13 things about LAPD cop from Louisville, Kentucky – CONAN Daily

William Dorsey Jones Jr. He is an African American police officer in Los Angeles, California, United States. Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry and started Entourage Entertainment Group.

But things did not go according to Jones’ plan. He went on to become a community relations specialist and patrol officer in North Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from 2020 to 2021, Jones served as a police officer, ran a nonprofit that mentored youth at risk, helped coach a high school soccer team and earned a bachelor’s degree. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He has two brothers. their father William Dorsey Jones Sr.. They worked in insurance while their mother Toya J. Brasley Worked multiple jobs.
2. In 2006, he withdrew from University of Louisville I moved from Louisville to Los Angeles.
3. In 2009, he joined Los Angeles Police Department (Los Angeles Police Department).
4. In 2014, his wife gave birth to their son.
5. In 2015, he bought a house in Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California.
6. In 2019, he launched a clothing line called Use the power of fitness, which he resolved in December 2020.
7. In an interview with NBC Los Angeles,California LiveIn December 2019, he said, “There is no better crime-reducing strategy than engaging with our youth, so that they are not afraid of us, letting them know there are people out there who care. “
8. In August 2020, he and his wife started Officers for Change, a non-profit organization that distributed donations of backpacks and school supplies from police officers. On November 23, 2021, he tweeted that the nonprofit’s donation and gift drive was underway and that its goal was to raise $5,000 to help those in need.
9. On December 12, 2020, he graduated from the University of Louisville with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications.
10. On August 27, 2021, he wrote on Twitter that he had fallen victim to racism. He wrote “I am a black man, I am the father of a black son.” and “I am the LAPD. I have the strength and determination to influence change in society.”
11. Served as an assistant coach for the soccer team Valencia High School in Santa Clarita. On November 26, 2021, the team won its first ever school California Interscholastic Association – Southern Division (CIF-SS) Football title. On December 5, 2021, he took to Twitter to thank the parents, players, coaches, students, support staff, principals, and the community who helped the team.
12. He was one of the Los Angeles police officers who responded to a Burlington Paint Factory Near the intersection of Laurel Valley and Victory Streets in North Hollywood where Daniel Elena Lopez’s photo, 24, assaulted a woman with a bicycle lock on December 23, 2021. He shot and shot Lopez, killing her. He was also fatally wounded by a stray bullet Valentina Orellana PeraltaA 14-year-old shopper was hiding in a locker room inside a store.
13. He was 42 years old when the Los Angeles Police Department put him on paid administrative leave for at least two weeks after Lopez and Peralta were shot dead on December 23, 2021. To his attorney Leslie Wilcox.