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Organization: Los Angeles County / Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
Date: October 21, 2008
185 Arrests, 105 Weapons and More Than $1 Million in Illegal Drugs Confiscated in September D.I.S.A.R.M Searches
LOS ANGELES COUNTY — During the month of September, D.I.S.A.R.M officers confiscated 105 weapons — including 58 handguns and 17 rifles/shotguns, more than $1 million in illegal drugs, and arrested 185 probationers during 1,940 unannounced searches of residences, persons, vehicles, and businesses, announced Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.
The searches were conducted through the Probation Department's D.I.S.A.R.M (Developing Increased Safety through Arms Reduction Management) program, initiated by Supervisor Antonovich following the tragic August 1999 shootings at the North Valley Jewish Community Center and the murder of a postal worker by Buford Furrow, an armed felon on probation from Washington State.
The D.I.S.A.R.M program entails pairing Deputy Probation Officers with local law enforcement personnel to perform unannounced searches of probationers and their homes, as a condition of probation, and targets the confiscation of guns, drugs, and other contraband.
Since its implementation in February of 2000, the D.I.S.A.R.M program has seized 4,578 weapons and more than 305 million dollars in illegal drugs and drug money, and resulted in 10,012 arrests. Ten percent of probationers in this program have been out of compliance with their terms of probation.
