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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 22, 2010 |
The state's paroling policies continue to reward criminals and endanger citizens
A new report out of Marin County Wednesday has us wondering just how far the State of California will go - and what degree of danger it will deem acceptable - to address a budget crisis of its own making. A San Francisco Chronicle news story revealed the impending release of yet another felon who, despite his deplorable crimes against children, has been designated a "non-violent offender" and will walk out of jail early, unencumbered by the supervision of a parole agent.
LAPPL Blog |
Convicted Marin child abuser to be released on supervised parole
A Marin County man who was convicted of neglecting and abusing his 12 children, one of whom starved to death, will be released on supervised parole Monday, the Marin County District Attorney's Office said. Winnfred Wright was sentenced in March 2003 to 16 years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to six counts of child abuse, Marin County District Attorney Ed Berberian said.
CBS5 San Francisco |
Parole agents point out flaws in Jessica's Law
Operation Safe Playground, the largest state-wide sex offender sweep ever done in California, was a huge success, according to officials with the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. By Thursday night, 579 parolees were arrested on parole violations, 59 of them from Northern California. But while three teams of at least 20 agents were searching homes and hotel rooms, one comment was made repeatedly --Jessica's Law is causing problems.
ABC10 Sacramento Associated Press |
Criminal profiling vs. racial profiling
LAPD officers will utilize crime data, including ethnicity, to identify possible suspects. But there is no place for racial profiling in law enforcement. Racial profiling has consistently been one of the most confounding, divisive and controversial issues the police department confronts. A perception that police target members of specific ethnic or racial groups creates a deep divide between the police and the communities we serve. But as an officer who has spent a lot of time patrolling the city's streets, I just don't think the perception is accurate.
LAPD Lieutenant Sunil Dutta/Los Angeles Times |
Shameless: Justice Department warns LAPD over racial profiling
Attorney General Holder's DOJ shrugged at direct evidence of voter intimidation in the New Black Panther case, but it has no problem accusing L.A. cops of engaging in discrimination on the basis of a single conversation. In 2009, the LAPD arrested 190,000 people and cited 580,000 others for traffic violations. Among all these enforcement contacts were 216 allegations of "biased policing," not a single one of which was sustained despite exhaustive investigations. And yet the Justice Department and the Los Angeles Times apparently find this figure more troubling than the 312 murders and the 22,000 other violent crimes that occurred in the city last year.
Jack Dunphy/Pajamas Media |
Beck marks a year as L.A.'s top cop
When he was appointed chief a year ago, there was reason to think he was walking into a mess. But the 33-year LAPD veteran has emerged as a deft manager who has kept officers' morale up during difficult times. "When you look at the cuts this department has faced, he's done an impressive job," said Paul M. Weber, president of the Police Protective League, the union that represents LAPD officers. "He's somehow been able to keep crime down and the rank-and-file motivated. I think most people assumed that at some point we would have seen something give."
Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Daily News |
Guns used to kill police officers: Where they come from and how they get in the hands of criminals
In the past decade more than 95,000 Americans were killed by people using firearms. Among the victims were 511 police officers whose deaths were examined by The Washington Post in a year-long investigation. The Post review shows how guns got into the hands of police officers' killers and - in a nation with more than 250 million guns in circulation - how a moment of panic can have deadly consequences.
Washington Post |
LAPD arrests suspect in San Pedro shooting
A 26-year-old gang member taken into custody early Friday is a suspect in this week's shooting at a police officer in San Pedro, police confirmed Friday. The suspect's name was not released. He was booked on a parole violation pending further investigation and is being held at the Police Administration Building in downtown Los Angeles. Gang officers spotted the suspect in the area of 29th and Kirkoff streets in south San Pedro and brought him into custody around 12:30 a.m. Friday, said Lt. James Alvarez of the Los Angeles Police Department's Harbor Division.
Long Beach Press-Telegram |
SoCal shopping centers ranked for vehicle thefts, burglaries
We crunched the numbers for 50 malls in Southern California and ranked them for car thefts and burglaries - just in time for holiday shopping. Police certainly have their hands full with car thieves, whether on the streets or at the malls. We rode with the LAPD, as they parked what is called a bait car on the street with the keys in the ignition. The idea is simple - once a thief gets in the car and starts to drive away, police disable it and the car stops.
CBS2/9 Los Angeles |
The Hollywood superheroes are back, but critics worry about violence on the Boulevard
They're back, baby. Yeah. A federal judge ruled this week in favor of the Hollywood superheroes, stating the city can't just sweep them off Hollywood Boulevard, as the LAPD did in June. The characters have a First Amendment right to dress silly, and the judge said they can even ask tourists for donations. We've lamented a boulevard without these colorful people. In the years they've paralleled Hollywood's resurgence, they've become an integral part of the tourist landscape.
LA Weekly Los Angeles Daily News |
Seven held in Harbor City vice sting
Seven men were arrested Saturday night during a crackdown on prostitution in Harbor City when they offered to pay money for sex acts with undercover policewomen posing as hookers. The four-hour sting operation targeted suspected "johns" in response to increasing complaints from residents and business owners tired of seeing prostitutes working the streets outside Pacific Coast Highway motels, Los Angeles police Detective Grant Hiramoto said.
Torrance Daily Breeze |
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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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