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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
LA Police Protective League
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Los Angeles
Police Protective League
the union that represents the
rank and file LAPD officers
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from
LA Police Protective League
November 19, 2010 |
50 LAPD officers used in Mid-City standoff
An estimated 50 police officers, some with helmets and shotguns or semiautomatic rifles, converged Thursday in the Mid-City area after an armed robbery suspect apparently went into a home and refused to come out. The robbery occurred about 11:45 p.m. Wednesday near the 2300 block of Chariton Street, just west of La Cienega Boulevard, a desk officer at the LAPD's West Los Angeles Station said. No one was injured in the robbery, the desk officer said, but there was concern because the suspect was believed to be still armed with the weapon used in the robbery.
Torrance Daily Breeze |
LAPD nabs bank robbery suspect on bus
LAPD officers responded to a report of a bank robbery on the Westside of L.A. Thursday evening. The bank-robbery suspect was given a bag with a GPS tracking device in it from the bank. Officers tracked the device in the bag to a Culver City bus traveling southbound on Sepulveda Blvd. just north of Palms Blvd. Police stopped all traffic on Sepulveda and had passengers exit the bus individually. Police found the suspect, described as a 60-year-old man, with a bag with money and a gun inside. The suspect was taken into custody.
ABC7 |
Police say NoHo fatal shooting not random
Police discovered a 59-year-old Korean man who had been gunned down in the middle of a normally quiet North Hollywood street early Thursday morning. Investigators said the shooting was not random, but are not revealing any more details about the incident. Authorities responded to the 10600 block of Chiquita Street, near Universal Studios, just after midnight. Police said the victim, identified as Jong Woon Kim was returning home from work and was outside his home at the time of the shooting. His father-in-law said Kim owned a liquor store.
ABC7 |
Ex-LAPD chief Bratton lays out possible scenarios in Ronni Chasen killing
Beverly Hills police released no new information Thursday in the shooting death of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen, but some law enforcement officials have offered theories about how detectives are investigating the case. Former Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton, who now works in the private security industry, laid out several investigative scenarios in an interview with CBS News. "The scenarios are, Los Angeles, possible (random) gang drive-by, (but) Beverly Hills, very unlikely. Road rage, very potentially likely in a lot of those incidents in California and Los Angeles," he said.
Los Angeles Times |
Hollywood superhero street performers should not face arrest, judge rules
Wolverine, Batman and Superman should be allowed to hang out on Hollywood Boulevard without fear of arrest, according to a preliminary injunction issued Wednesday against the city of Los Angeles. The motion protects the performers who dress up as comic book movie characters on Hollywood Boulevard. Many of them have complained of police harassment in recent months.
Los Angeles Times |
Los Angeles Police Department argues nonprofits are better than handouts on Skid Row
Los Angeles City Councilmember Jan Perry and members of the Los Angeles Police Department met Thursday at the Midnight Mission Homeless Shelter to raise awareness about how to channel efforts and resources to better help the homeless community. Perry recommended that people who want to give should donate through reputable organizations, like the Midnight Mission, the Union Rescue Mission and the Los Angeles Mission, rather than dropping off supplies directly onto Skid Row.
The South Los Angeles Report |
Gang injunctions face federal test in OC, skepticism in Oakland
On fronts in Southern California and the Bay Area, the increasingly popular use of legal injunctions to isolate gang members faces a test for its survival. The ACLU is suing the Orange County district attorney's office, accusing it of abuse of power and subversion of due process in a gang-injunction lawsuit that went to federal court this week. At the same time, Bay Area officials are expanding the use of injunctions, despite statistics that suggest the approach might not be working.
California Watch |
ACLU sues state over lethal injection drug
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit this week seeking to force the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to release records detailing how the agency obtained a key lethal injection drug. Officials have refused to disclose the source of the state's 12 grams of sodium thiopental. The anesthetic is the first of a fatal three-drug cocktail, used to render condemned inmates unconscious before the following two paralyze breathing and induce cardiac arrest.
California Watch |
Villaraigosa appoints panel to study LAX security
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday appointed a "blue-ribbon" panel of 26 aviation, homeland security and law enforcement experts to determine whether Los Angeles International Airport is prone to a terrorist attack. The independent committee is expected to start meeting later this month, according to the Mayor's Office. When the review is complete, panel members in the spring will provide a list of recommendations on how to improve security, safety, fire and emergency management at LAX, the nation's third-busiest airport.
Torrance Daily Breeze |
Bond market turmoil hits California in the pocketbook
California was forced to boost interest rates on $10 billion in short-term debt it sold Thursday, another sign of the turmoil racking the municipal bond market. Although investor demand for longer-term munis showed signs of rebounding after plunging in the last few days, some potential buyers said they feared another wave of selling - led by individual investors shocked by their recent losses in muni bond mutual funds. But for now, the surge in yields on many tax-free bonds "is definitely turning heads" of buyers, said Joe Lee, a muni trader at De La Rosa & Co. in Los Angeles.
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About the LAPPL Formed in 1923, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) represents the more than 9,900 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL serves to advance the interests of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. The LAPPL can be found on the Web at:
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