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Young LAPD graduate: ‘We’re producing a new police force’

Despite the somber tone set by the recent police-involved shootings, the recruit commencement ceremony at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters went on today as planned. As dozens of young new officers graduated on the 1st Street field, a protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement emerged outside the headquarters in Downtown LA.…
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July 8, 2016

Despite the somber tone set by the recent police-involved shootings, the recruit commencement ceremony at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters went on today as planned.

As dozens of young new officers graduated on the 1st Street field, a protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement emerged outside the headquarters in Downtown LA.

Interns spoke to new officers, guests at the graduation ceremony, and long time members of the force to discuss the implications of these events on today’s youth, and how to bridge the gap between young people and law enforcement.

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Scholar-athlete Cody Going: off to Division 1

Scholar-athlete Cody Going: off to Division 1

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Cody Going has been in Mission Viejo high school’s football program, a team ranked number four in California by MaxPreps, for five long years. From his time in eighth grade to now he’s been able to see the athletes at Mission Viejo High grow from teammates to a...