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The Monterey Park Police Department is a full-service police agency. It staffs sworn police officers and civilian personnel who provide crime protection services. The department conducts regularly scheduled checkpoints. It also offers assistance services through several programs, such as the Neighborhood Watch, Citizen Patrol and Citizen's Academy. The department s staff is equipped with cars, motorcycles and bicycles. The Monterey Park Police Department operates traffic, animal control, communication and investigation bureaus. Its jail bureau administers the booking, custodial detention and release of prisoners and their property. Additionally, the department has a canine unit. The Monterey Park Police Department is a part of the City of Monterey Park, which also operates fire, economic development and public works departments.

The South Gate Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the city of South Gate, Calif. The patrol division has six teams who provide around the clock coverage and log more than 50,000 miles per month responding to calls, arrests, traffic collision investigations, traffic control and parking enforcement. The traffic bureau includes four motorcycle officers, two traffic cars, four full-time and five part-time parking enforcement officers. It investigates collisions and assists in accident reconstruction. The department has several community outreach programs, including a citizen patrol composed of residents who volunteer to assist in handling minor police duties and a reserve officer program and a community-oriented policing program. It has an Explorers Post designed to give youth an opportunity to interact with police and develop an understanding of law enforcement. The department also conducts a number of community education programs aimed at preventing drug abuse, family violence and increasing home safety for the elderly.