In response to concerns about neighborhood crime, including a random shooting today at 11:30 on Vine Street just south of the Arclight Theater, District 5 City Council Member Paul Koretz has worked with LAPD to organize a community meeting on Monday, December 12 at 7 p.m.  The meeting will be held at John Burroughs Middle School, 660 S McCadden Place.  Questions can be directed to LAPD Senior Lead Officer Dave Cordova at (213) 793-0650. We understand the meeting will be to speak to concerns of residents of the greater Hancock Park and Hollywood areas.
The Larchmont Buzz has a Friday afternoon (12/9)update from CD5 Field Deputy John Darnell with clarifications on the earlier story:
We have been contacted by residents in the CD5 area of the GWNC who believe there might be a recent uptick in robberies and burglaries. The residents who contacted us wanted to discuss this and so we contacted LAPD and asked that we have a meeting to address any concerns that people may have. For more information on the crime aspect I would suggest you speak with Senior Lead Officer Dave Cordova at 213 793-0650. He would have more specifics on what has been reported. He did mention that crime is down overall from a year ago, but we want to hear what concerns people have and see what we can do to help.
This meeting is open to anyone, but the western area of Hancock Park was the area of concern for the residents that contacted us and that includes parts of CD4. We will know more after LAPD and the residents have a chance to talk about it.