LAPD once again increases traffic enforcement on 6th Street Bridge

LAPD increasing patrols on 6th Street Bridge

The goal was to help prevent more illegal activity from occurring on the bridge.

LOS ANGELES - After several days of illegal activity, traffic and pedestrian enforcement were stepped up once again on the 6th Street Bridge Sunday.

In a statement, the Los Angeles Police Department's Operations Central Bureau announced it would conduct traffic enforcement "to ensure safe passage and movement along the bridge itself."

Traffic and pedestrian enforcement was in effect from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.

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"The mission of the operation is to deter criminal activity, arrest law violators, and conduct criminal investigations along the bridge," officials said in a statement."In order to maintain crowd safety, perimeter control, and safe movement of participants, the bridge will be subject to closing and expeditiously reopening."

LAPD conducting traffic enforcement on 6th Street Bridge

The operation will be conducted Sunday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., and is intended "to ensure safe passage and movement along the bridge itself," according to police.

The bridge had been closed for three consecutive nights starting July 22 due to the increase in illegal activity.

The construction of the bridge took six years and cost nearly $600 million. Ahead of its grand reopening, LA city Councilmember Kevin de León said the bridge would "rival the Hollywood Sign and Griffith Park as iconic images of our city."

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