STREET BEAT: ‘What should the LAPD do to show change?’

 

Candi Monroe

Candi Monroe

Hawthorne

“When they get a call about somebody that may be mentally challenged, people from psychiatry clinics should meet them there and help them work through the situation.”

 

Kyle Campbell[

Kyle Campbell

Los Angeles

“The main thing is that they have to implement a different type of training. … They use the streets like a battlefield.” 

 

 

Richie Stephens[

Richie Stephens

Los Angeles

“After so many years, I think the police officers should get a refresher course because I think they’re out there in the streets for so long that they forget what they’re … supposed to be doing.”  

 

 

Brittani Wortham

Brittani Wortham

Los Angeles

“They need to ride bikes or get back into the neighborhoods, so they know who the people are instead of it being just another Black kid or brown kid.”

Compiled by Cynthia Gibson in Leimert Park.