ON 09/05/2022 A VANGUARD PATROL OFFICER PATROLLING IN CASTAIC OBSERVED A SUSPECT TRESPASSING ON A CLIENT’S PROPERTY. THE SUSPECT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ISSUED SEVERAL TRESPASS ARREST WARNINGS AND BEGAN TO FLEE WHEN HE OBSERVED OUR OFFICER. AS OUR PATROL OFFICER BEGAN TO FOLLOW THE SUSPECT TO PLACE HIM UNDER ARREST, THE SUSPECT BRANDISHED A LARGE MACHETE IN A THREATENING MANNER TO THE OFFICER. 911 WAS IMMEDIATELY CALLED, AND THE OFFICER MAINTAINED A SAFE DISTANCE WHILE FOLLOWING THE SUSPECT.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER, A PASSING CHP UNIT WAS FLAGGED DOWN TO ASSIST AND THE SUSPECT WAS DISARMED AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT ISSUE. LASD UNITS ARRIVED MOMENTARILY AFTER AND THE SUSPECT WAS SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERRED INTO THEIR CUSTODY.