CHIEF HOLDS TO VOW TO CUT MURDERS.Byline: James Nash Staff Writer The number of murders in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. rose slightly in the first three months of the year, but Police Chief William Bratton insisted Wednesday that he's sticking to his goal of reducing homicides by 20 percent by year's end. From Jan. 1 through March 27, there were 126 homicides in Los Angeles, compared with 120 during the same period last year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . The numbers of robberies, burglaries, rapes, auto thefts and other categories of crime declined. ``The anomaly there is that homicides are up, although the irony is that shootings are down,'' Bratton told reporters at the LAPD's communications center. ``I anticipate that despite an increase this year over last year, some of the initiatives we've announced over the past few weeks will have an impact.'' Bratton cited an initiative to flood gang ``hot spots'' in South and East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. over the next 90 days. He also pointed to a recent injunction against the Maya Salvatrucha gang, which claims territory west of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . He said gangs account for 68 percent of homicides in Los Angeles and that police efforts to reduce the murder rate also will focus on gangs. Bratton said the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. faces a heightened challenge with the early onset of summer weather. More people - including gang members - go outdoors during warm weather, and crime typically escalates at such times. James Nash, (213) 978-0390 james.nash(at)dailynews.com |
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