LAPD mentee from South LA now in college

If it weren't for the coronavirus DeJohn Linarez would be excited about a community basketball game. It's something he'd wanted to host for his South LA community before the pandemic shut things down. Linarez is a 19-year-old college student with an unlikely mentor, an LAPD officer. Sgt. Keith Mott mentored Linarez through a program called Bigs in Blue tied to the Big Brothers Big Sisters national program.   

South Los Angeles mentees of LAPD officer now in college

As the City of Los Angeles announced a new push for community policing, one LAPD officer says the rewards are already in play. Sgt. Keith Mott was part of Community Safety Partnership policing in Watts in 2011 and now, two of his mentees are now in college.