Philanthropy

The Watts Rams

The Watts Rams (originally The Watts Bears) was started in 2013 as a football program to serve the youth residing in one of the most gang affiliated and violent communities of South Central Los Angeles. The Watts Rams were created by LAPD officers from the Southeast Division, with these officers coaching and mentoring student-athletes in football, track, and field. The goal was to offer underprivileged youth in Watts a chance to play organized sports but on a larger scale, and to positively change the historically strained relationship between the police and the community of Watts.