Exclusive | Cops shift tactics for street takeovers as the bloody events tormenting LA neighborhoods worsen

Police are making more arrests at the out-of-control Los Angeles street takeovers as cops attempt to gain control of the ongoing scourge.From the start of the year through July 11, cops made 249 arrests at the chaotic takeovers — including 11 felony collars, Los Angeles Police Department Capt.Mike Bland exclusively told The Post.“These felonies were largely as a result of violence that occurred,” he said.

“These takeovers are crime scenes.”This year’s arrest figures put the department on pace to exceed its numbers from 2025, when police made 292 arrests over the course of the entire year, including 24 felony collars.Bland described most takeover participants as teenagers — adding that the action heats up in the summer when the weather is warm and schools are out. Just last weekend, a pair of takeovers in the San Ferando Valley resulted in tragic consequences for young people there, Bland said.Two spectators were seriously injured when a car rammed into them Sunday night near Plummer and Haskell Avenue in North Hills, with wild video from the scene capturing the moment a spinning black sedan slammed into the pair.About 4 miles away, on Parthenia Street and Wilbur Avenue in Northridge, another takeover crash injured spectators that same night.

Shocking video of the incident showed a white vehicle ramming the crowd, striking pedestrians and a cyclist.Police are investigating both incidents, with the North Hills collision being probed as a hit-and-run.In a move meant to intensify the fight against these illegal events, the LAPD last month shifted its anti-takeover efforts away from a central office and into the department’s regional traffic divisions.The change was made because LAPD officials believe the department can better prevent takeovers by bringing enforcement to the neighborhoods where they occur, Bland said.Takeovers happen all over the city, but are especially concentrated in the Valley, South LA and downtown, where Mayor Karen Bass in March...