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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 24, 2010 |
Teamwork praised in dramatic river rescue
Close coordination between police and fire crews was credited Monday for saving the life of a man swept into the Los Angeles River one day earlier. Helicopter crews from both departments were involved in the rescue, which culminated with a fire rescue crew pulling the man out of the water while flying backward along the river channel. "I've never seen that," said Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at a press conference held atop City Hall East. "I didn't know it was possible." LAPD tactical flight officer Chad Reuser was working in the tower at Piper Technical Center's Hooper Memorial Heliport on Sunday morning when he saw a man fall into the river underneath the 1st Street bridge just before 8am on Sunday morning.
Blogdowntown |
Suspect arrested in DMV scam, victims sought
LAPD detectives are searching for anyone who may have fallen victim to a man who allegedly claimed to be a DMV employee and offered driver's licenses and social security cards in exchange for money. Julio Alvitres, of Los Angeles, was arrested in the Mid-City area around 1:50 p.m. Sunday, according to police. The 54-year-old, also known as Julio Cesar Campos, approached Mexican, Central and South American nationals in the Mid-City area and asked if they were interested in obtaining driver's licenses or social security cards for $3,000, police said.
KTLA |
When it comes to social media, you never know who might be watching
We should all exercise caution and good judgment about what we share online. It's important to remember that anything we post on a MySpace or Facebook account, or any video we upload to YouTube, could be readily accessed by people we wouldn't normally share things with - no matter how uninteresting or insignificant we think the posting might be. Many criminals have firsthand knowledge of social media sites. These individuals are sophisticated and proficient in locating people through internet websites. We urge our members to make any and all of their social networking accounts private and accessible only to your most trusted associates. Be extra careful, and don't post anything that you wouldn't want a criminal or prospective employer (or your mom!) to see.
LAPPL Blog |
Police issue warning on burglars in West Hills and Woodland Hills
Police on Tuesday warned residents to be on the lookout for burglars using distraction schemes to get into homes in West Hills and Woodland Hills. Suspects have posed as someone looking for a lost dog or workers trying to verify a property fence line in at least two incidents in the last two weeks, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The suspects will often target the elderly and work in teams to distract the victim while another suspect enters the house and steals small valuables such as jewelry and money, according to the LAPD.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Granada Hills K-12 teacher Mark Hubbard arrested for alleged sex with underage student -- for over a year
Mark Hubbard - 51-year-old teacher and basketball coach at Hillcrest Christian, a Granada Hills K-12 school, for the last eight years - was arrested by the LAPD on Sunday on suspicion of committing "multiple sex crimes" against an underage student. Hillcrest Christian immediately put Hubbard on a leave of absence. Panicking that Google search would pick up its good name and spew it alongside Hubbard's lewd charges, school officials then removed all traces of his name from its website. Amusingly, it didn't work.
LA Weekly |
Citywide LAPD ticket shakedown
Last July, all sworn personnel in the Los Angeles Police Department were issued an ominous notice by top brass, who threatened to run a "personnel complaint investigation" on any officer who chose not to obey it. The notice prohibits LAPD officers from seeking dismissals of traffic citations in court on the grounds that they don't remember what happened - a situation police call "no independent recollection." This warning to the rank and file traipses into legal gray areas and has attorneys, police advocates and spooked officers questioning the financial motives of the LAPD and Los Angeles Superior Court.
LA Weekly |
Colorado deputy killed in shootout
A Weld County deputy was killed Tuesday morning following a shootout and high-speed chase with a suspect in a domestic violence and robbery case. The name of the slain deputy is being withheld until his family is notified. The deputy and the suspect were rushed to North Colorado Medical Center after the shooting. The condition of the suspect is not known. Sheila White was getting to ready to hang Christmas lights outside her home when she heard a car careening into her Evans neighborhood. She saw the black vehicle turn the corner and noticed that its front tire was flat and it was followed by several police cars with lights flashing and sirens blaring.
Officer.com |
California group pushes initiative modeled on Arizona's immigration-status law
Proponents of a California initiative modeled after Arizona's controversial immigration law may begin gathering signatures to place the measure on the ballot in 2012, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced Tuesday. The measure would require state and local law enforcement officers to investigate the immigration status of anyone they lawfully stop and "reasonably" suspect may be in the country illegally. It would also make it a crime for illegal immigrants to seek work while concealing their legal status and for employers to "intentionally or negligently" hire them.
Los Angeles Times |
Harris nears victory in attorney general race
With the stack of ballots left to count sharply diminished, San Francisco Dist. Atty. Kamala Harris continued to hold a steady lead Tuesday in the race for attorney general, making victory over Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley all but assured. Harris, the Democrat, led the Republican nominee by nearly 53,000 votes - 4,385,438 to 4,332,596 - according to a Times review of updated vote tallies in all 58 counties. Although the gap remains narrow in one of the closest statewide races in California history, the chance for Cooley to pick up enough votes to make up the difference appears increasingly remote.
Los Angeles Times
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Color-coded terror alerts may end
The Homeland Security Department is proposing to discontinue the color-coded terror alert system that became a symbol of the country's post-9/11 jitters and the butt of late-night talk show jokes. The 8-year-old system, with its rainbow of five colors-from green, signifying a low threat, to red, meaning severe-became a fixture in airports, government buildings and on newscasts. Over the past four years, millions of travelers have begun and ended their trips to the sound of airport recordings warning that the threat level is orange.
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