Incident: 30 Arrested in Operation Silent Night (an AB 109 Probation Sweep)
Contact:
Watch Commander – (626) 574-5156
Date /
Time of Release: December 17, 2014 – 3:30
PM
On
Wednesday morning, December 17, 2014, the West San Gabriel Valley Anti-Crime
Task Force, with assistance from neighboring local law enforcement partners,
conducted Operation Silent Night – a large-scale regional
effort aimed at conducting compliance checks on people currently on probation
under Realignment (AB 109) guidelines. The
“Zero Tolerance” focus of the enforcement sweep was aimed at apprehending AB
109 absconders with outstanding warrants, and conducting compliance checks in
accordance with the terms of a person’s probation conditions. Many of the
probationers contacted during the course of the operation were known to have
previous court violations to include weapons charges, assault charges and
property crimes.
Law enforcement officers made contact with both probationers and
their associates at 61 of the 88 locations checked during the operation. Of those persons contacted by police, 30 were
arrested for offenses ranging from probation violations, to narcotics possession,
to firearms possession. As for the 27 remaining locations, law enforcement
officers either confirmed that the person on probation was not at home at the
time, or that the location was not a valid address for the probationer on
record.
This operation was driven by the West San Gabriel Valley
Anti-Crime Task Force with assistance from allied agencies, to include: The
L.A. County Probation Department, L.A. I.M.P.A.C.T., the Los Angeles Sheriff's
Department (Altadena & Temple City Stations), the Department of Children
& Family Services, the Long Beach Police Department's AB 109 Task Force
Team, and the AB109 Tri-Team, which consists of detectives from Glendale,
Burbank and San Fernando Police Departments.
The West San Gabriel Anti-Crime Task
Force is comprised of detectives from the Arcadia, Pasadena, South Pasadena,
Monrovia, El Monte, Monterey Park Police Departments and L.A. County Probation.
Robert T. Guthrie, Chief of Police
By: Colleen Flores, Lieutenant
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