Stay-at-home order allowing more foot patrols in Lakeport

With fewer crimes being reported during the coronavirus shelter-in-place order, Lakeport police are taking the opportunity to do more community policing.

Officers now have the time to do more checks to make sure businesses closed by the order are secure. Lakeport officers were able to do an additional 80 business checks over the weekend and four hours of foot patrol, augmenting an average of 350 miles a day of vehicle patrols, according to department figures.

Police said they are seeing people out of their homes, but most are abiding by the six-foot social distancing orders of the Lake County public health officer.

Officers are, however, beginning to track the names of people who are not adhering to the order and may begin issuing citations to repeat offenders, the department said.