As of Thursday morning, it is unclear how many of the catalytic converters were stolen specifically from Santa Clarita.
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies have made several arrests within the last month connected to catalytic converter thefts. However, it is unknown if the past suspects had any connection to the individuals arrested in Wednesday’s operation.
Catalytic converters are attached to a car’s exhaust system, and are targeted because they contain precious metals and can be “scrapped” for a quick profit, according to Arriaga.
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station has partnered with the City of Santa Clarita and launched “Guard That Auto” campaign to combat the increase in grand theft auto and catalytic converter thefts, according to Arriaga.
round, fired at one student. injured that student. and then appeared to clear some sort of jam in the weapon and then fired an additional four rounds at four other students before turning the gun on himself. that ended it all in 16 seconds. just in terms of police response, i mean 16 seconds from start to finish, obviously no way law enforcement can respond that quickly. what was response like? well, the response fortunately was extremely quick. we had three off-duty law . enforcement officers who had just dropped off their kids at the school, and one deputy, a detective from our department witnessed students running away from the scene. he circled back and entered the scene. let me give you their names. it s going to be detective daniel finn from the santa clarita sheriff s station detective bureau, officer shawn
before turning the gun on himself. that ended it all in 16 seconds. just in terms of police response, i mean 16 seconds from start to finish, obviously no way law enforcement can respond that quickly. what was response like? well, the response fortunately was extremely quick. it was a matter of seconds. we had three off-duty law enforcement officers who had just dropped off their kids at the school, and one deputy, a detective from our department witnessed students running away from the scene. he circled back and entered the scene. let me give you their names. it s going to be detective daniel finn from the santa clarita sheriff s station detective bureau, officer shawn yanez and officer gus ramirez from the los angeles police department. all three of them were the very first peace officers who entered the campus, went to the scene,