Use-of-Force Incidents Against Homeless People Are Up, LAPD Reports [latimes.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 1/27/2011:58 AM

By Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2020

More than one out of three times that a Los Angeles police officer used force in recent months involved a person experiencing homelessness, according to a new LAPD report.

During the third quarter of 2019, officers used force on homeless people 217 times, a 26% increase from the same period in 2018 when that number was 172.

LAPD homeless coordinator Cmdr. Donald Graham pointed to the city’s growing homeless population and an uptick in crimes committed by and against homeless people.

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