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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 29, 2010 |
Widow's long wait for justice continues
When grief intersects with anger, sparks fly. Such is the case in the circumstances of Sandra Verna Jackson, whose husband Paul Verna, an officer with the LAPD, was murdered in the line of duty 27 years ago, and whose two killers have languished on San Quentin's Death Row ever since. Jackson wants the case to end and the sentence to be carried out, and she wants to be there. She adds in an e-mail, "I would have no problem pulling the switch or giving them an injection." Her words are in response to a column in which I characterized capital punishment as a stain on the culture and an affront to a civilized society. She brings it down to a more personal level.
Al Martinez/Los Angeles Daily News |
Suspected gang member shot to death in Boyle Heights
A suspected gang member was shot and killed today in an apparent gang-related attack in Boyle Heights, a police lieutenant said. Juan Parga, 25, of Los Angeles, was shot about 11 a.m. near Kearney Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, said LAPD Lt. Richard Thomas of the Hollenbeck Division. He died at the scene. The suspects fled in a late-model black Jeep Cherokee, Thomas said. Anyone with information on the shooting was asked to call the LAPD's Hollenbeck Division at 323-342-4100. All tips can be made anonymously.
Los Angeles Daily News |
LAPD plans holiday crackdown on jaywalking and other offenses
Shoppers cruising the Historic Core for gifts this holiday season, be warned: If you cross the street against the blinking red light, or forego a crosswalk altogether, the LAPD will stick its special brand of coal in your stocking. It comes in the form of a ticket, and it'll cost you $190. In anticipation of busy sidewalks and busier streets, Central Area police officials ramped up enforcement of pedestrian infractions to tide off accidents and keep traffic flowing. The crackdown started the day after Thanksgiving in the Historic Core and the Jewelry and Fashion Districts.
Downtown News |
Police issue warning on thieves who steal vehicle's seats
It's not enough to hide your GPS units, laptops and sunglasses when you leave your car to prevent thieves from breaking in. Now you'll have to hide your seats, too. Or at least lock them up. Burglars are making off with third-row seats of Cadillac Escalades and other SUVs manufactured by Chevy and GMC, often when the cars are parked at malls in broad daylight, Los Angeles police said. "They're bold," said Detective John Perez, auto theft coordinator at LAPD's Topanga Division. "And it's happening during the day when everyone's shopping."
Los Angeles Daily News |
Wait times drop for cellphone 911 calls in California
Millions of California cellphone users are no longer getting busy messages, experiencing unconnected calls or being put on hold for extended periods when they dial 911. The number of wireless emergency calls reaching busy operators or failing to go through for various reasons dropped from 4.9 million or 42% of calls in 2007 to just 470,000 or 5% so far this year, according to the state's Public Safety Communications Division. The improvement came even as cellphone 911 call volumes continued growing steadily.
Los Angeles Times |
Driver cams: Safety tool or the road to loss of privacy
Smile at the windshield - and say cheese? California is giving the green light to allowing video cameras to be mounted onto vehicle windshields in an attempt to improve road safety. The goal is to make participants aware of bad habits by recording their behavior seconds before and after a crash or erratic driving maneuver. California's new recording law, Assembly Bill 1942, will allow cameras to be mounted on windshields beginning Jan. 1, much as electronic GPS mapping and toll-paying devices are permitted now.
Sacramento Bee |
Cooley concedes to Harris in state attorney general's race
Sealing a Democratic sweep of all statewide offices, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley on Wednesday conceded the state attorney general's race to Kamala Harris, his San Francisco counterpart. Citing the large gap he would have to overcome with just 150,000 of nearly 9 million ballots left uncounted, Cooley threw in the towel three weeks after Election Day and congratulated Harris, the first woman and first minority elected to the post. The race was one of the closest elections in California history.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Lack of funding builds death row logjam
Thirteen years ago, Edward Patrick Morgan asked the California Supreme Court for a lawyer to investigate and challenge his 1996 death sentence for a murder in Orange County. The court has yet to find Morgan an attorney. The inability of the state to recruit lawyers for post-conviction challenges, or habeas corpus petitions, has caused a major bottleneck in the state's criminal justice system. Nearly half of those condemned to die in California are awaiting appointment of counsel for these challenges. This "critical shortage," as the state high court describes it, has persisted for years, despite lawyer gluts. The average wait for these attorneys is 10 to 12 years.
Los Angeles Times |
California prison case reaches U.S. Supreme Court
For decades, California's Legislature, governors and a parade of experts in managing state prisons have been unable to fix the state's overgrown, bloated prison system. Now the U.S. Supreme Court must decide whether three federal judges have the power to do the fixing for them. In arguments set for Tuesday, the nation's high court will review a federal court's unprecedented ruling last year that required the state to shed nearly 40,000 inmates from its 33 prisons to relieve an overcrowding problem deemed so severe that it violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
San Jose Mercury News |
DREAM Act vote possible
The final days of the current congressional session may provide an opportunity to pass legislation giving a path to U.S. citizenship to some young people who are in the country illegally. Supporters of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, also known as the DREAM Act, along with its opponents, say the proposal could be introduced shortly and come up for a vote. "If it's going to happen, it has to be between now and January," said Jose Calderon, an immigrant rights advocate and a sociology professor at Pitzer College in Claremont.
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin |
March 8 ballot may challenge L.A.'s voters
If Los Angeles voters find themselves confused by 10 ballot measures headed their way in the March 8 municipal election, they won't be alone. Members of the City Council - the group that put those measures on the ballot last week - appeared equally perplexed at times as they attempted to vet each proposal during a series of meetings. Buffeted by the competing wishes of special interests, the mayor and various civic leaders, council members repeatedly changed their minds on the ballot proposals, hastily rewriting some while killing others outright.
Los Angeles Times |
In Los Angeles, mayoral aide weighs bid for higher city hall perch
About a year ago, Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa turned to a Wall Street investment banker, Austin Beutner, to become first deputy mayor. He was put in charge of 13 city agencies and asked to help shepherd the city's ailing economy back to health. It was the latest example of a City Hall turning to the private sector for assistance navigating public water: think Daniel L. Doctoroff, who held a similar position in New York. Now, Mr. Beutner says that he may be setting his sights a bit higher - moving, in effect, from being a Doctoroff to being a Bloomberg.
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