Long Beach police
are taking steps to discourage unauthorized parties on the beach that are being
advertised on social media.
Police were
recently tipped off after people saw a party mentioned for this weekend on
social media and Snapchat.
As News 12 has
reported, 2,500 people gathered in Ocean Beach park a month ago. One person was
arrested for firing a gun.
"It becomes
very difficult when you have people who come down and just think that it's a
party," says Long Beach Police Commissioner Ron Walsh. "We love to
have people come down to the city and enjoy the beach and really enjoy the city
and come and have a nice time, but if you're going to come down and break the
rules we're going to be here and make it much more uncomfortable than you would
like."
Police say they
will be out in force ticketing people and towing cars.