Category: crime trends

Orange County DA Partners With Police to Reduce Catalytic Converter Thefts

The Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office recently teamed up with Buena Park, La Palma, and Cypress police to combat catalytic converter thefts. During the June 12 event, residents could bring their vehicles to Buena Park, Calif. to have their catalytic converters etched with their license plate numbers, connecting the converters to the vehicles in the event…


Gun-Related Crimes are Rising in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES—In the first two months of this year, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers fielded 570 reports of shots fired, up 88 percent from the 303 incidents during same time frame in 2020—and 267 people were hit by gunfire, a 141 percent increase from the 111 people wounded in the time frame in 2020,…