There was a time when the two Los Angeles police officers would have cruised down Cesar Chavez Avenue in a black-and-white, scanning the sidewalks from their patrol car as they passed through Boyle Heights.
But on a recent morning, Officer Eric Perez and his partner spent their patrol time strolling past vendors selling brightly colored jeans and umbrellas, calling out to store owners they recognized and sauntering into shops with a cheerful “Buenos dias!”
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.