Police ‘Adoption’ of Ill Child

* Re “Police ‘Adopt’ Boy, 4, With Heart Defect,” Sept. 17.

As a crime prevention specialist and community police representative with the Los Angeles Police Department Devonshire Division and a member of this community, it warms my heart to read stories like these. Congratulations to Edward M. Yoon for capturing the heart and soul of the LAPD.

It is policemen like Officer Steve Saletros, [Officer Marjan] Mobasser, Sgt. Joe Gonzales, [Officer] Paul Williams and [Officer] Vita Vallejo that make up our police department’s heart and soul. I am sure there are other stories that have never been printed where officers have continued to give back to the communities they are sworn to protect and serve. I hope that Shao-han Deng has a successful operation and recovery and that [he and his family] take back to their country the kindness that they received from these officers and the medical community at UCLA. It is through these acts of kindness from the legal and medical communities that our community and our world will prosper. God bless you all.

JOSE G. CASTILLO

Granada Hills