00-017 Response to Supervisor Knabe Residence

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

STATION ORDER

Cerritos Station

STATION ORDER NUMBER:  00-017

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this order is to establish response guidelines in the event that alarms are activated at the residence of Don Knabe, the 4th District Supervisor for the County of Los Angeles.  Since not all situations can be anticipated, this order is issued as a guideline to formulate responses to the location.

SCOPE OF ORDER:

This order is to ensure station personnel know the address and guidelines for a response to 4^th District Supervisor, Don Knabe’s residence.

ORDER:

Supervisor Knabe resides in the City of Cerritos at 13082 Briarwood Street.  The residence is located in the southeast section of the city, east of Shoemaker Avenue, south of South Street.  The rear yard of the residence abuts Los Coyotes Creek. There are no building structures at the rear of the location.

An alarm has been installed that is directly connected to the Sheriff’s Communication Center (SCC) and the Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety Dispatch (OPS).  Immediate notifications will be made to Cerritos Station when this alarm is activated.  All activations require a priority response.  Specific designators, such as "459k" for a burglary alarm and "211k" for a robbery alarm, will be entered as part of the call when dispatched to alert responding units as to the significance of the response.  In addition to the appropriate number of field units, a field supervisor shall be dispatched on all alarm activations.

LOCATION INFORMATION / TACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

The location is a 2-story single family structure with an attached garage.  The front door faces north.  There is a sliding glass door facing south into the back yard.  The structure is situated on the south side of Briarwood Street and is directly in line with Vickie Avenue, which intersects Briarwood Street.

Entrances to the housing tract include Espinheira Drive and Brazil Street from Shoemaker Avenue, Vickie Avenue and Pires Avenue from South Street and Bigelow Street from Carmenita Road.

There is no street access to the location from the west.  Vickie Avenue intersects Briarwood Street directly in front of the location.  Approach to the east side of the location can be made by entering the tract southbound on Pires Avenue to westbound Briarwood Street.  The south side of the location can be contained by entering the access road of Los Coyotes Creek at either 195th Street and Shoemaker Avenue or from Carmenita Road just south of South Street.

If needed, a command post can be established in the east parking lot of Cerritos Regional Park.  This lot provides an excellent staging area for overseeing responses to the location.  The park is located at 19800 Bloomfield Avenue, less than 1/2 mile west of the residence.  The parking lot north of the tennis courts, has ample room for staging any tactical equipment.  Restroom facilities are also available at this site.

FALSE ALARMS

If a member of the Knabe family falsely activates the alarm, or discovers an erroneous alarm, they will telephone the station desk and confirm this by giving their proper account number.  This account number is posted at the station dispatch desk area and in the watch commander’s office.  Additionally, Sheriff’s Communication Center or Operations Personnel will call the watch commander regarding all activations and cancellations.

The watch commander shall submit a memorandum to the station commander for all alarm activations advising him/her of the disposition of the response.  All other Department notification procedures shall also be complied with depending on the situation or event.