“Our ambassadors are unarmed, but they’re there to be sort of a force multiplier and be an extra set of eyes and ears for the police.” “We’re not there to replace the sheriffs,” said Blair McBride, president of Block by Block. Each position is expected to cost about $70,000 a year. Wearing matching blue shirts, they will do bicycle and foot patrols in commercial corridors and parks and along residential streets. There will be a net loss of, at most, four deputies over the next nine months.Īt the same time, the city will add 30 unarmed security ambassadors from the company Block by Block, which has worked in the city since 2013. That will leave 59 deputies - a net loss of one since the vote.Ĭity staff will monitor crime data to evaluate the impact of the staffing changes and, in six more months - spring 2023 - the City Council will consider cutting up to three more deputies. Within 90 days, in approximately late September, the number of deputies is to be cut by two. The City Council voted on June 27 to add one deputy, starting July 1, to an entertainment policing team focused on nightlife and alcohol-related problems. So what is really happening with crime and law enforcement in West Hollywood?Īs of last month, the city’s sheriff’s station had 60 sworn deputies. On the Fox News talk show “Outnumbered,” commentator Pete Hegseth joked: “Help, I’m being mugged! Somebody call the unarmed ambassador.” Co-host Emily Compagno, not joking, claimed West Hollywood residents are being “stalked by gangs back to their front doorsteps and being brutally assaulted.” Simpson weighed in on Twitter: “I spent a little time in one of our institutions, and, trust me, we need police.
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