A MAJOR US city announced a controversial study employing unarmed citizens to enforce smaller crimes, dividing residents. Other infrastructural changes will be made to curb dangerous driving . Los Angeles, California is known for its entertainment history , its beautiful beaches, various tourist attractions, and Hollywood Avenue.
However, it's also known for having some of the most dangerous roads in the world, and a strained police department. Shortly after the George Floyd incident in Minneapolis, Minnesota, several non-profit organizations have pushed city lawmakers to make major changes to the city's strategies for solving crimes. Last year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2773 into law prohibiting police from asking drivers why they were pulled over "to protect life or property from imminent threat," reported FOX affiliate WTXL last year.
Advocates didn't think that was enough. Several leaders cited data from other major American cities, like Berkeley, California, and Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, that passed laws prohibiting police from pulling drivers over for certain reasons, like suspicion. Those cities also reduced the need for minor traffic stops by implementing infrastructural changes to control dangerous drivers, like roundabouts, speed bumps, and raised medians.
After years of making demands, the city council agreed to meet and discuss making similar changes. "I think the city of Los Angeles can lead the nation," Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson told the Los .
