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    LZ Granderson: Bass is right to add cops in LA, but quality matters more than quantity

    by LZ Granderson, Los Angeles Times Apr 20, 2023 3 minutes
    Members of the LAPD leave LAPD Headquarters on 1st St. in downtown Los Angeles, California on June 3, 2021.

    Mayor Karen Bass' push to increase the number of police officers on the streets of L.A. may be viewed by some as a betrayal of progressive ideology, but the reality is people are afraid — and justifiably so.

    Over the past three years, the Los Angeles Police Department has been hemorrhaging officers — down almost 1,000 compared with 2019 — and struggling to recruit replacements. The department has resorted to asking former officers to come out of retirement.

    Meanwhile, anyone paying attention to the news in Los Angeles. There have been on the news and on social media, and . Bass delivered her first "state of the city" address on Monday, just days after — this time in Compton — resulted in damaged buildings and thousands stolen from businesses.

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