#OC SHERIFF BLOTTER SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO FREE#

“There is not a crime problem in downtown San Juan Capistrano,” Braun said.Īccording to data from the Orange County Equity Map built by the Orange County Health Care Agency, violent crime rates are low, stretching from 45 to 68 violent crimes per 10,000 residents depending on where you live in the city. However, Carrie Braun, a spokesperson for the Orange County Sheriffs’ Department, said there isn’t an existing crime problem in the city’s downtown area that the policy would help address. “So I was trying to think of a way we could encourage video for law enforcement to deal with criminal activity that may occur … but that wasn’t originated from the city government itself.” “Even though you don’t actually have a right to privacy standing on a city sidewalk, it’s a concern many people express,” Reeve said.

Reeve said he wanted to do it through businesses to avoid concerns from people who would say the city government recording its residents was an invasion of privacy.

#OC SHERIFF BLOTTER SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO FREE#

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