A Southern California woman was shocked to discover a family of coyotes had been living underneath her home.

Surveillance cameras capture the moment a woman who was walking her dog had to run to safety after coming face-to-face with a pack of coyotes in her neighborhood.

Residents in the Leimert Park neighborhood said a rise in the number of coyotes canvassing the area has left them concerned for their safety.

Phaedra Harris, a Leimert Park resident, recalls the moment she was jolted out of bed by the sounds of the woman screaming for help in the middle of the night.

Harris immediately suspected that it was likely a pack of coyotes surrounding the woman.

“Sure enough, this woman was just running for her life,” Harris recalled. “And I was like, ‘Get in here! Get your dog! Get in here!’” as she waved the woman to safety inside her home.

“They were chasing her and her dog and they were growling at the dog,” Harris said.

Just days before, Harris said she discovered the pack of coyotes weren’t just roaming around the neighborhood, but they had also been living underneath her home.

“My neighbor, she sent me a video of the coyotes coming out of my crawlspace,” Harris said.

After reviewing her home security footage, she confirmed the coyotes were indeed, living under her house.

“I actually saw four pups and two adult coyotes in my front lawn killing a raccoon or a possum or something and I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, there’s a whole family.’”

She contacted local law enforcement which referred her to animal control, but no one was available to help. She felt helpless for a bit until she contacted Humane Wildlife Control, Inc., an organization that uses humane, no-kill methods to remove wildlife.

Harris’ crawlspace was eventually sealed up and the coyote family left her property.

“Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that coyotes were right here, but yeah they’re here,” she said in disbelief.

However, Harris said she also understands the coyotes will likely stay in the neighborhood as they are is also their natural home.

“What I’ve learned is that we basically have to learn to live with the coyotes,” she said of the information provided to her by the humane pest control company.

Earlier this month, Mar Vista residents were on edge as a pack of coyotes continued stalking the community.

Some police departments in Southern California are already using Tesla Model Y electric vehicles as patrol cars. Now, Cybertrucks could be next, according to UP.FIT, a Hawthorne-based company that outfits police departments.

“I can confirm that we have several departments in California, specifically Southern California, that have expressed interest in ordering our new UP.FIT Next-Gen Patrol Cybertruck,” Fleet Director James Hedland told KTLA.

That’s all the company can say – for now. Hedland wouldn’t reveal which departments have ordered Cybertrucks due to contracts they have with their clients.

Recently, the company helped Anaheim’s police department by modifying a fleet of Tesla Y patrol cars as part of a pilot program.

“We had to seek out alternative vehicle options, which led us to explore utilizing Teslas as police vehicles,” Anaheim Police Chief Rick Armendariz said in an April press release.

UP.FIT specializes in fitting Teslas for fleet use and just introduced the world’s first Tesla Cybertruck police vehicle. The photos posted online have gone viral — with some commenters saying this is taking us one step closer to the types of police equipment seen in Sci-Fi films.

“The UP.FIT Cybertruck Next-Gen Patrol vehicle represents a significant engineering leap into the future and we’re excited to offer law enforcement agencies the future of policing,” said Ben Schaffer, CEO of Unplugged Performance.

An UP.FIT spokesperson says Cybertrucks integrate Tesla’s superior electric vehicle technology with a range of warning lights, sirens, a PA system, and upgraded computer systems.

The new patrol cars even getting a nod from Elon Musk himself on X (formerly Twitter).

Currently, UP.FIT has begun taking orders for the Cybertruck Next-Gen Patrol, with deliveries expected by late 2024.