Crime drops in LA
A year after Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief William Bratton declared gangs public enemy No.1, crime has plummeted, homicides are at 30-year lows, and for the first time cops are working with hard-core gang interventionists to quell rivalries. Despite the gains, though, some of the boldest initiatives of Villaraigosa's anti-gang plan are barely getting off the ground, while other efforts that have been touted as "successes" aren't so clear-cut. A gang czar appointed in June who was supposed to bring the problems into sharper citywide focus so far has little power.
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I think the mayor and police chief skew statistics to make it seem safer in los angeles than it really is.There has been a lot of crime this week and with the economy slowing down,more crimes occur historically.do not get a false sense of security.The streets are dangerous
Posted by: berg | February 29, 2008 1:10 PM