Hollywood : Police to Recruit Asians

The Los Angeles City Council has approved spending $5,000 to recruit Asian-Americans for the Los Angeles Police Department, according to Councilman Michael Woo, sponsor of the appropriation.

Woo said the money will be used for advertisements in Asian community newspapers and flyers distributed at community events. Woo said the “Asian-American community is significantly underrepresented in terms of the number of city police officers.”