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Summary of
Community Prosecution Programs
Gang Activity and Crimes
Efforts to curtail gang activity have included:
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Obtaining the first Gang
Injunction in the
South Bay to curtail gang activity in the area
surrounding Perry Park. This highly successful program received
national recognition and led to an 80% decrease in violent crime and gang
contacts in the area targeted by the Gang Injunction.
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Re-certifying a local gang
per 186.22 PC as a street terrorist organization.
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Identifying the probation
and parole status of gang members on a continuing basis.
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Identifying and vigorously
prosecuting gang members for all crimes with special emphasis on graffiti and
other crimes designed to benefit the gang.
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Prosecuting parents of
juvenile gang members per 272 PC for allowing violations of city curfew
ordinance.
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Curtailing gang activity by
innovative probation restrictions after gang members enter the court system.
Spousal Abuser
Prosecution Program (SAPP)
The
City Prosecutor's Office functions under the premise that violent behavior in
the home, or in intimate relationships, is criminal behavior and will not be
tolerated, minimized, or mediated. As such, the policy of the City Prosecutor's
Office is to ensure that all reasonable prosecutorial efforts are made to:
Identity Theft
Investigation/Prosecution Team
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This is a coordinated effort
involving the Police Department and the City Prosecutor Division of the City
Attorney's Office.
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The Police Department set up
the Identity Theft Investigation/Prosecution Team, conducts training and
performs the expanded multi-jurisdictional investigations.
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The City Prosecutor's Office
assisted in the formation of and participates on the Identity Theft
Investigation/Prosecution Team and more aggressively prosecutes all ID theft
and fraud cases filed as misdemeanors.
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The initial goal was to
increase the number of arrests and prosecutions by 25%.
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The actual result was an
increase of more than 300% in ID theft arrests and prosecutions.
Homeland Security
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Soon after the events of
September 11, 2001 the South Bay Police Chiefs created a Terrorism
Advisory Group Steering Committee to study the need for an appropriate
response at the local level to the increased threat of terrorism.
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The City Prosecutor served
on the Steering Committee whose goals were to both (1) integrate with and
compliment existing or currently forming efforts at the Federal, State and
County level while avoiding duplication of effort and (2) to examine and
develop a response to our own unique needs in the South Bay.
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The City Prosecutor's Office
also works to support the Police Department in its efforts to deter, prevent
and be able to respond to acts of terrorism.
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This approach to Homeland
Security in the
South
Bay has been identified by the State of
California Commission
on Peace Officer Standards and Training as an exemplary program and presented
to law enforcement executives throughout the state as a model program for
combating terrorism at the local level. Additionally, the FEMA director for
California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii has recently cited the South Bay as an
exemplary program.
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The U.S. Department of
Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services selected the South Bay
effort to be presented as a model program to police officials from throughout
the country at the National Community Policing Conference in Washington, D.C.
Habitual Offender Project
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Greatly increased sentences
for those with a long record of criminal activity in Redondo Beach.
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Appropriate and stringent conditions of
probation. Active and aggressive enforcement of the terms of probation
including consecutive sentences for violations of probation.
Pier Offender Prosecution Program (POPP)
The key elements of the POPP strategy include:
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"Zero-Tolerance? for any
offenses within the Pier/Harbor area.
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Immediate and swift
consequences for violations and warrants.
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Regular meetings between a
member of the City Prosecutor's Office and the RBPD Pier Unit to share
intelligence.
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Active monitoring of
probation and parole conditions.
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Vertical prosecution of all
Pier/Harbor offenders.
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Coordination with other
agencies such as Department of Fish & Game and ABC.
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Effective probation
conditions:
Search & Seizure conditions
Stay-Away Orders
No Alcohol Possession or Consumption conditions
Do Not Associate conditions
Public Resource Code Prosecutions
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In a previous survey,
Redondo Beach residents expressed concern over the curbside theft of
recyclable materials.
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In response, Redondo Beach
is one of the few communities that has actively prosecuted violations of
section 41950(a) of the Public Resources Code.
Assistance to
SEA Laboratory in Redondo Beach
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The City Prosecutor's Office
seeks court orders that a portion of the penalty in prosecutions primarily
involving violations of the Fish and Game Code be paid to the
SEA Lab in Redondo Beach.
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Since the inception of this
program in the spring of 2001 over $41,000.00 has been donated to the
SEA Laboratory
programs. These fines have helped to fund:
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Classes and tours for
school children throughout Los Angeles County including a large contingent
from Redondo Beach
schools. During the 2001-2002 school year, over 16,000 students visited the
SEA Lab and almost 6,000 of those students were from Redondo Beach.
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Community service events,
including beach cleanups, school murals, and community celebrations.
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Care for rescued sea
creatures.
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