes

Silver Medal Swim

Sgt. Jeremy Lachenmyer takes off on his Silver Medal performance in the 100 yard breaststroke competition at the Western States Police and Fire Games. Congrats to Jeremy on his great swim! The Games run through today in Santa Clarita.

Alert LA County Emergency Notification System

Los Angeles County officials today announced the implementation of an emergency mass notification system to alert residents and businesses by phone, text, and e-mail of emergencies in their area.

Called Alert LA County, the system will allow the Sheriff's Emergency Communications Center to activate local and regional alerts by drawing the boundaries of the area to be notified on a computer map. Recorded and written alerts will provide information on the nature of the emergency and necessary actions, such as evacuations.

The County's 7.1 million land-line phone numbers are programmed into the mass notification system, but the public must register Voice over IP lines, cell phones and e-mail addresses. Registration of this information can be done on the County's Alert LACounty.gov website. Each telephone number and e-mail can be associations with only one street address.

Use the link above to register your information. It only takes a couple of minutes to complete the form.