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Valley & West LA Forgery Sections

Valley/WLA Forgery Sections investigate all forgery-related arrestees and investigate all crimes involving forged and counterfeit checks, credit cards, airline tickets and prescriptions. They also investigate burglaries and thefts where blank checks and/or check writing equipment, blank airline tickets and/or airline ticket validators are the objects of attack. Valley Section’s geographic area of responsibility is Valley Bureau, while WLA handles WLA and Pacific Areas.

Valley Forgery Section 818-374-9420
West LA Forgery Section 310-444-1517