Every year, numerous users and bystanders are injured by illegal fireworks, and property is damaged by fires sparked by fireworks. Please help keep our community safe this upcoming holiday. On November 6th, 2012, Measure X was approved by Fullerton voters allowing for the discharging of “Safe & Sane” Fireworks within designated areas of the city.
In Fullerton, only Safe & Sane Fireworks are permitted to be used on July 4th between 10 AM – 10 PM on private property. The Fullerton Police Department (FPD) has already begun to receive calls regarding the illegal use of fireworks. Dispatchers, call-takers, and police officers are hard at work responding to these calls for service.
Please be patient with the FPD as they do their best to handle every call for service. Remember, by law, if the FPD does not physically see someone light the fireworks, they cannot take enforcement action.
To report illegal fireworks, call (714) 738-3165 or email ReportFireworks@fullertonpd.org.
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“Remember, by law, if the FPD does not physically see someone light the fireworks, they cannot take enforcement action.”
What law is this that singles out illegal use of legal fireworks (or is it use of illegal fireworks?) as a crime that needs to be personally witnessed by FPD officers in order for enforcement action to be taken? Would a video of someone lighting a firework or witness testimony be irrelevant? Does this prohibition extend to other crimes, like theft, assault, burglary? Will FPD no longer investigate possible crimes unless they “physically witness” them in progress?
Exactly what illegal activity did FPD “physically witness” Kelly Thomas engaging in 13 years ago on July 5, 2011 before detaining him?
What you have here is the cops telling you that they don’t want to do this job and challenging the citizen to try to make them. Public safety, indeed.
Thank you FPD for confiscating 300 pounds of illegal fireworks this season.
We really noticed the improvement in our neighborhood.
Everyone had fun and we could still see each other and weren’t
scared of fire or someone blowing fingers off.