Skipp Townsend

2nd Call

Guest

Executive Director of 2nd Call, a gang intervention organization that works in South Los Angeles

Skipp Townsend on KCRW

In Los Angeles, streets, freeways, train tracks and the LA River form boundaries that many of us aren’t aware of. These are the boundaries of gang territories.

Gang borders in Los Angeles

In Los Angeles, streets, freeways, train tracks and the LA River form boundaries that many of us aren’t aware of. These are the boundaries of gang territories.

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Former Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton is credited with bringing a community policing approach to the LAPD, a department that, before his arrival in 2002, had been notorious for…

What’s the State of Police-Community Relations in LA?

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The City of L.A. has agreed to pay $30 million in a lawsuit over its gang injunctions.

The Legality of Gang Injunctions

The City of L.A. has agreed to pay $30 million in a lawsuit over its gang injunctions.

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