Southern California law enforcement 'monitoring' for threats in wake of truck attack in France

Law enforcement from Los Angeles to the Inland Empire stepped up their monitoring of global terrorist incidents Thursday in the wake of an attack in France, which reports say killed more than 70 people.

There was no credible threat locally, but local police were being vigilant.

“We’re just closely monitoring what’s going on around the world and what’s going on in Los Angeles but there is no real active threat at this point,” said Los Angeles police Officer Tony Im of LAPD’s Media Relations Section. “We’re going to continue with the routine procedures.”

Officer Rob Pedregon, spokesperson for Ontario Airport Police, could not confirm or quantify whether security has been heightened at the airport as a result of Thursday’s attack in France. He said security analysts at Los Angeles World Airports “constantly monitor” such events, but keep mum about any changes that result so as not to tip off any would-be attackers.

“All I can do is say we take that information and adjust accordingly,” he said.

L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Ryan Rouzan said Thursday afteoon that “we’re not changing anything we’ve done on a daily basis.”

But he added that the sheriff’s department remained vigilant in monitoring events around the world.

Los Angeles Port Police were in communication with local, state and federal law enforcement about Thursday’s developments in France, officials said. They added that while the threat level has not changed, officials were taking steps to increase security, particularly at public locations and for upcoming events at the port.

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