Too many Angelenos do not feel safe in their own neighborhoods. Response times are too slow, officers are stretched thin, buried in administrative work, and covering shifts through forced overtime rather than adequate staffing.
Public safety is the most fundamental obligation of city government, and doubling patrols means freeing the officers we already have through automation, deploying technology that multiplies the effectiveness of every officer on patrol, and hiring 1,400 more. Every neighborhood in this city deserves the same thing: more visible presence, faster response, and leadership that actually delivers both.
Revamp the current recruitment and onboarding process to fill classes with qualified candidates, including targeting veterans and experienced out-of-state officers.
Putting more officers on patrol without burning out the ones already on the job.
Dedicated walking beats that rebuild community trust and deter crime through consistent, visible presence rather than reactive patrol.
While ensuring privacy of residents as foremost concern, we will reduce Priority 1 response times by providing real-time aerial support to ground units instead of depending on the aging, expensive and limited helicopter fleet.
Restoring Community Safety Partnership units to all HACLA public housing developments (the program that reduced violent crime in pilot communities and was proven to work before budget cuts eliminated it) and standing up a dedicated Homeless Emergency Response Unit to absorb the 66,446 homeless-related calls logged in recent years, so frontline patrol isn't stretched across missions it was never staffed or equipped to handle.
Coordinating with the County to track every person from arrest through reentry and close the accountability gap between city and county systems.
Reducing booking time through process re-engineering and automation, and supplementing investigations with forensic technology so LAPD solves more crimes with the force it already has.
