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Malibu Lost Hills Sheriff Station

Once upon a time in the West there were Bandidos who used to stop travelers and rob them. In the presence of increasing economic difficulties a number of police departments and Sheriff stations have grown a reputation for being the armed Bandidos asking travelers for cash. Malibu Lost Hills Sheriff is one of those, with an increasing reputation for pulling people over, not because they are doing anything wrong, but because of revenue, cash generation for their own needs.

This is a shocking and unusual trend out in the West to supplement State and local funding by harassment of locals for cash.

The story is a profoundly ironic one, because community policing is usually an activity where the law enforcement is an asset to the community, not a increasing liability. For years the Malibu Lost Hills Station has been supplementing their income by doing what many law enforcement officials do. They wait around at peak morning hours for the opportunity to see who is going a little too fast. A little of that is toleratable, but when it gets to be excessive and a routine shake down, to the point of having road blocks to see who is and who is not wearing their seat belt, it gets to be a little bit too much. Excessive policing where and when not due, and shifting of priorities from community service, to community harassment is a topic that needs attention. The irony herein is that Malibu has had a notorious reputation as a safe-haven for illegal immigrants. "Day Workers" AKA Illegal Immigrants sanctioned by the likes of ICE.GOV numbering from a few dozen to well over a hundred congregate on a daily basis around major traffic centers for work. You will find them lining the streets right in front of the Sheriff at the Malibu Courthouse, at major shopping centers like Vons Pavillions on Heathercliff, at Howes market on Trancas. The Sheriff is well aware of them, and they even make small talk with them on a regular basis. Moreover this illegal population is not only well known by the Sheriff but well tolerated. This presents a profound irony. There are Federal laws against illegal immigrants, but the Sheriff have no problem with this. This is one example of shifted priorities of the Sheriff from community policing to revenue generation.

Recent reports within the Malibu Times report of the waters in Malibu being a hot bed for trafficking of drugs and even some deaths in Malibu, directly linked to this presence of illegal migrant population that enjoy a safe haven under Malibu Lost Hills Sheriff watch. Despite the fact that Federal officials at Department of Homeland Security in conjunction with ICE.GOV have clear sanctions against illegal immigrants, they enjoy a safe haven under Malibu Lost Hills Sheriff watch. For the locals, this is not only well known but accepted, with the thought being that law enforcement officials know what they're doing. That they are representing law and order when in fact demonstratively, they are not.

The City of Malibu enjoys and international reputation for being a fun and friendly atmosphere. Yet because of the unscrupulous and highly questionable misconduct of the Malibu Lost Hills Sheriff Station to shift priorities from community policing to revenue generation, they are increasingly being recognized by the locals as Bandidos with guns, doing precisely what Bandidos are known to do. At some point, this becomes unacceptable behavior, unbecoming of a law enforcement agency.