“With crime in decline, a fragile sense of hope” By: Scott Gold – June 7, 2009
A Better LA Executive Director Brian Center: “There is a sense of possibility here,” said Brian Center, executive director of A Better LA, a nonprofit that combats violence in South L.A., funding gang intervention, “moonlight” basketball teams and other programs. “There is an opportunity right now to change things, to not repeat the mistakes of the past, to not screw it up this time.”
A Better LA Board Member Mark Olvera: “It’s all about respect,” said Capt. Mark Olvera, who oversees Newton and is widely credited with helping to implement a more sophisticated and responsive style of policing there. “That dignity you give them is going to pay you back in the long run.”
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“With crime in decline, a fragile sense of hope”
By: Scott Gold – June 7, 2009
A Better LA Executive Director Brian Center: “There is a sense of possibility here,” said Brian Center, executive director of A Better LA, a nonprofit that combats violence in South L.A., funding gang intervention, “moonlight” basketball teams and other programs. “There is an opportunity right now to change things, to not repeat the mistakes of the past, to not screw it up this time.”
A Better LA Board Member Mark Olvera: “It’s all about respect,” said Capt. Mark Olvera, who oversees Newton and is widely credited with helping to implement a more sophisticated and responsive style of policing there. “That dignity you give them is going to pay you back in the long run.”
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