(FOX40.COM) — Regardless of fixed warnings about hefty fines, risks, and different penalties of setting unlawful fireworks, Northern California legislation enforcement saved busy on the Fourth of July as violators launched colourful explosives via the skies.
Sacramento
This yr, some businesses labored undercover to catch folks violating firework guidelines. The Sacramento Fireplace Division drove round in unmarked vehicles and cited folks with out their data.
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“We really patrolled up and down the neighborhoods and if we see fireworks leaving the bottom from a property, we’ll take video and photos,” mentioned Sacramento Metropolis Fireplace Marshal Jason Lee on Independence Day. “We’ll doc that and ship a quotation within the mail to the property proprietor.”
FOX40’s Zach Boetto rode together with the Sacramento Fireplace Division and mentioned inside the first half-hour, 5 citations have been issued for unlawful fireworks. In Sacramento, the primary fantastic for violating firework legal guidelines is $1,000, the second is $2,500 and the third is $5,000.
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Video footage confirmed Sacramento’s sky lit up in all instructions with unlawful fireworks that boomed nonstop all through the night time time hours.
Fairfield
Between 6 p.m. and a pair of a.m. on Thursday, the Fairfield Police Division mentioned they responded to 494 calls. Of these calls, 151 of them have been associated to fireworks.
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“We usually obtain that quantity of calls in a single day,” FPD said on on social media.
Hours earlier than, the FPD issued a public reminder that “fireworks are banned inside metropolis limits” and that officers and dispatchers will likely be onerous at work for fireworks. Nevertheless, a number of folks seemingly missed the memo.
Woodland
The Woodland Police Division mentioned they have been “very busy” however “closely staffed” to cope with a lot of unlawful fireworks.
‘You gentle it, we write it,” WPD said. “No, we gained’t catch all of them however we’ll give it our greatest all night time.”
Shortly after dusk officers mentioned they issued almost 30 citations for unlawful fireworks with 4 of them being over $10,000. This comes days after WPD issued a $120,000 fine to somebody for possession of unlawful fireworks.
Sutter County
Sutter County Sheriff’s Workplace reported that 11 citations have been issued for unlawful fireworks and one felony arrest was made for a home made explosive.
Apart from Sacramento, different businesses didn’t specify if that they had folks working below cowl.
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