Sheriff sends extra patrols to San Diego fertility clinics

FILE A badge for a San Diego sheriff s deputy Courtesy San Diego County Sheriff s Office The San Diego County Sheriff s Office sent out extra patrols near fertility centers Sunday following Saturday s deadly bombing of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs The Sheriff s Office declared that while there are no known threats against clinics in the county out of an abundance of caution deputies will conduct extra patrols Our thoughts are with those affected by the event sheriff s bureaucrats added We want to reassure the residents that their safety and well-being will dependably be a priority for the Sheriff s Office and local law enforcement The department also urged residents to summary any suspicious activity by calling or their local law enforcement agency An officer with the San Diego Police Department announced on Sunday that there was no official direction from headquarters to conduct extra patrols within city limits The Chula Vista Police Department also wasn t ordering extra patrols an officer there announced An official with Escondido Police Department reported beat officers were briefed on the Palm Springs bombing and will be vigilant during their patrols FBI executives on Sunday identified the bombing suspect as -year-old Twentynine Palms resident Guy Edward Bartkus Bartkus was killed in the explosion which occurred around a m Saturday at the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic at N Indian Canyon Drive The clinic was closed at the time of the development but four other people were injured at the scene Those casualties were disclosed from diagnostic care as of Sunday In a Sunday morning news briefing Akil Davis assistant director of the FBI s Los Angeles field office described the attack as presumably the largest bombing scene that we ve had in Southern California with evidence strewn for hundreds of feet around the blast