LAPD wants more volunteers on its force, but it's complicated

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Terri Perez (right), Bill Cotter (center) and Richard Fisk (left), volunteers with the LAPD’s Devonshire Division. Photo by Carla Green.

The LAPD is planning to expand its volunteer police force to 5,000 across the city. But some residents worry that vigilantism could take a wrong turn. We go for a ride-along.