Ammunition Explosion in the Reseda (San Fernando Valley)
Short summary: a couple of shipping containers of stored ammunition at a guys house caught on fire and started, well, doing what ammunition on fire tends to do.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
LA Crime Stats for Feb are out… Most all crime down
Looks like the January numbers for violent crimes may have been just random variability..
February 25, 2009
COMPSTAT Citywide Profile
Crime Statistics February 21, 2009
VIOLENT CRIMES 2009** 2008** % Chg
Homicide 42* 61 -31.1%
Rape 101 121 -16.5%
Robbery 1865 1795 3.9%
Agg Assaults ** 1539 1619 -4.9%
Total Violent Crimes 3,547 3,596 -1.4%
PROPERTY CRIMES
Burglary 2546 2642 -3.6%
BTFV 4271 4325 -1.2%
Personal/Other Theft 3531 3728 -5.3%
Auto Theft 2549 3090 -17.5%
Total Property Crimes 12,897 13,785 -6.4%
Total Part I Crimes 16,444 17,381 -5.4%
* Numbers reflects a change in reclassification for Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) guidelines and numbers are adjusted accordingly.
** Prior to 2005, Aggravated Assaults included Child/Spousal Simple Assaults
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Los Angeles Crime, Not as good as last year…
The short summary:
- Property crime continues to fall
- ALL violent crime is up (except homicide)
Last year rates fell across the board. It is interesting that property crime continues to fall, you would expect that the “bad economy” might make people steal more. But, there certainly seems to be a whole lot more hate in Los Angeles right now..
COMPSTAT Citywide Profile
Crime Statistics January 31, 2009
VIOLENT CRIMES 2009** 2008** % Chg
Homicide 34* 38 -10.5%
Rape 69 61 13.1%
Robbery 1186 1091 8.7%
Agg Assaults ** 942 928 1.5%
Total Violent Crimes 2231 2118 5.3%
PROPERTY CRIMES
Burglary 1505 1621 -7.2%
BTFV 2607 2651 -1.7%
Personal/Other Theft 2014 2245 -10.3%
Auto Theft 1552 1886 -17.7%
Total Property Crimes 7678 8403 -8.6%
Total Part I Crimes 9909 10521 -5.8%
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Dancer in the valley set on fire.
Story at KNX1070.
Summary: Dancer in the SF Valley was called outside by two acquaintances. After she was outside, they doused her with a flammable liquid and set her on fire. Suspects are identified and still at large….
That’s a whole lot of hate.
Suspects shown in this Daily News story.
Website for the Strip club: Babes and Beer.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Jury Service? Remember, You ARE our 6th and 14th amendment protection!
The founders of our nation were afraid of abuses of power. Look at our history. Look at the Bill of Rights. I’m sure that everybody that reads these little posts has a strong view on the value of the 1st and 2nd amendment. But, if there was one additional thing that I could drill into every citizen of this country… teach to every social studies student in high school… and, hopefully, start getting everybody I know to start telling all their friends, it’s this:
As a juror, you are the last (and perhaps only) protector the innocent have against bad laws, corrupt laws, malicious prosecution and general miscarriages of justice.
In free socieities, there is a fine common law tradition referred to as Jury Nullification. Put simply, after a trial is done, you have heard the evidence, and the officers of the court have
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Shotgun fundamentals (homework for Saturday)
For those taking the shotgun class this Saturday, I found a well timed posting on The Box o’ Truth website.
He has put up an introductory How to Fight with a Shotgun tutorial. Its not bad at all.
Your homework? Read it, see what is similar and what is different about the ADE training on Saturday.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Watching the watchmen — differential right to privacy
For those of you that DON’T keep up with your eroding rights….
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28530776/
Summary: DNA sampling of everyone charged with a felony. Sometimes its a misdemeanor, sometimes its arrested but not charged. And the DNA is absolutely kept forever, even if the person is innocent.
DNA databases are an invasion of privacy (especially for somebody that is not a convicted criminal), have a world of possibility for abuse/misuse, and, based on previous conversations, it could lead to false arrest and wrongful convictions.
But, I suppose if I have nothing to hide, why should I care? Right? And then THIS made the news…
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/01/27/metro/me-dna27
Summary: LAPD officers occasionally have to give DNA evidence during an investigation so that their samples can be separated out from the scene of a crime. LAPD officers are upset because there are no safeguards, there is a potential for abuse of the data, etc.
So, it’s an invasion of privacy for the Watchmen, but, for the little people — well, they have nothing to hide, right? No potential of abuse, right?
Friday, January 23, 2009
Domestic Violence ends in Shooting (but not what you think)
Normally when you see that title, you think, domestic abuse escalated to the point where the abuser shot the victim. This story has a bit of a twist..
As reported in the lapd blog. Man confronts his ex girlfriend in a garage and starts stabbing her with a pocketknife. The womans daughter comes out to help her mom and starts getting stabbed as well. The daughter’s boyfriend comes out and shoots the man dead. Woman and daughter, although hospitalized, will survive.
Is your first concern really whether the boyfriend’s gun was legal or not or if citizens should carry guns at all?
Second thought for your consideration…. If the boyfriend called the cops, how long would it have taken for them to arrive? Would the woman and her daughter have been dead by then, or, would the attacker have shown mercy and stopped before he stabbed them to death?
These are the stories you don’t here. Hats off to LAPD for actually bringing this to the public attention. Then again, LAPD did arrest the boyfriend for murder.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Man attempts to stop carjacking — Killed in attempt
18 year old Javier Villareal tried to stop a carjacking in Pacoima on the 11th at 1:05am with a gun.
Unfortunately, at least one of the 3 carjackers was also armed and killed Villareal. Somewhat sad to see bad things happen to people that try to do the right thing.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Are you obeying firearms laws? Are you sure?
This guy thought so too: Man arrested at LAX for illegal pitstop…
The rule of thumb for firearm transport is that you can transport properly stored firearms between two locations if you are legally allowed to possess the firearms in those two locations. The law tends to include gas stations, restaurants, etc. as reasonable stops.
Surprise! Apparently there is a weird law in CA that makes it illegal to stop if you are carrying your legal, registered, assault rifle.