chop shop

A man has been arrested after police found 18 stolen cars worth more than £436,000 at a suspected "chop shop".

It grew through the pandemic, as many encampments did, but then about two years ago turned into a full-blown “chop shop,” he says.

Councilmember Joe Buscaino, who introduced the motion last fall, said chop shops have become a pervasive problem in the city, and a new ordinance was needed to help Los Angeles police officers address it.

In 2017, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act was among laws invoked when authorities broke up what a federal prosecutor in South Dakota called ″a chop shop for eagles.”

Councilman Joe Buscaino, who is running for mayor and has focused his campaign on public safety and addressing homeless encampments, introduced the motion in the fall targeting bicycle “chop shops.”