To the editor: Your article on Mayor Karen Bass’ focus on officer morale in her seek for the subsequent Los Angeles Police Division chief reassured me, as soon as once more, that I had executed the suitable factor in casting my vote for her.
Fairly than specializing in checking each field on progressives’ want checklist, it seems that Bass understands that no quantity of prison justice reform will assist town if we can’t recruit and retain sufficient law enforcement officials to keep up even primary staffing, a lot much less enhance it.
Sure, officer morale is vital if we count on LAPD cops to enroll, practice, work and keep on the power. If LAPD officers really feel that their work is undercut by insurance policies that don’t deter crime, they are going to defect to different cities which have extra stringent insurance policies. And after they do, Los Angeles loses and its residents are much less protected.
Thanks, Mayor Bass. Please preserve doing what you’re doing.
Michael Krumme, Los Angeles
