Twenty-six new Los Angeles Police Department officers will be sworn in at a graduation ceremony at the Los Angeles Police Academy in Elysian Park on Friday.
The latest round of recruits to join the force includes 21 men and five women. Nineteen of the recruits are Hispanic, two are Asian and five are white.
One Los Angeles Airport Police officer and one Los Angeles Port Police officer will also be graduating.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has warned that more funding is needed to hire more officers to account for attrition, which is overtaking new hiring, leaving the LAPD with an officer shortfall.