Violent Crime Happens Even in Brentwood (Los Angeles, San Francisco: 2009, home, neighborhoods)

[Full-Blooded American]

There was a recent shooting in Brentwood -- this is for you people who say people should go wandering about at night without any worries...

Sent: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 5:14 pm
Subject: Brentwood Weekly Crime Alert

SENIOR LEAD OFFICER Phillip L. Enbody #24914

Basic Car 8A13

Los Angeles Police Department, West Los Angeles Division

1663 Butler Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90025

(310) 622-3983 (Cell Phone)

(310) 444-0744 (Senior Lead Desk)

(310) 575-8488 (fax)

24914@lapd.lacity.org (E-Mail)



COMMUNITY CRIME ALERTS

January 25, 2009 thru January 31, 2009



ROBBERY

1100 S. Barrington Ave 01/26/08 2245 hrs

RD 832 Suspect demanded cash, victim refused suspect shot victim in leg

Wallet taken

Weapon: handgun

Suspect: Male Hispanic/Asian Drk hair 510 180 lbs

Vehicle: White Maxima



GRAND THEFT AUTO .......... Lock your vehicle, and set your alarm.........

700 S. Barrington Ave 01/27/09 2200 hrs

RD 827 08 Ducati M/C Red



700 S.Barrington Ave 01/27/09 2200 hrs

RD 827 05 Saxon M/C Black



BURGLARY FROM MOTOR VEHICLE ........Do not leave anything inside your

vehicle.....

11800 Gorham Ave 01/25/09 0005 hrs

RD 832 Unlocked vehicle

Tools, Dress, and CD's taken

Suspects: 2 male Hispanics Blk 509/10 160/70 lbs 18/25 yrs

Suspects Vehicle: 90 Toyota 4runner White



12000 Wilshire Blvd 01/26/09 1900 hrs

RD 831 Pried window

Stereo taken



500 S. Barrington Ave 01/28/09 0130 hrs

RD 827 Unlocked vehicle

Music Equipment taken



11700 Mayfield Ave 01/29/09 1600 hrs

RD 832 Unlocked vehicle

IPOD and seats taken



100 N. Church Ln 01/29/09 1700 hrs

RD 813 Smashed window

Stereo taken



100 N. Church Ln 01/29/09 1700 hrs

RD 813 Smashed window

Sunglasses, chargers and headset taken



200 1st Anita Dr 01/29/09 2000 hrs

RD 825 Unlocked vehicle

Wallet taken



11400 Berwick St 01/31/09 2100 hrs

RD 814 Unlocked vehicle

GPS and cellphone taken



11400 Burnham St 01/31/09 2130 hrs

RD 814 Smashed window

GPS taken





ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON

NONE



BURGLARY .....Always lock your home and business and

set your alarm....

NONE



THEFT .......Construction sites are being broken into,

be on the look out....

NONE



VANDALISM

NONE



BATTERY

NONE



SEX (crimes)

NONE



ALL ADDRESSES ARE LISTED AS HUNDRED BLOCKS ONLY, NOT THE EXACT ADDRESS



If you see anything that you feel is suspicious, but not an emergency, go to

www.alertcommunity.com . It allows citizens to document suspicious activity

quickly, easily, and anonymously. This web site contributes to the safety of our

community and to the prevention of crime. The database is accessed only by the

LAPD





Brentwood Area

Senior Lead Officer Phillip L. Enbody

West Los Angeles Division

[Jay100]

Don't let the name fool you...Brentwood is ghetto. There's bums out there and everything. That's where OJ stabbed Nicole.

[msnorman67]

Originally Posted by Full-Blooded American

There was a recent shooting in Brentwood -- this is for you people who say people should go wandering about at night without any worries...

Sent: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 5:14 pm
Subject: Brentwood Weekly Crime Alert

SENIOR LEAD OFFICER Phillip L. Enbody #24914

Basic Car 8A13

Los Angeles Police Department, West Los Angeles Division

1663 Butler Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90025

(310) 622-3983 (Cell Phone)

(310) 444-0744 (Senior Lead Desk)

(310) 575-8488 (fax)

24914@lapd.lacity.org (E-Mail)



COMMUNITY CRIME ALERTS

January 25, 2009 thru January 31, 2009



ROBBERY

1100 S. Barrington Ave 01/26/08 2245 hrs

RD 832 Suspect demanded cash, victim refused suspect shot victim in leg

Wallet taken

Weapon: handgun

Suspect: Male Hispanic/Asian Drk hair 510 180 lbs

Vehicle: White Maxima



GRAND THEFT AUTO .......... Lock your vehicle, and set your alarm.........

700 S. Barrington Ave 01/27/09 2200 hrs

RD 827 08 Ducati M/C Red



700 S.Barrington Ave 01/27/09 2200 hrs

RD 827 05 Saxon M/C Black



BURGLARY FROM MOTOR VEHICLE ........Do not leave anything inside your

vehicle.....

