This article, authored by Christine Sellersis republished under the Creative Commons “CC BY-NC-ND” license with permission from The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Kids in Los Angeles, California, have the opportunity to win Disneyland tickets as part of a 30-day challenge inviting them to report any alleged crimes in their neighborhoods.
The “ECMS Community Improvement Challenge?” begins on Valentine’s Day, according to FOX 11. The child who reports the most alleged crimes will win a first-place prize of two free tickets to Disneyland and a $50 gift card of their choosing. Children participating in the challenge can report alleged crimes via the City of Los Angeles’ MyLA 3-1-1 app or illegal behavior to the Gardena CA app, FOX 11 reported.
The 30-day challenge is being introduced amid locals reporting homeless encampments, illegal dumping, crime, and graffiti in the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Harbor Gateway and Gardena. The challenge will operate as a pilot program and will rotate between local schools every month, with sixth graders at the Environmental Charter Middle School being the first to participate.
Students from the school spoke with FOX 11 reporter Hailey Winslow, telling her which issues they were most concerned about.
“I want to deal with all the vandalism,” one student said.
“I want to work on how to fix that and how to prevent injuries about the potholes and broken cement,” another student shared.
“I like researching a lot, so with this challenge, I get to learn a lot more about problems that are happening all around,” a third added.
An unidentified adult praised the move to FOX 11. “They are the superheroes, and they don’t have to wait. They’ll get the value of having done something well,” he said.
“The muscle and the body remembers that, and over time, you need less incentives,” he continued.
Crime in Los Angeles is not new. In January 2026, thieves allegedly stole copper wire from streetlights, leaving entire blocks in darkness. The city also has such a bad trash problem, one resident told FOX 11 in December 2025 that he quit his full-time job to focus on cleanup efforts.
The Daily Caller contacted the City of Los Angeles’s 311 Call Center and the City of Gardena’s Public Works Department, neither of whom immediately commented on the challenge.
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