Downtown Vernon mobile security patrol has busy spring
Vernon CA June 28, 2021
Vernon’s downtown mobile security patrol has had a busy spring.
Patrols began May 1 and have been operating daily from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. with a primary duty to observe, record and report occurrences in the downtown core, focusing on streets, lanes, parks, the bus exchange, and public washrooms.
There were 499 recorded observations in the downtown business improvement area from May 1 to June 13. All 499 were SEPTA (street entrenched person target analysis) related.
The security patrol recorded 294 observations on streets, lanes, downtown parks, bus exchange and public washrooms, where recorded observations consisted of street entrenched individuals overnighting on benches, in lanes or loitering in and around the public washrooms.
The remaining 205 recorded observations were on private property where street entrenched individuals were observed in entrance way alcoves and private parking spaces adjacent to lanes.
The security patrol reported five occurrences to emergency services.
Three calls for service were made to the RCMP regarding open drug use, suspicious activity and a suspicious vehicle, one call for service to the fire department for burning material in a lane, and one call for service to city operations for a broken water main.
