Mayor Garcetti orders LAPD to scale back vehicle stops
LOS ANGELES_Mayor Eric Garcetti has ordered Los Angeles police to scale back on vehicle stops in response to an investigation by the Los Angeles Times showing that an elite unit was pulling over a disproportionate number of blacks.
In a written statement Wednesday, Garcetti said he is "deeply concerned" about The Times' findings that Metropolitan Division officers stop black drivers at a rate more than five times their share of the population.
Pointing to decreases in homicides and violent crimes last year, Garcetti said that progress in fighting crime needs to come with gains in public trust. He said that reducing vehicle stops, which are
