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The City of West Hollywood is a diverse vibrant community.  Situated between Hollywood to the east and Beverly Hills to the west, West Hollywood is home to more than 38,000 residents.  West Hollywood is home to the world famous "Sunset Strip", Santa Monica Boulevard, (route 66) and Melrose Avenue.  Shopping, eating, dancing, celebrity sightseeing and staying at one of West Hollywood's famous hotels continues to be a major commodity of the area.

The West Hollywood Gateway Center is located at the far east end of the city at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard at La Brea Avenue. The Gateway Center is a active retail complex anchored by a Target department store and a Best Buy electronics store.  West Hollywood's east side is also home to a vast Russian community.  The dozens of Russian synagogues, shops, bakeries, markets and restaurants are highlight of the east side.

The City of West Hollywood is also world renowned for our active Gay and Lesbian night life.  Home of the largest Halloween celebration in the country and the Christopher Street West Gay Pride parade yearly, the west end of the city along Santa Monica Boulevard, houses several restaurants, nightclubs and stores offering a wide variety of entertainment and dining choices.

The West Hollywood Sheriff's Station is located at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard at San Vicente Boulevard.  The station is staffed by nearly 200 employees who provide our patrol and traffic services, detectives and specialized services.  Additional resources such as our Bicycle Patrol Team, Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving Team, Special Problems Unit and the Sunset Policing Team have been combined under the unified command of our Community Impact Team (C.I.T.).  These personnel mange all of our high impact locations, entertainment policing all "Quality of Life" concerns throughout the city.  The West Hollywood Sheriff's Station works closely with the city's Public Safety staff to provide specialists in hate crime investigations, identity theft, Russian community relations and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community relations.  With the vast resources of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department at our disposal, you can be assured the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station has the personnel and experience to assist with any public safety issue or concern.