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The police department is launching a new pilot program in the Washington neighborhood near Downtown that will put officers on streets, on foot, to provide more one-on-one interactions with residents.
The Neighborhood Walks program is in response to a spike in gun violence and overall crime over the last year, and it’s an opportunity to combat mistrust in law enforcement by some, officials said.
“We’re as frustrated as anybody else with the level of violence that happens in this specific neighborhood,” LBPD Chief Robert Luna said in a video of the program launch outside of Washington Middle School on Friday.
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While there was speculation on social media that fire was racially targeted, especially after seeing nationwide trends of hate crimes against Asian Americans, officials do not believe the fire was racially motivated.
Metro will suspend rail service on the A Line formerly called the Blue Lines between the Del Amo and Pacific Avenue stations from 4 a.m. Saturday, March 6, through the end of service on Sunday, March 7.