Homicide detectives spend significant time away from home - sometimes 16 hours at a time. But solving a case is what the long hours are about, said Detective Meneses, feeding the drive he feels 'to help bring some semblance of justice to these families'
The COVID-19 pandemic — which has kept many businesses closed and many people at home — is definitely a major factor, though analysts say the full answer is likely more complex.
For all the recent talk of defunding the LAPD and shifting part of its budget to social service providers, the investigators also spoke of community leaders and local residents desperate for solutions, eager for the killings to be solved, and supportive of more investment in the type of investigative work they do. While surveys show many people support shifting some police funding, far fewer want police abolished — in large part because they value their role in solving violent crime.
. Hundreds of badly wounded gunshot victims have survived this year. The number of people shot in L.A. through Oct. 9 was up nearly 22% over last year, and 48% over 2019, according to police data. “When night falls, this street is very busy,” Chacon said on one industrial stretch near the L.A. River. “It’s not just homeless, destitute people. A lot of it is run by the gangs.”
Chacon said one man, who he alleged is a gang member and who court records confirmed has been arrested on gun charges multiple times in recent months, had been a thorn in his officers’ side, and they were at their wits’ end seeing him let back out time and again. LAPD Homicide Detectives John Meneses, left, and Jason Sharman revisit the scene of a July stabbing in Lincoln Heights.
Within homeless encampments, where violent crimes are more frequent than ever, mental illness and substance abuse can be endemic, which makes determining a set of facts more difficult. The ability of those under the influence of alcohol or drugs to be a good witness “is kind of tarnished,” Meneses said.
LAPD officials said detectives have made strides this year in increasing arrests once more. Still, with the influx of so many new cases, the clearance rate in Central Bureau Homicide recently stood at just 53%, while in South Bureau it stood at 65% — meaning many cases are going unsolved.We’re offering L.A. Times subscribers first access to our best journalism. Thank you for your support.
When the suspect was found nearby, he was allegedly covered with blood, and later confessed to the killing, the detectives said. “It’s our job as investigators to bring closure to these families,” Sharman said. “That’s why I do it.”Rabbett, the lieutenant who oversees Meneses’ and Sharman’s unit, says his team is “stretched.”
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