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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
January 12, 2011 |
East L.A. shooting leaves deputy wounded, suspect dead
A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was shot in the face Tuesday night in East Los Angeles after he and his training officer were attacked by a reputed gang member on parole, authorities said. The gunman was fatally shot by the training officer after an apparent struggle, authorities said. Deputy Mohamed Ahmed, 27, was taken to a local hospital and may lose sight in one eye, said a source familiar with the incident. He did not appear to have suffered any brain damage and was listed in critical condition late Tuesday.
Los Angeles Times
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30-year-old Sunland parolee booked for possession of a firearm after SWAT arrest
A parolee holed up in a Sunland-area residence Monday when officers tried to serve a search warrant eventually surrendered to a SWAT team, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. Officers went to the 9600 block of Green Verdugo Drive to serve the warrant about 8 a.m., said Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations unit. LAPD Officer Karen Rayner said that Eric Schultz, 30, of Sunland, was booked for being a parolee in possession of a firearm and other unspecified charges.
Los Angeles Daily News
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$50,000 reward offered in Christmas Eve slaying of father of 4 in Van Nuys
Rahmir Williams was looking forward to a real Christmas with his wife Rosemarie and four children. On his way to his Van Nuys home on Christmas Eve after completing his shift as a cook at 1 a.m., Williams, 29, was fatally shot several times. Police said they have no motive and are now asking for the public's help. The City Council voted Tuesday to authorize a $50,000 reward for information on the case. Investigators do have video from a surveillance camera, showing a dark SUV driving parallel with Williams.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Facebook teams with agencies for AMBER Alert pages
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Department of Justice are teaming with Facebook to create AMBER Alert pages to help in the search for missing children. Andrew Noyes, manager of public policy communications at Facebook, says there will be a page for each state, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The announcement is planned today in Alexandria, Va.
USA Today
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Brown wants to reduce state fire protection
Gov. Jerry Brown has laid out a new mission for Cal Fire that could lead to fewer firefighters on each engine and a dramatic shrinking of responsibility, leaving local agencies to defend vast swaths of rural San Diego County. Brown's proposal, included in his state budget plan, renews debate over the state fire agency's role, originally designed to protect forests and watersheds but subsequently expanded greatly as housing pushed deeper into the state's backcountry.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
Dialing back: Governor targets cell phones
Gov. Jerry Brown is hanging up his state-issued cell phone, and he's ordered half the state bureaucrats who have government-paid cell phones to do the same. "It is difficult for me to believe that 40 percent of all state employees must be equipped with taxpayer-funded cell phones," the new governor said Tuesday. "The current number of phones out there is astounding." Brown used his first executive order since taking office a week ago to instruct department heads to cut off 48,000 state employee cell phones by June.
Associated Press
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Rise in police deaths a key backdrop for pension reform
If you ever get up for work in the morning and dread another dreary day at the office, take time out to count your blessings. Not only for the fact that you have a job when many don't, but that chances are, you're not being asked to take your life in your hands just by showing up. The same can't be said for the many law enforcement officers who keep our streets and communities safe day after day, and the statistics prove it.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial |
FDA helps states get execution drug
The Food and Drug Administration, which has long maintained that it has nothing to do with drugs used in executions, has quietly helped Arizona and California obtain a scarce type of anesthetic so the states could continue putting inmates to death. The shortage of sodium thiopental has disrupted executions around the country. But newly released documents show the FDA helped import it from Britain.
Associated Press
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Illinois poised to abolish death penalty
Illinois was poised to become the first state since 2009 to abolish the death penalty after the state Senate on Tuesday approved the ban and sent it to Democratic Governor Pat Quinn for his signature. The Senate vote came after House approval late last week. The Senate vote was 32-25. Illinois has not executed anyone for more than a decade after former Republican Gov. George Ryan imposed a moratorium on the death penalty in January 2000 following a series of revelations that people had been sent to Death Row who were later found to be innocent.
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Sen. Boxer calls for tougher federal gun laws in wake of Arizona shooting
Sen. Barbara Boxer on Tuesday called for tougher federal gun laws, including banning large ammunition clips and federal regulations on concealed weapons permits, in the wake of the shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gravely wounded. Boxer, appearing at a press conference in Riverside, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation also should keep track of seriously mentally ill people with a history of violence to ensure they cannot secure gun permits.
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