Declining residential burglaries and public safety partnership
Cerritos
Summary
Home burglaries dropped about 37% in 2025 (127 vs. 200+ in 2024), credited to extra patrols, drones, security guards, and watchful residents. New license plate readers have arrived and will be installed soon; a resident asked why the mobile plate reader stays in one spot all year.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 26, 2026.
Impact analysis
The city rents the trailer for about $36,000 a year; a second trailer and a speed radar trailer (roughly $5,000-$20,000 to buy) would be considered in the FY 2026-27 budget.
All residents, especially neighborhoods previously hit hard by burglaries.
None identified.
Mentions & discussions (5)
City Council Meeting - Oct 26, 2026
Residential burglaries dropped every month since May — from 20 in May to 12 in September, a 40% improvement — which Councilmember Yokoyama credited to Neighborhood Watch, volunteer patrols, and sheriff's deputies. The council agreed to send the watch captains a thank-you letter.
City Council Meeting - Jun 8, 2026
Yokoyama defended the budget's $23.5 million public safety commitment, citing residential burglaries down 37% in 2025 and 44% so far in 2026.
City Council (Special) - May 28, 2026
The license plate reader trailer helped cut residential burglaries in the Bigelow Street neighborhood to zero since March 2025, and citywide burglaries are down more than 50%. The council agreed to move it around town as crime shifts and to seek money for a second trailer and speed radar trailer in next year's budget.
City Council Meeting - Jan 12, 2026
Home burglaries dropped about 37% in 2025 (127 vs. 200+ in 2024), credited to extra patrols, drones, security guards, and watchful residents. New license plate readers have arrived and will be installed soon; a resident asked why the mobile plate reader stays in one spot all year.
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