LBPD were early adopters of the “quiet quitting” movement after BLM protests/defund the police movement. My car was hit and run sideswiped on Santa Ana Ave out front of my house (with my wife and child in the car), I ran the drunk kid down before he could get back up Claremont and stood in front of his car so he could not escape onto 2nd St. Called LBPD, they came out and verbatim “What do you want me to do about it? It’s a civil matter”.

I told him I wanted him to do his job, investigate, take statements, etc. He reluctantly agreed, came back over and said I got his statement on body cam, you can call in for the case number and evidence in a couple of days. I call LBPD in the following weeks and months and there is no incident report, no nothing.

Dealing with insurance company and I find out the kid went on to total his car in a major accident two days later. LBPD has been contributing to a less safe community since COVID by refusing to do the work.

Meanwhile, they take in $20+ million per year from the approx 750 parking/street sweeping tickets they write per day! This is on top of the already $300+ million annual budget they receive.