![]() ![]() The flip side the sharp crime wave is the soft cushion criminals land on when brought before a judge. We need more unarmed mental health crisis response teams so that police officers can focus on the core police work that only a professional trained and armed can handle - tackling the guns and gangs overrunning neighborhoods in Los Angeles.” Sam Yerbi points out that “We cannot continue to demonize the LAPD while continuing to demand that they be the first response to every issue on the streets from mental health breakdowns and homelessness to crowd control and traffic stops. Those hashtag moments do not fit with today’s reality. The situation has spiraled upward to a plateau where candidates can no longer count on defunding the police and abolishing jails as winning issues. It’s become a double-edged sword held in the hands of the criminals: the victims that have suffered losses, and those who fear they may be next. Smash and grab retail store robberies, daylight armed stick-ups, the theft of catalytic converters from vehicles at night, and the theft of packages left at front doors bring the crime wave home to ordinary people. It’s not just rich people with luxury goods that are being marked by perps. He also heads the LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division. Jonathan Tippet, who spearheads a LAPD task force looking into the surging “follow-home” crime wave. The LAPD offers this explanation for the spike in crime: “More than a dozen Los Angeles gangs are targeting some of the city’s wealthiest residents in a new and aggressive manner, sending out crews in multiple cars to find, follow and rob people driving high-end vehicles or wearing expensive jewelry” according to Capt. In the Wilshire Division of LAPD in the heart of CD-5 alone, homicides skyrocketed from 1 in 2020 to 13 in 2021 and 4 already in 2022. While a citywide issue, Yebri notes the impact in CD-5, saying that “The explosion of violent crime and gun violence in CD-5 is undeniable. He’s against the lax prosecutorial consequences for criminals that has become a decisive issue as voters get ready to cast their ballots. ![]() ![]() DEEGAN ON LA-Perps walking free is the wedge issue that may give undecided voters in CD-5 a reason to vote for Sam Yebri in the June 7 Primary Election. ![]()
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