Back when LPD homicide existed, the evening news would say "witnesses saw a black male in his teens about 6 foot tall with a thin build wearing an orange hoodie leaving the scene at 2:15PM" and they'd put up a phone number. Now if got caught leaking that description out, you'd get transferred to patrol. PIO tells the media nothing. References to race are forbidden. Wet-behind-the-ears people exclusively under the last 2 unenlightened administrations have questioned why you'd put that kind of description