Demoralized Cops Equal Higher Crime

Gentle readers, fasten your seatbelts.  We are about to embark on a virtual tour on which you will join me in a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car cruising some of the city’s most crime-ridden neighborhoods.  We will be patrolling the LAPD’s 77th Street Division, which year after year ranks at or near the top in violent crime among the city’s 21 patrol divisions.We are alert to the presence of gang members traveling through rival territory, or of those