Meeting held to address crime concerns in Windsor Square

Public safety is topping the agenda at tonight's Windsor Square Town Hall. The Neighborhood Association bringing LAPD officers to the Ebell Theater and invited neighbors to ask them questions. Fox 11's Christy Fajardo is live with the concerns people brought to that meeting tonight. Christy? Laura, the meeting is held annually and it gives neighbors here in Windsor Square the chance to give their input, also give some ideas and also share their frustrations. Take a look. One of the big concerns, as you mentioned, public safety. They mentioned dark street lamps, thefts and break-ins. Just some of the concerns residents of Windsor Square brought to the annual town hall meeting. Last year, the Windsor Square Association who held the meeting put out a critical alert. Over a rash of burglaries in the neighborhood between Arden and Van Ness and Wilshire and Beverly Boulevards. LAPD officers at the meeting tonight at the Ebell Theater say in 2024 burglary rates were sky high, averaging three to four a week, but have dropped by about 50% in Windsor Square and also in surrounding neighborhoods. They credit homeowners who have hardened their homes with cameras, installed shatterproof screens on doors, and say detectives have also arrested burglary crews. Of course, that was welcome news, but the president of the Windsor Square Association says. Crime stats on city websites have been hard to track and community members often feel like they're left in the dark about what's going on around them. People are still really concerned about crime. We have a whole issue of the availability of public crime statistics which has been kind of on hold. We haven't seen a lot of that information for about two and a half years now. Something I'm going to be talking about tonight. People have a lot of concern about that. We're still dealing with some street light issues, copper wire theft. It's something we think we're on the other side of now, but it's still an issue for a lot of people. And you heard him mention streetlights and copper thefts and we actually saw some copper thieves handiwork earlier today and streetlights that were out because the wiring had been torn out. But last month Mayor Bass announced a plan to put solar panels and power streetlights that way to address the problem. Live at the Ebell Theater, I'm Christy Fajardo. I'll send it back to you.