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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 23, 2010 |
Holiday shoppers beware of car break-ins
With the shopping season starting to pick up speed, parking lots and shopping centers are becoming very busy places. But the holiday shopping season also means crime. Shoppers often make themselves easy targets for thieves, leaving valuables, such as purses and bags full of merchandise, in plain sight inside their vehicles. The LAPD wants shoppers to be extra careful during the holiday shopping season. The department's "Lock It, Hide It, Keep It" campaign emphasizes the importance of locking vehicles and hiding any valuables left behind.
ABC7 |
Police ID reputed gang member as San Pedro shooting suspect
Police have identified the suspect in custody who they believe is responsible for shooting at a police officer Wednesday in San Pedro. His name is Jesse Perez, and police said he is a 26-year-old gang member. His residence has not been confirmed. No one was injured in the Nov. 17 incident, but the ensuing 12-hour search closed the Harbor (110) Freeway and Vincent Thomas Bridge off-ramps to Gaffey Street, tying up traffic for miles. The search continued into the early morning hours and was ultimately called off.
Torrance Daily Breeze |
Officers find ways to carry on
Riverside police Capt. Michael Perea knows the pain will never go away. "It was a calculated, cold-blooded killing," Perea said of the Nov. 7 death of Officer Ryan Bonaminio. "You can never make sense of that." Anytime a law enforcement agency loses one of its members, the wound is deep and enduring. Healing takes time and often comes only with the assistance of counselors, both in-house and from outside agencies, officers say. Riverside police are just beginning that process, dealing not only with their grief but the trauma of knowing Bonaminio was intentionally gunned down.
Riverside Press-Enterprise |
LAPD field-testing three-wheeled electric patrol vehicle
The Los Angeles Police Department is now field-testing the Vectrix VX-3, a unique three-wheeled electric patrol vehicle that will be available in the spring. The LAPD is testing the scooter-type vehicle at the city's LA Live entertainment complex that includes Staples Center. The vehicle was debuted at the 2010 COPSWEST trade show.
Police Magazine |
FBI releases 2009 hate crime statistics
The FBI released 2009 statistics which indicated that 6,604 criminal incidents involving 7,789 offenses were reported as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability. Hate Crime Statistics, 2009, published by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, includes data from hate crime reports submitted by law enforcement agencies throughout the nation.
FBI Press Release |
San Diego mayor proposes no pensions for new city hires
If San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has his way, the pensions that city workers collect - and have led to so much public angst over the past decade - will no longer exist for most new hires. Sanders said Friday he'll gather signatures to put a measure before city voters that would eliminate guaranteed pensions for future employees and replace them with 401(k) accounts similar to what many private-sector workers receive. Only police officers and firefighters would continue to receive pensions under the proposed ballot initiative.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
GOP readies for DREAM act fight
Senate Republicans and their conservative allies are sharpening their attacks on the proposed DREAM Act that would provide a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants, declaring it would give "amnesty" to millions - some of them criminals. The legislation, which would apply to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, has been overshadowed by other big-ticket items on the lame-duck congressional calendar. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are now pushing for votes on it this year.
Politico |
Harris-Cooley race still tight as counties scramble to count ballots
Even as the number of uncounted ballots dwindles, the outcome of the California attorney general's race has not become more certain. On Monday, at least two more counties finished tallying mail-in and provisional ballots and posted final results on their election websites. With these updated totals from Tulare and Madera counties, Democrat Kamala Harris' lead over Republican Steve Cooley shrank by 8,045. Those ballots represent less than a thousandth of a percentage point of all votes cast in the race.
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