LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Police Department is working to raise money to help a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy receive new orthopedic leg braces after his old pair was stolen on June 9.

The Los Angeles Police Department is working to raise money to help a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy receive new orthopedic leg braces after his old pair was stolen on June 9.

KTLA-- Police were searching Wednesday for the thief who broke into a woman's car and stole the orthopedic leg braces belonging to her 9-year-old son who suffers from cerebral palsy. The break-in was ...

"It's more than just a motto when we say 'to protect and to serve,' " Detective Michael Ventura tells PEOPLE. The Los Angeles Police Department has come to the rescue of a little boy whose leg braces ...