Bird Rock has been experiencing a statistically significant increase in crime in the last year. This is a fact. So, I took it upon myself to hold an event hosted at the local Chase Bank to gauge interest in a private security patrol to help monitor Bird Rock in addition to the SDPD. Out of that meeting on June 30th, myself and John and Holly Buche of Bird Rock created and launched Lajollasafety.org to find, interview and choose a private security company to run a pilot program in Bird Rock. After a few meetings with the community we are getting some passionate neighbors to step up to help spread the word for this launch. We want lajollasafety.org to be inclusive of all of La Jolla AND we believe a pilot on a smaller scale will be more prudent and impactful in the short term than trying to solve the problem La Jolla-wide at the outset. I had lived in a similar quaint beach community in a big city in So. Cal before I moved to La Jolla a few years ago. We experienced the same issues of increased crime and a difficult time dealing with law enforcement response times and responded with private security patrol. The solution is working and continues to grow.
If you live in Bird Rock and are tired of dealing with petty crimes due to a much loved but short staffed SDPD, join us at Lajollasafety.org. If you live elsewhere and support the idea, please also show your support on the site.
Please find statistics on safety at LaJollasafety.org, La Jolla crime. Published by SanDiego.gov. Ron Fineman
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