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Cerritos Crime Summary February 22-28, 2010 There were twenty-six Part I felony investigations conducted by Cerritos Sheriff’s Station personnel last week. Twenty-three were reported the previous week. Robberies and commercial burglaries were up, vehicle burglaries and vehicle thefts remained the same, while residential burglaries dropped. Patrol deputies handled 282 calls for service compared to 265 the week before. The 2010 weekly average in calls for service is now 300. Three robberies were investigated. On Tuesday February 23 at 6:00 p.m. a female suspect grabbed a payment that she had just made on a repossessed vehicle and fled the business located in the 10900 block of 183rd Street. A female was robbed at gunpoint on Wednesday February 24 while in the 18400 block of Kamstra Avenue at approximately 8:10 p.m. On Thursday February 25 at 7:50 p.m. four males exited a vehicle at Bloomfield Avenue and Semora Street and robbed a lone male victim of a backpack and cell phone. Two residential burglaries were investigated last week. There were four the previous week. An unlocked slid-
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By Adrian Fierro Whitney High is ranked first in California because of its academic prow-
ing glass door was used as entry where an MP3 player and a laptop computer were taken. The other case involved an attempt only where a window was pried but no entry made. The new 2010 weekly average in residential burglaries is 2.3. Lengthy door knocking and doorbell ringing are often utilized in an attempt to determine if anyone was home at the time. This has been used on several occasions in many jurisdictions and is known to precede a burglary. When the door is answered by a resident, the suspect will claim to be lost, solicit some type of service or product, or be mistaken by asking for someone that does not live there. If this happens to you, call Cerritos Sheriff’s Station at once to report a suspicious person. If you observe a person going door-to-door or loitering in your neighborhood, call Cerritos Sheriff’s Station so deputies can confirm the individual has a City business license. Six commercial burglaries were recorded last week, up by one from the week before. Three of the cases involved fitness center lockers during the same time frame. Closed businesses were the targets in the others where windows were shattered. Clothing, projectors, and cash were taken. The 2010 weekly average in this crime category is 3.0. Vehicle burglaries remained the
same at six last week. High-volume commercial lots were the crime scenes in only two. Two of the vehicles were SUVs. Cameras, laptop computers, GPS units, guitars, amps, wallets, and cash were missing. The new 2010 weekly average in vehicle burglaries is 7.4. Remember, law enforcement officers cannot protect you from vehicle burglars. Only you can prevent your own vehicle burglary. If your property is valuable and important to you, consider leaving it at home or taking it with you when you exit the vehicle instead of leaving it visible and attractive to the would-be thief. Be especially aware of your vulnerability if you drive a pickup, SUV, or van. Thieves know that you do not have secure trunk space. Vehicle theft cases also remained the same at five last week, two of which were attempts only. High-volume commercial parking lots were involved in all five cases. Two Toyotas, an SUV, a Honda, and a Nissan were involved. The 2010 weekly average in vehicle thefts is 5.2. Even though we see more Hondas and Toyotas stolen compared to others, car thieves are not always as selective as you think and are most often just looking for transportation. The vehicles involved last week support this. Consider a steering wheel locking device that serves as a good visual deterrent.
ess, third in the nation, and the Class of 2009, upon graduation, led every other school in the country with the most money generated in financial aid and scholarships. The arts are part of the educational process, and the lack of recognition that the arts receive as being a part of the educational process that leads to such results astounds me. The faculty and administration are far from being wholly responsible for the school being the college admissions giant that it is. What drives the school is the continual spirit of the students, learning from each other as they build their own community. The school is a constantly evolving creation, something that is owned by the students as they refuse to accept the boundaries of convention. Students learn the importance of acting freely through completely non-academic activities, such as sports and – more strikingly – the arts, particularly performance arts that require a multimedia facility that Whitney currently lacks. The greatest limitation of academic learning is that it belittles the extended humanity of any subject that a student can study. The classroom generally limits the pursuit of knowledge to the distance of study rather than the intimacy of experience. Through performance arts, my classmates and I were able to collaborate with the intention of efficiently presenting an intended
purpose. We learned the significance of committing to something simply because we believed in it, and the power a single idea could have when pursued with discipline. We learned that first hand, and not from books. Despite the difficulties of borrowed, often mediocre facilities, my class was a performance class because we asked questions instead of always looking for answers. We are where we are now, the most prestigious universities in the nation, because the academic system understood, ironically, that we know there is something more to life than simply analyzing the human condition – sometimes, we must take action for the sake of its improvement. Whitney is pleased to announce that we have been conditionally awarded California Proposition 1D funds totaling $3 million for the construction of an auditorium and multi-media training facility on the WHS campus. To receive the money, we must raise matching funds by the end of 2009! The ABCUSD School Board has generously pledged $1 million to the project. If you would like to contribute or help us raise the remaining required funds, please contact Principal Patricia Hager at (562) 926-5566 x22307. This is an exciting opportunity to grow and improve Whitney's educational facilities! Please join us in this work.
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