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How to safeguard your vacant home from Trespassers

How to safeguard your vacant home from squatters and trespassers If you own a home that is vacant, you are at risk of squatters or trepassers breaking in, occupying your home and living there rent-free. Once squatters or trespassers occupy your property, it is very difficult, time consuming and often…

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CYBERWATCH UPDATE: 2023 3RD QUARTER CRIME REPORT FOR SOUTHSHORES

CYBERWATCH UPDATE: 2023 3RD QUARTER CRIME REPORT FOR SOUTHSHORES Hi folks, Here’s your 2023 Quarterly Crime Summary* for July 1 through September 30, 2023. Congratulations!  No home burglaries last quarter.  This is a credit to all 626 South Shores CyberWatch members and our valued partnership with Senior Lead Officer Melody Shortle of…

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Crime Report – 1st Quarter 2023

Hi folks, Here’s your 2023 Quarterly Crime Summary for January 1 through March 31, 2023.   While there were only 2 home burglaries in all of 2022, this year we’ve already seen 2 break-ins in the first quarter alone. Time for us to stay alert. Recently a few CyberWatch members have…

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CyberWatch Update – Royal Palms Shooting

Man arrested in shooting at San Pedro beach park that injured 5 By NATHANIEL PERCY | npercy@scng.com | Southern California News Group PUBLISHED: March 22, 2023 at 10:50 a.m. | UPDATED: March 22, 2023 at 8:59 p.m. A 22-year-old man with ties to a San Pedro gang has been arrested on suspicion of shooting at a group of…

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Crime Report – 4th Quarter 2022

This 4th quarter Crime Summary from CyberWatch’s Bob Genest for South Shores shows continuation of a pattern we’ve seen throughout 2022. The Good News:Last year in 2022, home burglaries were at their lowest level since we started publishing CyberWatch Update back in 2013, ten years ago. 2013 peaked at 17…

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Crime Report – 3rd Quarter 2022

To the many new CyberWatch members who signed up at the SSCA Annual Meeting a few weeks ago at the Elks Lodge: This CyberWatch Crime Report summarizes all police reports filed with the Harbor LAPD for South Shores only. Please keep in mind that not all crimes are reported to the police —…

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Crime Report – 2nd Quarter 2022

This quarterly CyberWatch report from Bob Genest is a summary of all police reports filed with the Harbor LAPD for South Shores only. Please bear in mind that not all crimes are reported to the police. This is particularly true of vehicle break-ins where the theft is often quite small. VEHICLE…

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Crime Report – 1st Quarter 2022

BURGLARIES — 1March 18:  2100 block of McCrae Drive – between 6:20 a.m. and 4:10 p.m. Unknown suspect entered through window, ransacked the location and exited the side door to the garage. Prints have been requested. Property stolen: a laptop and a guitar. Senior Lead Officer Melody Shortle advises:  “Please always…

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Crime Report – 4th Quarter 2021

Bob Genest has created the following CyberWatch crime report for South Shore Residents. If you would like to join CyberWatch, please fill out our contact form on our CyberWatch page. CYBERWATCH CRIME UPDATE – 4TH QUARTER 2021 (October 1 through December 31, 2021). As in the past, this quarterly CyberWatch Crime Report…

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Crime Report – 3rd Quarter 2021

Bob Genest has created the following CyberWatch crime report for South Shore Residents. If you would like to join CyberWatch, please fill out our contact form on our CyberWatch page. As always, this quarterly CyberWatch report is a summary of all police reports filed with the Harbor LAPD. Please bear in mind…

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Crime Report – 2nd Quarter 2021

Here is the list of police reports our South Shores neighbors filed with the Harbor LAPD during the 2nd quarter (April 1 to June 30) of this year. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY – 1May 3: 1900 block of Cumbre Drive – 2:30 p.m. VEHICLE BREAK-IN THEFT – 3April 2:  3400 block of Gurnard…

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Coffee with a Cop recording

On Wednesday, May 12, Los Angeles Police Department hosted a virtual Coffee with a Cop for South Shores residents. The meeting lasted an hour and provided a very productive session between our Senior Lead Officer Melody Shortle and our neighbors. Most of those attending were CyberWatch members. Below is a…

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Crime report – 1st Quarter 2021

CyberWatch is again publishing a list of all crimes in South Shores. Home burglaries are reduced thanks to increasing vigilance of CyberWatch members and the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. Not that home burglars are especially health conscious. It’s just that page one of the “Home Burglars Handbook” warns against breaking…

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Crime report – 4th Quarter 2020

Though CyberWatch’s main focus is home burglary, we are again publishing a list of all crimes in South Shores for which police reports were filed. The time frame is Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2020. While there were no home burglaries in the 3rd quarter, the 4th quarter saw 3…

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Crime report – 3rd Quarter 2020

Bob Genest has created the following CyberWatch crime report for South Shore Residents. If you would like to join CyberWatch, please fill out our contact form on our CyberWatch page. Hi folks, Usually, CyberWatch reports only home burglaries and thefts from vehicles. As to home burglaries, looks like coronavirus brought us a…

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