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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 8, 2010 |
LAPPL comments on biased policing
The LAPPL is concerned about the tone of the Inspector General's report, comments by Commissioners on biased policing and the impact they will have on our membership. The Chief, the Department and our members are committed to Constitutional Policing, strong civilian oversight provided by the OIG and the Police Commission, enhancing the overall quality of biased policing investigations, and reducing the number of biased policing complaints. The Inspector General acknowledged the Department's progress and effectively endorsed their biased policing investigative process by only making training recommendations for additional improvement.
LAPPL Blog |
Beck responds to report critical of how LAPD handles complaints
Warned by federal officials that the LAPD is inadequately investigating racial profiling complaints against officers, Chief Charlie Beck and a civilian watchdog on Tuesday defended the agency but acknowledged there is still work to be done. Beck, who recently marked his one-year anniversary as chief, assured the commission that racial profiling would not be tolerated and any complaint would be thoroughly investigated. The department needs "to ensure at the front end that these things are reduced as we ensure at the back end that they are investigated effectively," Beck said. "It is not one of our goals. It is our No. 1 goal."
Los Angeles Daily News
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LAPD trying to avoid civilian layoffs
Los Angeles Police Department officials vowed to do everything they can to avert proposed layoffs of civilian employees, but some of the city's budget analysts expressed skepticism amid a growing deficit. "I can't afford to let anybody else go," Assistant Chief Sandy Jo MacArthur, head of the LAPD's Personnel Department, told the City Council's Budget and Finance Committee during a meeting which had several department mechanics in the audience.
City News Service
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3 drivers fled scene of fatal Rampart area hit-and-run
Authorities are turning to the public to help nab a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run that happened last week in the Rampart area. The LAPD are looking for the driver of a red Honda Civic or Prelude that struck a man who was walking southbound in the east crosswalk of Carondelet Street at about 8:35 p.m. on Tuesday, November 30th. The victim, 32-year-old Felix Gonzalez, was struck first by the Honda, and, after that driver fled the scene, was subsequently struck by two additional unidentified vehicles. Both unidentified drivers also left the scene of the traffic accident.
LAist |
Skid Row injunction moves forward
In April, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich took an unprecedented step when he announced his office would seek an injunction to ban known Skid Row drug dealers from stepping foot in the neighborhood. Nearly seven months later, the proposal is law. On Nov. 30, Superior Court Judge Theresa Sanchez-Gordon issued an order to enforce the proposed injunction on 23 defendants, all of whom have multiple convictions for drug crimes that took place in Skid Row. The injunction names 80 individuals, but also covers any person with a proven affiliation with the Grape Street Crips.
Los Angeles Downtown News |
15-year-old boy arrested in deadly South L.A. stabbing
Los Angeles police arrested a 15-year-old boy Tuesday on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 49-year-old man who had confronted the boy about drinking with his teenage daughter. The boy allegedly stabbed Santos Valerio Turcios during an argument Monday night at an apartment complex in the 900 block of West 83nd Street in South Los Angeles, police said. At least 571 homicides have been reported within four miles of Monday's stabbing since January 2007, according to coroner's data collected for The Times' interactive Homicide Report.
Los Angeles Times
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Masked gunman attacks woman in Westchester
Police need the public's help catching a masked gunman who attacked a woman in her own home in Westchester on Monday night. Authorities said the woman had baked cookies for a neighbor in the 8100 block of Westlawn Avenue, and she left her door unlocked as she went next door to drop them off at about 11:20 p.m. When she returned to the house about 15 minutes later, she sat down to watch TV when the suspect, wearing a ski mask, confronted her. "A struggle ensued in which she was pushed to the ground, and one round was fired at her," said LAPD Det. Scott Walton.
ABC7 |
Raves to continue in Los Angeles but with safety guidelines
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved 10 safety guidelines meant to make electronic music festivals, or raves, safer. The guidelines are just that -- not law -- and the board plans to send letters to promoters, sponsors and venue operators, urging them to adopt the measures. The commission that controls the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the adjacent Sports Arena agreed last week to abide by the recommendations.
City News Service |
Servers at downtown restaurants can help discourage theft during holidays
To cut the number of thefts in downtown Los Angeles this holiday season, the LAPD is enlisting waiters and waitresses in scores of restaurants to ensure that patrons do not leave their cellphones, iPads and cameras unattended and easy pickings for light-handed crooks. LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon said theft of electronic devices is a serious problem this time of year, and he is hoping that the public, as well as servers at eateries, bars and clubs, will help curtail such crime. One-quarter to one-third of all major crime downtown is related to theft, explains Vernon.
Los Angeles Times |
State's lethal-injection drugs were imported from Britain, corrections officials disclose
Corrections officials disclosed Tuesday that they had imported from Britain a large quantity of the key drug used in lethal-injection executions and are awaiting approval of the foreign-made product by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation last month paid a British distributor $36,415 for 521 grams of sodium thiopental made by Archimedes Pharma, said corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton. Prison officials also acquired 12 grams of the drug at no cost from the Arizona Department of Corrections on Sept. 30, Thornton said.
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