The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to an assault on a deputy this weekend, in addition to several burglaries and vandalisms.
A 61-year-old Isla Vista resident attacked a local sheriff Saturday morning at Anisq’ Oyo’ Park after a group of officers approached him. The battered deputy did not require medical attention, but officers arrested the man for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.
In addition to violent crime, the Foot Patrol responded to burglaries at two residences over the weekend. Thieves stole computers from a residence on Del Playa Drive Friday night, and again on El Colegio Road Sunday morning.
Deputy Freddy Padilla said burglars also struck two cars on Abrego Road and Del Playa Drive, and advised residents to exercise caution when leaving valuable items in their cars.
“When you park your vehicle, don’t leave anything in plain view that is of value that is really enticing to these burglars,” Padilla said.
Police have not identified any of the thieves.
Vandals were also at work during the weekend, demolishing cars across four blocks of Isla Vista. Abrego Road, Del Playa Drive, El Colegio Road and Segovia Road all saw expensive instances of vandalism.
Padilla said the high cost of side mirrors, roughly $400, makes the crimes felonies.
“Our recommendation is that they tuck in their … mirrors when they park them,” Padilla said. “Hopefully that will keep them from being vandalized.”
Officers also responded to alcohol-related crimes over the weekend. Deputies arrested eight people for public intoxication and issued 18 citations for minors in possession of alcohol.
Waste money again
http://www.walletpop.com/insurance/most-dangerous-neighborhoods-for-property-crime
Seeing how Isla Vista is the number one most dangerous neighborhood for property crime, wouldn’t it make more sense to invest in some discreet cameras than revamping the streets?
61 year old long time UCSB worker gets assaulted by the police in the park.I am the victim of this incident with officers Saturday morning. The truth here is I actually never touched the so called battered deputy. As a matter of fact I never touched or made any physical contact whatsoever with any of the three officers who demonstrated their blatant unprofessionalism in Anisq’ Oyo Park. I was actually just sitting there drinking Java Jones coffee helping with homeless outreach when I was without any reason or provocation approached, questioned ridiculed and thrown on the ground, lacerated, bruised and… Read more »
spy cams
No spy cams in IV please. We already have a big enough problem with bad policing.
from what i’ve read, safer streets come from a community of people who care about the area and keep their eyes open, not from surveillance cameras. and i think a lot of that property crime is probably stolen bikes, which is definitely a problem but not the worst problem an area can have.
there’s lots of research on cameras if you google around.. http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/May-June-08/Surveillance-Cameras-Popular-But-Not-Necessarily-Effective.html has some links and data for example.
Evidence
Considering IV is a college town where students don’t live there long term, I don’t think students will ever really care about their community.
It’s similar to putting cameras in busy intersections in LA. Put some cameras around known dense population of bikes. Anything visible to a regular human from public streets is not private.
If anything gocatfish, that camera would have provided you some evidence whether you assaulted the officer or not. It’s just word against word from both parties.
It may not completely deter people from committing crime, but the very least it will provide evidence.
a number of students do care already. and the evidence from cameras often isn’t real helpful. more: http://www.schneier.com/essay-309.html
how to disable and protect yourself from cameras