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Police In South Coast Community Say Efforts To Seize Illegal Weapons Getting Big Results

A South Coast police department says it’s focus on getting illegal guns off the streets has netted some big results. Camarillo Police officers say their Special Enforcement Detail seized 129 firearms, and more than 25,000 rounds of ammunition in 2019. The weapons seized included assault rifles and even a flame thrower.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.