West Valley Area now patrols 33.5 square miles with a population of 196,840 people. That’s down from the 52 square miles West Valley patrolled prior to the opening of the Topanga Area.
Our boundaries are now:
- Corbin Avenue to the west
- Roscoe Boulevard to the north
- 405 Freeway to the east, and
- Mulholland Drive to the south.
West Valley Area now has a total of 232 sworn personnel and 30 civilian personnel. Keep in mind that the total numbers fluctuate from deployment period to deployment period.
Note: a deployment period is 4 weeks. With the reduction in size, West Valley Area now has 6 Basic Cars that patrol the communities of:
- Encino
- Reseda
- Lake Balboa
- Sherman Oaks (part)
- Northridge (part), and
- Tarzana
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Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton will be on hand to answer questions.
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