Drastic cuts to the LAPD civilian workforce are forcing LAPD cops to increasingly fill civilian jobs instead of patrolling the city's streets and responding to your 9-1-1 calls. These widespread cuts - in combination with forced time off for overtime worked - are resulting in significantly reduced police deployments throughout the city. These decreased deployments throughout the city threaten to create a public safety crisis this summer.
Conway talks with Paul Weber from the Los Angeles Police Protective League about how the LA Budget crisis threatens residents safety and police response time to their 9-1-1 calls.