On the 25th, local time in the United States, the mayor of Los Angeles and the director of the Los Angeles Police Department held a joint press conference on the same day, and released the crime report of Los Angeles in 2020. The report data showed that although the overall crime in the city declined, the murder and violent crimes increased significantly.
According to the mayor of Los Angeles, Garcetti revealed at the press conference that in the past year (2020), Los Angeles experienced an unprecedented epidemic and its economy suffered heavy losses, which also made the city experience pain and hardship. In terms of crime rate, although the overall decline, but the surge in vicious violence has undoubtedly made things worse for Los Angeles. This year, the city government of Los Angeles will take more measures to keep the city safe. According to Gasiti, although the crime rate in Los Angeles has been declining for three consecutive years, for example, burglary has dropped by 11.1%, robbery has dropped by 17%, and sexual crimes and vehicle theft have dropped by about 9%. Compared with 2019, the gang crime rate has also declined. However, vicious violent crimes have greatly increased. For example, in 2020, murders increased by 36.2% compared with the same period, while shootings increased by 41.4%. At present, homicide crimes in Los Angeles are closely following Chicago and new york, and the homicide rates in these two cities increased by 50% and 40% respectively in 2020.
Moore, the director of the Los Angeles Police Department, also analyzed the crime rate of local gangs. Moore pointed out that in 2020, about 55% of murders were identified as related to gangs, which increased by 42% compared with the same period. In terms of illegally carrying guns, it increased by 35% last year, which also revealed from the side that the number of illegal weapons in Los Angeles is increasing significantly.
In terms of police officers’ law enforcement behavior, Moore revealed that due to the impact of the Freud incident on the entire American society, the Los Angeles Police Department has banned law enforcement officers from using carotid artery strangulation to arrest while on duty since 2020, and at the same time, more training will be provided in reasonable shooting.
According to Moore, in the past year, the number of Los Angeles police officers who were shot and killed during arrest has decreased, from 12 in 2019 to 7 in 2020, while in 1990, the number of people who were shot and killed by law enforcement was as high as 115. Facing the public security prevention plan of Los Angeles in the new year, Gasiti and Moore said that the municipal government and law enforcement agencies will strengthen joint law enforcement efforts, as well as law enforcement norms, including the implementation of civilian supervision, wearing law enforcement equipment and timely release of law enforcement videos, etc. At the same time, they will continue to pay attention to the occurrence of young people participating in gang activities and reduce the crime rate in the community. (CCTV reporter Xu Wei)
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