When we head to bed the KMA security patrol is still up handling the good, the bad and the ugly in our neighborhood. Reading through patrol reports weaves an intriguing and often concerning story of people with no legitimate business on the Point in the dead of the night. This is why the Community Foundation of Balboa Peninsula Point (CFBPP) funds the security patrol with your donations.

From a car going the wrong way on Miramar that needed to be turned around at 12:45 am, to a man claiming to be arriving for work at 2:30 am to an address he “can’t” share. Or a group of people at 2:25 am claiming to be visiting “someone on ocean front alley” but unable to get specific. The patrol moves all these people along sometimes escorting them off the Point.

The reports have plenty of references to people moved along due to “lewd activity.” And bonfires at L and G Streets seem to be a thing. Often the reports cite speeding cars, one going over 60 mph at 2:54 am. Its five occupants were stopped and asked to slow down. A lot of profanity ensued but the group departed reluctantly.

Cooperation isn’t a constant. Just before 12:00 am, the patrolman observed a car hit another car parked on Channel Road. An attempt to gather info led to a confrontation and a speedy getaway that was thwarted by the patrol calling 911. The police were able to stop the culprit and take it from there. And another night at 12:15 am: “I noticed a small group of people at the G Street beach entrance. When I drove closer I saw two people on the restoration area. As I attempted to illuminate the area with my flashlight a female slapped my hand that held my flashlight and a male confronted me in a hostile manner. I took a defensive position and told them to leave, they drove away fast and in a reckless manner.”

Often, it’s a whole lot of alcohol that leads to late night shenanigans. For instance, the time the patrol noticed an unfamiliar truck parked near the M Street beach entrance at 1:14 am and upon investigating found a swimming drunk guy. Or the innumerable large groups of drunk teens partying hard all over the place: at the Wedge, at G Street, at Bay Beach – all sent on their way.

Except when they are too out of it to move: “At 1:05 am I heard a loud female voice near the I Street beach entrance, when I walked closer to her voice, I observed a male laying down on the sand near the I Street walkway, the female said that she called his father and he is coming to pick him up. The father arrived at 1:09 am and he placed his son in the back of a white van and drove away.” Some don’t drive away but just sleep it off before the Patrol moves them along including a couple sleeping in a vehicle near the Wedge at 2:58 am. Or the man who was woken up and escorted off the Point from the kids’ play area at Miramar and Balboa Blvd at 1:11 am.

And then there are the people that do belong here after dark. For instance, the US Customs officer encountered in his car surveilling the fishing piers who readily offered his identification when asked. And the US Coast Guardsman who arrived to check the jetty at 1:00 am.

Sure, sometimes Sean Toomay or David Sierras, our current KMA patrolmen, report that all they are doing is “patrolling streets and parks, checking on homes under construction, observing vehicle and pedestrian movement.”

But other times the story is not so serene.

You too can delve into the security reports. Visit cfbpp.org and click the “Security Patrol” tab. If you need KMA to swing by and check on something call dispatch: 888-562-1988 or the patrol mobile: 714-332-7420 between the hours of 7 p.m. and 3 a.m. seven days a week.