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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 25, 2011 |
Not armed doesn't mean not dangerous
Why do otherwise reasonable individuals - despite evidence to the contrary before them - become reflexively critical of police, jumping to the twisted conclusion that an officer's life faces less danger from an unarmed suspect than when the officer is staring down the barrel of a gun? Why do these same people immediately assume all officer-involved shootings - while always tragic - are "bad" shootings? Those making snap judgments about officer-involved shootings often cherry-pick the facts and do a disservice to the communities police officers serve.
LAPPL Blog |
LA prosecutor deals with budget cuts
LA City's top prosecutor says new budget cuts have forced him to close certain branch offices, which in turn, has caused LAPD detectives to spend hours driving to and from Downtown to get criminal cases filed. Detectives based in the Harbor and the San Fernando Valley will be most greatly impacted and many officers say the change will take time away from criminal investigations. "Downtown is now where all filing takes place," City Attorney Carmen Trutanich told KFI Monday, acknowledging the move will be an inconvenience for police.
KFI 640
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Crime alerts for Cypress Park, Beverlywood and 18 other Los Angeles neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 20 Los Angeles neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Fifteen neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Cypress Park was the most unusual, recording four reports, compared with a weekly average of 0.9 over the last three months. Beverlywood topped the list of five neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded eight property crimes, compared with its weekly average of 1.9 over the last three months.
Los Angeles Times |
Detectives seeking assistance in slaying of father in South L.A.
Police detectives Monday night were seeking the public's help in the slaying of a 46-year-old man in South Los Angeles. Andrew Todd Cherry was found Monday afternoon by family members inside his one-bedroom apartment in the 1400 block of West 53rd Street, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Family members had become concerned after Cherry failed to show up in the morning to visit his two children several blocks away, Det. Chris Barling told The Times. He declined to say how Cherry was killed.
Los Angeles Times
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LAPD continues to pursue leads in shooting of school police officer
The Los Angeles Police Department is continuing an aggressive search for the man suspected of shooting a school police officer last week outside a high school in Woodland Hills. Police officials said Tuesday they were pursuing multiple leads in the case but did not elaborate on the precise nature of their information. Authorities offered a $100,000 reward leading to his arrest and prosecution.
Los Angeles Times
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Shootout leaves two Florida officers dead
Authorities exchanged more than 100 shots with a fugitive holed up in an attic Monday in a firefight that killed two officers, wounded a deputy US marshal, and led to an hours-long standoff that ended when the suspect was found dead inside the house. St. Petersburg police spokesman Michael Puetz said the suspect's body was found when officers went into the home about six hours after the shootout, the latest in a rash of shootings across the nation that have killed or wounded law enforcement officers.
Associated Press
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Police fear 'war on cops'
A spate of shooting attacks on law enforcement officers has authorities concerned about a war on cops. In just 24 hours, at least 11 officers were shot. The shootings included Sunday attacks at traffic stops in Indiana and Oregon, a Detroit police station shooting that wounded four officers, and a shootout at a Port Orchard, Wash., Wal-Mart that injured two deputies. On Monday morning, two officers were shot dead and a U.S. Marshal was wounded by a gunman in St. Petersburg, Fla. On Thursday, two Miami-Dade, Fla., detectives were killed by a murder suspect they were trying to arrest.
MSNBC |
1 killed, another wounded in Westlake shootings
One man was killed and another injured in two separate shootings early Monday morning in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, officials said. Police with the Rampart Division were investigating whether the shootings were gang-related.
The first shooting occurred at 5 a.m. in the 1400 block of 6th Street near Valencia Avenue, where officers arrived to find the man dead, according to Officer Bruce Borihanh of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Los Angeles Times |
City & State Budget Crises
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City panel mulls proposed budget cuts
The Los Angeles City Council moved closer Monday to the possibility of shutting down most city services for one day a week to deal with the ongoing budget shortfall. The city is facing a deficit of at least $40 million in its $7 billion budget from now through the end of the fiscal year in June. The council's Budget and Finance Committee reviewed a series of proposed cuts to deal with the shortfall that ranged from euthanizing more animals in shelters to prosecuting fewer criminal cases in court.
Los Angeles Daily News
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200,000 homeless kids, little help
This year, more than 200,000 kids between 12 and 17 will be homeless--and alone--for at least one night in California, but the state has just 1,000 beds to take care of them. That's the finding of a new report released today by the California Homeless Youth Project, a grant-funded research and policy initiative of the California Research Bureau, the State Library and New America Media. "There is no state agency or department that has any kind of responsibility for these kids," said Ginny Puddefoot, who runs the project from her office at the California Research Bureau.
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