COMPTON, Calif. (KNX) — A recently installed set of Botts' Dots designed to end street takeovers in one Compton neighborhood failed to prevent the dangerous gatherings as cars flooded the intersection of Wilmington Avenue and Caldwell Street for yet another sideshow Sunday evening.
It took Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies at least an hour to respond to a series of street takeovers in the area that began at S. Central Avenue and Alondra Boulevard.
No arrests were made in the street takeover as the participants dispersed upon arrival from deputies.
Botts' Dots, raised pavement markers initially used to mark lanes on highways, are used in instances like these to prevent drivers from burning rubber. The City of Compton ordered more than $4,000 of dots for four commonly commandeered intersections, encouraged by past successes with the devices in Lynwood and Paramount.
"I don't want to make it a you versus us. I don't think they're bad people. It's just the young people might be a little misguided. Some sound a little entitled," Compton City Councilmember Andre Spicer told CBS LA last week. "Unfortunately, the story has been that you go to Compton because Compton won't do anything about it."
Residents living near the intersections worry about their safety — not only on the road. A large mob at a street takeover in Harbor-Gateway ransacked a 7-Eleven store last week.
"They put these little things here, and they still come by," said Stevie Renfro, who lives nearby, about the dots officials installed. So he wants police to ramp up enforcement. "Put a helicopter in the sky, follow that car, impound that car!"
Los Angeles County officials installed a much larger version of the Botts' Dots on the 6th Street Bridge, another popular location for street takeovers.
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