The following two items come to L & S via Brent Champaco, our Lakewood reporter. He pulled them from City Manager Andrew Neiditz’s Aug. 1 weekly bulletin to Lakewood City Council members.

* 50th Search Warrant for Drugs in Tillicum: Officer Waller authored the 50th search warrant in Tillicum since the inception of the LPD. SWAT and Special Ops served the warrant on July 31st resulting in Heroin and cash being seized.

* Street Light Copper Wire Theft: Public Works crews have uncovered 3 separate copper wire thefts in our street light system. Two of the areas were on Steilacoom Blvd between Clover Park Technical College and South Tacoma Way. The third area was on Tacoma Mall Blvd from 80th south to the casinos. Public Works is in the process of welding shut the street light lids where possible. Although this may slow the thieves down, it may not completely stop the problem. Public Works and Police have been coordinating efforts to work both ends of the problem ­ the thieves that are taking the wire, and the recyclers who illegally pay cash for the salvaged copper wire.