LAPD Chief Michel Moore, DA George Gascón Tout Joint Efforts To Reduce Violence

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore and L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón Wednesday said they hoped to see a decline in violent crimes in the coming months due to a new joint effort.

“Since the first quarter of 2020, violent crime has been going up nationwide,” Gascón said. “We’re increasingly seeing more and more cases of violence.

“We’re seeing more mass shootings and, interestingly enough, it really doesn’t matter what the political orientation of the jurisdiction is,” he continued. “We’re seeing it in red cities, blue cities, red counties, blue counties. Unquestionably, we have a problem with violence in our communities and our country and it’s much deeper than anything that law enforcement or prosecutors can do.”

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