Workers remove a couch from a campsite left behind by a homeless person in Echo Park in April 2021. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)A Los Angeles Police Department report on the Echo Park closure and resulting protests in March found several shortcomings in the department’s response, including insufficient tracking of projectile weapons and poor communication with media in the field. “Currently, Park Rangers are missing nearly half their allotted positions. They simply do not have the resources to monitor every park in the City,” the LAPD report states. “To prevent another encampment from establishing itself in a popular public space, the City should make fully staffing the Park Rangers a top priority.”Read the full story at LATimes.com.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 01, 2021 13:52 UTC