{"id":521689,"date":"2010-04-08T22:15:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T02:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0133ec8f236f970b"},"modified":"2010-04-08T22:15:34","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T02:15:34","slug":"hemet-city-council-to-consider-emergency-action-to-fortify-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/521689","title":{"rendered":"Hemet City Council to consider emergency action to fortify buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of attacks against Hemet police officers<\/a>, the City Council will consider a resolution next week to take emergency measures to "harden" city buildings against violence.<\/p>\n

\"6a00d8341c630a53ef01310fd75877970c-800wi\"<\/img> A council resolution cites law enforcement intelligence indicating that city buildings are the likely targets of attacks. A primary target is the Police Department headquarters, according to city documents.
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<\/br>"Intelligence reports indicate that the police facility is the likely focus of future criminal acts," Capt. Dave Brown wrote in a memo to council members. "Immediate action is required to harden these facilities."
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<\/br>No specific suspects have been named. But last month, authorities led raids on the Vagos outlaw motorcycle gang<\/a>, which was described as an "extreme threat" to law enforcement. The group has a large\u00a0 presence in Hemet. Thirty people were arrested on charges that included possession of drugs and weapons.<\/p>\n

In recent months, the attacks have involved booby traps set up at the headquarters of the Hemet-San Jacinto Gang Task Force, officials said. In December, a gas utility line was redirected to fill the offices with gas. Officials said a\u00a0 spark could have triggered a devastating explosion.
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<\/br>In February, a modified handgun was hidden by the gate to the task force office and rigged to fire. When a gang officer opened the gate, the weapon went off, narrowly missing him. <\/p>\n

Then in early March, police said, a "dangerous" device was found near the unmarked car of a task force member. That was followed the arson of several city trucks <\/a>on March 23.<\/p>\n

The council will take up the matter Tuesday at its regularly scheduled meeting. If approved, city officials could immediately begin awarding non-bid contracts to fortify areas such as public lobbies in city buildings. <\/p>\n

–Robert J. Lopez<\/p>\n

Photo: Investigators at the scene where several Hemet city trucks were set ablaze last month. Credit: Irfan Khan \/ Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the wake of attacks against Hemet police officers, the City Council will consider a resolution next week to take emergency measures to "harden" city buildings against violence. A council resolution cites law enforcement intelligence indicating that city buildings are the likely targets of attacks. A primary target is the Police Department headquarters, according to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4622,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4622"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}