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Anti-Cruising Ordinance Informational Report <br />November 15, 2022 <br />Page 3 <br />3 <br />0 <br />7 <br />9 <br />3. "Driver gets one year in jail for Costa Mesa street takeover crash that killed cousin" – <br />Orange County Register <br />4. "Woman injured in takeover crash on Anaheim Plaza Marketplace [Anaheim, CA]" – <br />ABC7.com <br />5. "Teenager shot and killed during street takeover in Willowbrook" – Los Angeles Times <br />6. "Traffic deaths on the rise as pandemic eases; aggressive and distracted drivers on <br />the road." – NHTSA Report <br />For more information, these articles are attached to the staff report (Exhibits 2-7). <br />Law Encorcement’s Response to Cruising and Related Activities: STEARRD <br />In response to this multi-faceted problem, Orange County's law enforcement agencies <br />developed a comprehensive program, dubbed Strategic Traffic Enforcement Against <br />Racing and Reckless Driving (or “STEARRD” for short). The Orange County District <br />Attorney's Office has supported the program by being deeply involved and aggressively <br />prosecuting violators engaged in this trend. As a result, these activities have reduced <br />drastically. <br />Since its inception in 2020, the STEARRD program has culminated in over 6,000 citations <br />(2,575 issued by SAPD), nearly 300 vehicles impounded, 225 reckless driving and racing- <br />related arrests, and 140 other arrests (10 gun arrests and 20 DUI arrests). These <br />statistical data are not exclusive to intersections takeovers; they are extremely common <br />at P/Cs as well. In addition, Police Department resources are often stretched to the limit <br />to address a high volume of calls for service (CFS) for noise complaints, disturbance <br />complaints, fighting, drug use, and other illegal-related acts attributable to ITOs, P/C, and <br />S/R. <br />Repeal of Cruising Laws in Other Cities: National City, CA <br />Other municipalities that have similar anti-cruising ordinances have considered repealing <br />the ordinance as well. In the case of National City in San Diego County, which also has <br />an ordinance that bans cruising, their city recently implemented a pilot program to <br />sanction cruising events for three months at the urging of lowrider groups. Below is an <br />excerpt from the email response from a National City Police Department sergeant to the <br />Police Department’s request for feedback regarding their recent attempt to begin the <br />repeal process (Exhibit 9): <br />"The end result was the cruise was put on as planned and over 250 cars showed up to the event <br />with more than 500 spectators. Businesses complained that spectators took over their parking <br />lots without contributing to the business. Numerous vandalisms occurred to surrounding <br />businesses, fights broke out, calls of 417 [firearms violations] came in and traffic was severely <br />impacted well into 11 pm which was over 2 hours past the agreed upon time.