Violent crime in Los Angeles declined for the second consecutive year in 2019, which was the 10th consecutive year the city saw fewer than 300 homicides. AdvertisementLos Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said the crime numbers show the department’s emphasis on community policing is working. About 57% of 2018’s homicides in Los Angeles were gang-related, according to a 2018 report. “Imagine how much safer our city would be if we do.”Moore has previously touted LAPD-led youth programs and the work of gang interventionists for reductions in gang crime. After rapper and community activist Nipsey Hussle was killed in March, several South Los Angeles gangs agreed to a tentative ceasefire.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 01, 2020 00:56 UTC