Inside the L.A.P.D.’s Experiment in Trust-Based Policing

Can the notoriously hardline force become an ally to Black communities?

When Captain Emada Tingirides and Sergeant Christian Zuniga arrive at Nickerson Gardens, a public housing development in Watts, a Hispanic family carries a bleeding toddler to them. A stray dog bit the child in the cheek. As Zuniga comforts the little girl, Tingirides chats up the shy older…