11800 Gorham Ave 01/25/09 0005 hrs

RD 832 Unlocked vehicle

Tools, Dress, and CD's taken

Suspects: 2 male Hispanics Blk 509/10 160/70 lbs 18/25 yrs

Suspects Vehicle: 90 Toyota 4runner White



12000 Wilshire Blvd 01/26/09 1900 hrs

RD 831 Pried window

Stereo taken



500 S. Barrington Ave 01/28/09 0130 hrs

RD 827 Unlocked vehicle

Music Equipment taken



11700 Mayfield Ave 01/29/09 1600 hrs

RD 832 Unlocked vehicle

IPOD and seats taken



100 N. Church Ln 01/29/09 1700 hrs

RD 813 Smashed window

Stereo taken



100 N. Church Ln 01/29/09 1700 hrs

RD 813 Smashed window

Sunglasses, chargers and headset taken



200 1st Anita Dr 01/29/09 2000 hrs

RD 825 Unlocked vehicle

Wallet taken



11400 Berwick St 01/31/09 2100 hrs

RD 814 Unlocked vehicle

GPS and cellphone taken



11400 Burnham St 01/31/09 2130 hrs

RD 814 Smashed window

GPS taken





ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON

NONE



BURGLARY .....Always lock your home and business and

set your alarm....

NONE



THEFT .......Construction sites are being broken into,

be on the look out....

NONE



VANDALISM

NONE



BATTERY

NONE



SEX (crimes)

NONE



ALL ADDRESSES ARE LISTED AS HUNDRED BLOCKS ONLY, NOT THE EXACT ADDRESS



If you see anything that you feel is suspicious, but not an emergency, go to

www.alertcommunity.com . It allows citizens to document suspicious activity

quickly, easily, and anonymously. This web site contributes to the safety of our

community and to the prevention of crime. The database is accessed only by the

LAPD





Brentwood Area

Senior Lead Officer Phillip L. Enbody

West Los Angeles Division

So based on this one crime I should be scared to be in Brentwood? Random crime should scare no one--ever. Unless I am targeted within a very small scope (like, just me) I will never be scared to wander (willy/nilly) anywhere.

[Coolhand68]

For one thing, the victim was in idiot...if a guy is pointing a gun at you and demanding your wallet, give it to him. It's not worth dying over.

Crime will happen in upscale neighborhoods since most folks have their guard down thinking they are perfectly safe. That's also where the money is, if you were a crook would you go to a poor neighborhood to rob someone or a rich one? It's like when they asked Willie Sutton why he robbed banks...his reply "because that's where the money is".

[KnoxTown]

This is getting ridiculous.

[BRinSM]

there is nowhere in LA that is immune to crime. wasn't it just last year that there was a robbery spree in bel-air? wasn't paris hilton's home above the sunset strip just broken into within the last several months? i remember some time in 2008 a young woman was killed in santa monica and old ladies were being robbed in nice communities on the westside. we're in LA, you're not immune to anything no matter where you are. only an idiot would think otherwise.

[matt345]

Okay we get it. You hate LA and think it's an awful and dangerous place. We get it! You don't have to remind us every single day.

[irvine]

Does anyone remember the 1988 gang shootout in Westwood Village, where an innocent bystander was killed? It killed the commercial viability of the area for years as people then migrated to Pasadena and Santa Monica for shopping/entertainment.

So yeah, no urban area, no matter how nice or upscale, is immune to violence. But I'd rather live in LA than "safer" suburbs like Laguna Niguel.

[gypsy456]

LA is a big city.
Big cities have crime.
No society is immune to crime.

Get real.
No matter how awful it is that this happens, it's part of society.

[majoun]

When I post on crime and safety topics re: L.A. and what neighborhoods are safe, I make the assumption that those responding are familiar with urban conditions in general. Those familiar with San Francisco, New York, Boston, DC, Chicago, London, etc. would know about general rules to stay safe in large cities, and in talking about L.A. I assume that people are familiar with those rules. Perhaps that's not such a good assumption - as Benny Hill said, "never assume because it makes an ass out of you and me". Perhaps there are people reading these forums who really don't have any clue as to how to stay safe in large metropoli (or even most medium sized metropoli). Didn't really think about this issue until just now.

Also - there was a guy who I grew up with who wound up becoming a career criminal/burglar (he's probably dead or in prison now - haven't spoken to him since the '90s) and he described Pacific Palisades as a "criminal's paradise" because people took such lax security measures in comparison to other affluent neighborhoods like Beverly Hills or the Hollywood Hills (particularly because he was a white guy who'd gone to Pali and knew the layouts of the Palisades streets and thus had advantages in his chosen field of crime) and claimed he supported himself by doing breakins in the Palisades because it represented easy money.