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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
December 3, 2010 |
Daily News editorial: The police union's call for a summit should be heard and expanded upon
The union representing police officers in the Los Angeles Police Department is absolutely right that the department's resources and growth plan need a re-examination. And everything - from police hiring to current officer work schedules - should be on the table. The Police Protective League this week called for city officials and the police chief to hold a summit on the future of the LAPD in light of the budget crisis, which has ravaged other city departments while LAPD keeps on hiring.
Los Angeles Daily News
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Ten held in gun, drug crime sweep by feds, LAPD
Ten people were arrested on suspicion of gun and drug crimes in a multi-agency sweep, federal authorities said. Five of the suspects are among nine named in a federal grand jury indictment that alleges a series of firearms transactions that included weapons classified as "assault weapons" sold to undercover agents, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The other five suspects arrested are expected to be prosecuted on state charges by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
City News Service |
LAPD seeks information on boy, 12, who disappeared walking to school
Los Angeles police Thursday night were seeking information about a 12-year-old boy who disappeared while to walking to his Westlake school. Keifer Jacob Farfan left his home in the 500 block of Park View Avenue Wednesday morning and was headed to John H. Liechty Middle School in the 600 block of South Union Avenue, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Police said they were no signs of foul play but that it was unlike Keifer to be gone without contacting family members.
Los Angeles Times
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LAPD announces reward in Sun Valley slaying
Los Angeles police on Thursday announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the killing of a man at a Sun Valley taco stand. Vartan Avatyan, 18, was at the stand in the 7200 block of Lankershim Boulevard on Oct. 17 when a gunman walked up and opened fire, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The killer may have left in a blue compact car. Detectives said the victim died at a local hospital. Since January 2007, at least 21 homicides have been reported in Sun Valley, according to a database by The Times' Homicide Report.
Los Angeles Times |
LAPD warns elderly residents of 'distraction' burglaries
The LAPD have issued a warning to residents in the North Hollywood and Studio City areas about at least two incidents of "distraction" burglaries. According to the LAPD's North Hollywood Division, in one recent burglary, a suspect approached a home on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, south of Ventura Boulevard, in Studio City. He spoke to a 94-year-old resident, claiming to be with the Department of Water and Power, and said he needed to inspect something in the house or backyard. While the suspect distracted the victim, a second suspect entered the home and stole $149 and an ID.
Studio City Patch |
Death penalty sought against trucker accused of killing Riverside cop
Riverside County Dist. Atty. Rod Pacheco on Thursday said he will seek the death penalty against the state prison parolee accused of killing Riverside police Officer Ryan Bonaminio after a foot chase through a city park in November. Earl Ellis Green, 44, faces a first-degree murder charge for shooting the officer. Bonaminio was chasing Green through the city's Fairmount Park when he slipped and fell, losing his gun, and was attacked and shot by Green, authorities said. The officer pleaded for his life before he was killed, Pacheco said.
Los Angeles Times |
Los Angeles city pension costs jump again
The city's financial troubles worsened Thursday after a panel voted to raise its contribution to the pension system for police officers and firefighters. At the recommendation of an actuary, the Board of Fire and Police Pension Commissioners decided to set the city's contribution at $500 million for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, $50 million more than the city's budget analysts had planned for, and they had already anticipated an increase of $63 million.
City News Service
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Charles Manson had a cellphone? California prisons fight inmate cellphone proliferation
Contraband cellphones are becoming so prevalent in California prisons that guards can't keep them out of the hands of the most notorious and violent inmates: Even Charles Manson, orchestrator of one of the most notorious killing rampages in U.S. history, was caught with an LG flip phone under his prison mattress. Manson made calls and sent text messages to people in California, New Jersey, Florida and British Columbia before officers discovered the phone, said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections.
Los Angeles Times |
Brown to go public with California's dire budget news
Gov.-elect Jerry Brown, largely absent from public view since Election Day, next week will launch an unusual, highly public campaign to tell Californians how dire the state budget crisis really is. The event - a forum to which Brown is inviting the state's lawmakers - is at least in part a political measure by Brown to remind voters that the budget crisis is inherited. It also is to prepare the Legislature and the public for a January budget proposal in which Brown, facing an estimated $25.4 billion deficit, is almost certain to make highly unpopular recommendations.
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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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