Beck said reports of sexual assault dropped 25% among the city’s Latino population in the beginning of 2017, adding that reports of domestic violence also have fallen by 10%. Similar decreases were not seen in reports of those crimes by other ethnic groups, Beck said. The LAPD stopped approaching people solely to ask about their immigration status in 1979, under Special Order 40, a policy signed by then-Chief Daryl Gates. “We want to focus on serious crime, but we also want to focus on making more citizens, not more criminals,” Garcetti said Tuesday. “If you want a safe city, we need the trust and cooperation of all of our citizens,” Garcetti said.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 21, 2017 21:56 UTC