Public Safety

After requesting more details last November on options to remove County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, the LA County Board of Supervisors recently received a report back from legal counsel this past Tuesday. As explained in the November motion …

This past December, the Los Angeles City Council approved a recommendation to cut over 1,000 Los Angeles Police Department officers and over 700 civilian law enforcement staff. Additionally, this comes on top of a $150 budget cut …

The Los Angeles City Council this Tuesday voted to move forward with a recommendation that would create significant department-wide layoffs. A majority of these cuts will come from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), with nearly 1,000 LAPD officers and over 700 civilian …

This past Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council moved to adopt a motion that will reform police responses to certain 911 calls. Specifically, the proposal would form an unarmed crisis response team for non-violent …

In the past few months, community organizers and activists brought the topic of police brutality to the forefront of our national conversation. As such, large cities like Los Angeles have been forced to reconsider their approach to policing. Notably, Los Angeles voted to cut $150 million from the LAPD budget, while introducing a new …

Due to public pressure regarding police practices, Mayor Eric Garcetti recently announced the establishment of a new Community Safety Partnership (CSP) Bureau within the Los Angeles Police Department. Uniquely, the CSP program seeks to reimagine the role of law enforcement in the community. Specifically, CSP places specially-trained officers in …