After more than a month of citywide protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, city officials have announced their latest plan to help officers to develop relationships with the communities they police.

The LAPD says the new bureau to help improve community relations, which was announced on Monday, will be funded by the existing budget. Lesley Marin reports.

Councilmember Curren D. Price Jr. and LAPD launches an initiative of "Relationship-Based Policing" at South Park Community Rec Center.

After the recent murders of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, La., and the devastating videos of the shooting deaths of black men like Alton B. Sterling and Philando Castile, the future of police-community relations in cities all over America hangs in the balance.

For more than 50 years, the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts has been known primarily for its combative relationship with police. But lately something's changed.

The Watts Bears served up their first free Thanksgiving dinner Sunday to those in need. The football team, made up of young boys living in housing projects in Watts, are coached by Los Angeles police officers.

Operation Progress pairs students in Watts with LAPD mentors. The students are then placed in schools with 100 percent high school graduation rates.

The Tigers of Lincoln Heights scrimmaged the Glendale Bears at home to a 7-7 tie and the game was amazing.

For years, Los Angeles police officers have worked under the shadow of the department’s dark past. But now the department is using that notorious history as a crucial lesson for its officers.

Big questions hang in the air, sometimes asked aloud: Could what happened in Ferguson happen here? Could Watts explode as it did five decades ago? Alternatively, could the improvements in Watts happen in Ferguson? There is a deep generational divide in the answers.

Los Angeles police officers are on the offense and defense this summer in Watts. They're taking part in Watts Bears, a track and football program that pairs officers with at-risk youth.

Girl Scout Troop #431, based in Ramona Gardens in Boyle Heights, sold enough Thin Mints and Tagalongs to cover a field trip to the place next door to the Happiest Place on Earth, Disney California Adventure Park.