The City of Long Beach will celebrate the reestablishment of the police department’s South Patrol Division, 400 W. Broadway, with a free community open-house event on Saturday, Dec. 16 from 11:30am to 2:30pm.
“Restoring the South Patrol Division will improve the safety of our community and demonstrates the City’s commitment to use Measure A funds to enhance public safety as promised,” said Mayor Robert Garcia.
The open house will feature tours of the facility, a meet-and-greet with officers, equipment displays, refreshments and welcoming remarks at noon.
“We are very pleased to be able to restore the South Patrol Division operations to the Public Safety Building,” said Police Chief Robert Luna. “We’re extremely grateful to our residents for supporting Measure A, which is allowing us to provide enhanced community oriented policing in the downtown area.”
Measure A funds have reestablished the Long Beach Police Department’s South Patrol Division with eight sworn police positions and two civilian positions. South Division started deploying out of the Public Safety Building on Nov. 18.
The South Patrol Division can be reached at LBPDSouth@longbeach.gov or (562) 570-7555.
Source: City of LB
