Crime & Safety
Los Alamitos Police Reopens Lobby Amid Drop In COVID Rates
The reopening comes after Los Alamitos police closed its lobby to the public in January amid a winter surge of COVID-19 rates.
LOS ALAMITOS, CA — The Los Alamitos Police Department has reopened its lobby doors to the public as COVID-19 rates in Orange County continue to trend downwards.
The lobby hours will be Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., according to the department's Facebook post. The lobby will be closed on Fridays, weekends and holidays.
The lobby had closed on Jan. 3 amid a rise in COVID-19 infections in Orange County brought on by the omicron variant.
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Residents will still have the option to request a police report online by filling out a request form on the department's website and emailing it to the agency's records bureau.
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have been on a steady decline in the last several weeks.
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The Orange County Health Care Agency reported Monday the number of hospitalizations dropped from 233 to 217, and the case rate per 100,000 people went from 11 to 10.7.
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