Two other burglaries<\/a> occurred in recent weeks, including an incident on Ostrom Avenue, where a homeowner shot a 14-year-old intruder, according to residents. <\/p>\n The Los Angeles Police Department has responded to the uptick in violence by increasing patrols and adding measures such as officers on horseback.<\/p>\n But some neighbors are still too scared to leave their homes, said Rob Glushon, president of the Encino Property Owners Assn. \u201cPeople are afraid,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cPeople are angry.\u201d <\/p>\n Rob Glushon, left, President of Encino Property Owners Association, joins Encino community leaders at a press conference to ask city leaders for help following recent murders, home invasions and burglaries in Encino in front of Van Nuys City Hall on July 31, 2025. <\/p>\n (Genaro Molina \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n Glushon and others leaders want Bass and the LAPD to create a real-time crime monitoring center at a local police station, similar to one in Beverly Hills. They also want a new police substation in Encino, drones to track suspicious cars and crime, license plate readers at major intersections, and weekly public meetings with LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell.<\/p>\n Bass spokesperson Clara Karger said some of the requests sought by Encino community leaders have already been added. In addition to increasing patrols, the city has deployed license plate readers, and is working with the L.A. County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Burglary\/Robbery Taskforce on targeting organized crime rings, she said. <\/p>\n \u201cLast year we took urgent action to successfully address a spate of crime in the Valley and our response efforts helped. We will continue to do all we can to keep Angelenos safe,\u201d Karger said. \u201cCrime was down last year and homicide totals are on track to be the lowest in 60 years.\u201d<\/p>\n A Zoom meeting with Bass, Councilmember Nithya Raman, state Sen. Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles) and Glushon and other neighborhood leaders is planned for Thursday night.<\/p>\n Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman met with Encino residents last week during a crowded town hall on the recent violence. He told the crowd last week that as a lifelong Angeleno, the twin killings were personal to him.<\/p>\n Rob Glushon, President of Encino Property Owners Association, right, speaks with Roy Nwaisser, President of Encino Neighborhood Council, center, and other Encino city leaders who gather before a press conference on July 31, 2025. They want police to open a substation on Van Nuys Blvd., to clear homeless encampments and take other measures to bring about a safer community. <\/p>\n (Genaro Molina \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n \u201cThe government owes you one thing and that\u2019s safety,\u201d Hochman said. \u201cRobin and Tom didn\u2019t experience safety that night. Safety failed them.\u201d<\/p>\n Kaye and DeLuca, who were both 70, had been dead inside their home for four days when officers found their bodies during a welfare check after a neighbor called police concerned that they hadn\u2019t seen or heard from them for a few days. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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