Police officers: gang crime dropping in Sylmar

At the Sept. 25 Sylmar Neighborhood Council meeting, LAPD Senior Lead Officers Charles Chacon and John Lonergen provided an update on crime since the beginning of the San Fernando Valley gang injunction, started this summer.

Five people have been arrested as a result of the injunction, they said.

There has been a noticeable decrease in crime, they added. On average, there have been 13 arrests monthly attributed to gangs. Since the injunction, that number has dropped to five arrests a month.

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