Los Angeles police are struggling to
combat an increase in crime across the city this year, including a sharp spike
in the number of people shot.
Officials said Tuesday that shootings
recorded by police are up 31%, amounting to 54 additional victims this year.
Overall, the LAPD reported a 27% spike
in violent crime and a 12% rise in property crime through March 21 compared to
the same period last year.
Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck
said crime levels are running at roughly the same as 2012 and that the
increases are spread out across a variety of neighborhoods.
“So we are moving backward from ‘14 and
obviously we're taking steps to address that crime is up in every one of the
bureaus,” Beck said.
Police detected the trend this year and
have been taking steps to add more officers into troubled areas. One strategy
has been deploying officers from the elite Metropolitan Division into
neighborhoods that have seen a spike in gang-related violence.
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