Crime under Prop. 47

An officer from the LAPD’s Northeast Division searches a car after a shooting was reported outside an apartment building on Drew Street. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Feb. 21, 2015 9:50 AM PT

The LAPD is noticing an uptick in property crimes, and some believe it is the result of Proposition 47, which changed many prior felonies into misdemeanors.

Officers from the LAPD’s Northeast Division arrest a suspected Avenues gang member along Drew Street as a helicopter hovers overhead. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD officers search the interior of a home where they were checking on a parolee. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Members of the LAPD’s Northeast Division walk through Highland Park en route to a check on a parolee that had recently been released from prison. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD Officer Jose Ibarra talks with a group of homeless men who were seeking shelter in a carport on Hillhurst. Ibarra said the spot is popular because there is electricity available from an exterior outlet. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Officer Scott Langford of the LAPD’s Northeast Division questions a homeless man known as Screamer who is on probation and lives below a bridge in Silver Lake. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Officer Jose Ibarra searches through the possessions of a homeless man in Silver Lake. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Officer Jose Ibarra questions a homeless man on probation in Silver Lake. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Officer Jose Ibarra drives past Screamer, a homeless man who is on probation. They found drug paraphernalia at his encampment but did not arrest him. With Proposition 47 in place the officers said the city attorney would just toss the case. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Officer Scott Langford looks at data about a man who is currently on probation near the man’s encampment behind Sunset Boulevard in East Hollywood. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)