LAPD officers Norma Perez, left, and Eric Perez talk with a mariachi musician while walking a foot beat along Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights on May 14, 2015. The veteran officers were hand-picked for the assignment, which is an effort by the LAPD to establish relation-based policing practices in the city.
LAPD officers Eric and Norma Perez lend a helping hand to a stalled motorist while walking their foot beat along Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights on May 14. The veteran officers were hand-picked for the assignment, which is part of an effort by the LAPD to establish relation-based policing practices in the city.
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Officer Norma Perez talks with merchants as she walks a foot beat along Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights on May 14. Perez, an eight-year veteran, was hand-picked for the assignment. The new foot beat through the heart of the Latino neighborhood is an attempt by the LAPD to establish relation-based policing practices in the city.
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LAPD officers Eric Perez, left, and Norma Perez, right, tell a homeless woman not to loiter in an alcove along Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights on May 14. The veteran officers were hand-picked for the assignment, which is an effort by the LAPD to establish relation-based policing practices in the city.
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LAPD officer Norma Perez hugs an acquaintance while walking a foot beat along Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights on Thursday, May 14, 2015. Perez, an eight-year veteran, was hand-picked for the assignment. She and partner Eric Perez ave built relationships with local residents and merchants to keep informed about community problems and needs.
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LAPD officers Eric Perez, left, and Norma Perez greet merchants as they walk their foot beat in Boyle Heights on May 14. The new foot beat through the heart of the Latino neighborhood is an attempt to establish relation-based policing practices in Los Angeles.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A Boyle heights residents gives a lost-dog flyer to LAPD officer Norma Perez as she walks a foot beat in Boyle Heights on May 14. Perez, an eight-year veteran, was hand-picked for the assignment. The new foot beat through the heart of the Latino neighborhood is an attempt by the LAPD to establish relation-based policing practices in the city.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
LAPD officer Norma Perez talks with vendors as she walks a foot beat along Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights on May 14. Perez, an eight-year veteran, was hand-picked for the assignment. The new foot beat through the heart of the Latino neighborhood is an attempt by the LAPD to establish relation-based policing practices in the city.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
LAPD officer Norma Perez talks with vendors as she walks a foot beat along Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights on May 14. Perez, an eight-year veteran, was hand-picked for the assignment. The new foot beat through the heart of the Latino neighborhood is an attempt by the LAPD to establish relation-based policing practices in the city.
