On July 4th: LBPD Comm Ctr Received 537 Pyro Calls (Down Slightly From 2013 But Up 22% From 2011); From 8 p.m.-Midnight, Received 452 Pyro Calls (Averaging Almost Two Per Minute)

As separately reported by LBREPORT.com, LBPD's Arson Unit responded to a July 4th incident involving an intoxicated adult who was injured when he allegedly ignited then held onto a firework as it exploded. His injury required the amputation of his thumb and he was hospitalized.

As LBREPORT.com has separately reported, within a less than four hour period on the afternoon of July 4th, LBPD also responded to four shootings: three in NLB (includes one murder) plus one in Central LB. LBREPORT.com coverage, click here.

LBPD reports the following. Figures below show citywide data alongside a bracketed number [] indicating the number within LBPD's July 4th "Operational Area" (south of Ocean Blvd, along the coastline from Queensway Bridge to the Peninsula/Alamitos Bay, as well as Bixby Park.)

ARRESTS

Felony (adult)	32 [8]
Misdemeanor (adult)	14 [4]
Drunk in public (adult)	18 [12]
Misdemeanor DUI (adult)	3 [2]
Felony (juvenile)	16 [3]
Misdemeanor (juvenile)	5 [1]

CITATIONS

Open Container	27 [22]
Public Consumption	16 [5]
Misdemeanor (other)	54 [15]
Illegal BBQ	24 [24]
Illegal Fireworks	32 [3]
Traffic	154 [42]
Parking	185 [68]

MISCELLANEOUS

Fireworks Confiscated	271 [36] items
Unattended Bags Investigated	15 [3]
Vehicles Towed	23 [4]

LBPD also indicates in its release that on July 4th [we have learned in roughly the 9 p.m. hour] a group assaulted a male adult victim at Pine Avenue and Seaside Way [south of Ocean Blvd.]. LBPD's release says "Officers located and arrested three suspects. The victim sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital. The investigation remains ongoing."