Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - South Los Angeles Station
If you, a loved one or a family member have been arrested by or are being investigated by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LAPD), South Los Angeles Station, it can cause a lot of questions and worries.
Facing such a situation, it can be good to know the bail amount (if any) associated with the offense if police deny an own recognizance (OR) release. It is also valuable to know what evidence is needed to convict one for the crime that allegedly took place, the defenses possible and the sentence a judge can impose if one is convicted of the crime.
We at Greg Hill & Associates believe it is smart to know a few more things before interacting with any branch of law enforcement. It can be helpful to know the size of the police or sheriff’s department, the area’s demographics, the most common types of crimes the department investigates and just a bit about the area’s history to make one’s communication with law enforcement more meaningful, more savvy and perhaps, more respectful. This can lead to a better outcome than if one lacks such perspective.
This article is presented with this goal in mind.
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, South Los Angeles Station, is located at 1310 Imperial Highway, just north of the Century (I-105 Freeway), west of the 110 Freeway about two miles. It is a large station with an unspecified number of sworn police officers and an unspecified number of civilian support personnel assigned to it.
The South Los Angeles Station is responsible for patrolling Athens, Del Aire, El Camino Village, City of Lawndale, Lennox, Moneta Gardens and Wiseburn.
The City of Lawndale itself has a population of 32,679 as of the 2010 census.
Starting in the 1970’s, Lawndale's relatively low housing prices but more desirable location relative to its neighboring cities attracted absentee landlords (people who lived in nearby Manhattan Beach, Torrance and Palos Verdes, for example) and a substantial portion of its residents increasingly became renters.
For a time in the 1980’s, with new cycle of expansion of defense industry nearby in El Segundo, many young people who wished to live in the Beach Cities found that they simply could not afford to do so, and settled in less glamorous inland cities such as Lawndale. But with the contraction of this industry after the Cold War, Lawndale reverted to its previous pattern.
Lawndale has attempted to attract more owner–residents, as well as tourists, with the 2003 completion of the "Beautify Lawndale" urban renewal project along the city's stretch of Hawthorne Boulevard (State Route 107), a major South Bay thoroughfare.
A large electronic billboard was installed alongside the southbound I-405 San Diego Freeway and began running advertising in 2004 until it was realized that the sign violated a city ordinance prohibiting advertising of out-of-town businesses on signs of that nature. For its first 18 months, the sign was sponsored by Fox and promoted upcoming television shows and movies under the Fox label. It later gained and lost sponsorship with Acura before its current sponsorship for Los Angeles radio station 100.3 – The Sound. The billboard is said to generate Lawndale $200,000 annually. In 2012, the Lawndale community center opened its doors.
Most cases arising out of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s South Los Angeles Station’s areas of responsibility are brought at the Inglewood, Airport or Torrance Courthouse, but some are also brought at the Clara Shortridge Foltz criminal courts building (CCB) at 210 West Temple Street in downtown Los Angeles. Cases that may be filed at CCB instead of at the Inglewood, Airport or Torrance Courthouses would be very serious cases needing specialized prosecutors trained in handling such cases.
Over the last 25 years, our office has handled over four hundred cases arising out the South Los Angeles Sheriff’s station and brought in the Inglewood, Airport or Torrance Courthouse. Such cases vary from DUI to domestic violence, to attempted murder, to animal cruelty, to criminal threats, to carjacking, to shoplifting to solicitation of prostitution.
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, South Los Angeles
1310 W. Imperial Highway
Los Angeles, CA 90044
Los Angeles County
April L. Tardy, Captain
(310) 219-2750
Non-Emergency Station Calls
Areas Served: Athens, Del Aire, El Camino Village, City of Lawndale, Lennox, Moneta Gardens and Wiseburn.
Below is the Google Map to the LASD South LA Station.
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