LBPD Made Only One Fireworks Related Arrest (A Felony) On July 4th

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LBPD Made Only One Fireworks Related Arrest (A Felony) On July 4th

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(July 9, 2021, 4:55 p.m.) -- LBREPORT.com has learned (examining LBPD's July 4 booking log) and confirmed (via LBPD PIO Allison Gallagher) that LBPD made one July 4 fireworks related arrest. It was felony and previously reported by LBREPORT.com).

LBPD made no July 4 misdemeanor fireworks arrests. It issued no July 4 fireworks related citations (tickets.)

On July 4. LBPD:

Made 15 non-fireworks related arrests for various felonies (or a felony + combined misdemenors), most of which were domestic violence related.
Made 7 non-fireworks related misdemeanor arrests
Issued 15 fireworks related citations (tickets)

LBPD's booking log shows the sole fireworks related July 4th arrest involved a 27 year old Compton woman, arrested in the 500 block of Esther St. (one block south of PCH between Long Beach Blvd. and Atlantic Ave.), booked on suspicion of violating CA Penal Code section 69, a felony, which makes it a crime to attempt "by means of any threat or violence, to deter or prevent an executive officer from performing any duty imposed upon the officer by law, or who knowingly resists, by the use of force or violence, the officer, in the performance of his or her duty." It's a more serious charge than the crime of resisting arrest (CA Penal Code 148) because CPC 69 involves the alleged use of threats of violence and applies to more executive duties than just making an arrest. LBPD also booked the arrestee on suspicion of violating LB Municipal Code section 18.48.720, a misdemeanor, making it "unlawful for any person to possess, store, offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, or use or explode any fireworks...

LBPD's release indicates that during the July 4th 24 hour period, the City's Dispatch Center handled 511 fireworks-related calls and during July 4 peak time (8:30 p.m.-9:15 p.m.) received 301 calls to its 9-1-1 and the non-emergency line, an average of seven calls per minute.

The 511 fireworks related calls were part of 3,852 total calls to the City's 9-1-1 plus non-emergency line. The total 3,852 calls produced 1,261 calls-for-service (details not immediately available on how many calls for service were fireworks-related.)

As previously reported by LBREPORT.com, LBPD responded to at least two July 4th shootings in which it made one arrest.