DN Roundup

Here's a roundup of public safety items in yesterday's paper: victims, shootouts and of course the bureaucracy of public safety policy.

The grieving parents of a Los Angeles teenager who recently lost his life to gang violence pleaded with city officials Tuesday to take aggressive steps to boost city safety. Rick Orlov reports.

And Los Angeles police are drawing their guns less often than last year. But when they do, they're killing more criminal suspects than before, according to an LAPD report released Tuesday. Rachel Uranga reports.

Politicians continue to wrangle over a gang policy. Kerry Cavanaugh reports.