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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 26, 2011 |
Justice Department to review fatal attacks on police
The Justice Department is preparing to review a rash of deadly attacks on police following the fatal shootings of 10 officers since Jan. 1. Bernard Melekian, the Justice Department's Community Oriented Policing Services director, said analysts would study whether deficits in training, resources or officer behavior may have contributed to a troubling series of violent attacks in at least five states. "I think it is too early to tell if there is an underlying theme here," Melekian said Tuesday. "The fact is that police work is an inherently dangerous business; very often you don't know where the danger is coming from."
USA Today |
Fatal police shooting in South L.A. involved mentally ill man acting violently, LAPD says
Los Angeles police were involved in a fatal shooting Monday night after responding to a call of a man with a mental illness who was acting violently, police said. The shooting occurred about 8:15 p.m. in the 900 block of East 107th Street in South L.A. The victim was 40 years old. After arriving at the scene, patrol officers requested additional units, police said. "The situation started to escalate, and they requested backup," said Officer Karen Rayner, a Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman.
Los Angeles Times |
Police-station rampage tests 'community policing'
When a gunman went on a rampage inside a Detroit police station this week, he entered an open lobby with no metal detector, no bulletproof glass and just a tall desk separating him from the officers. The place had been designed as part of a "community policing" strategy to look friendly and less bunker-like. Now, in the wake of the shootout Sunday that left four cops wounded and the gunman dead, some big-city police departments and police unions around the country are taking another look at their security measures and grappling with how to serve the public while also protecting officers' lives.
Associated Press |
Oakland joins cities that won't impound at DUI checkpoints
Oakland is now abstaining from impounding unlicensed drivers' cars - and from the hundreds of thousands of dollars the controversial seizures generate a year. Without fanfare, the Oakland Police Department revised its impound policy late last year so that motorists caught driving without a license won't automatically lose their vehicles for 30 days, multiple news outlets have reported. Officers going forward will allow such drivers, an overwhelming majority of them illegal immigrants, to park their cars in a legal spot or have a licensed driver remove the vehicle.
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California unemployment rate is second highest in nation
Another sign that California's economic recovery is going slowly: The Golden State now boasts the second-highest unemployment rate in the nation. After months of ranking No. 3, California has swapped places with Michigan. California's 12.5% unemployment rate in December ranks only behind Nevada's 14.5% jobless rate, according to the latest rankings from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday.
Los Angeles Times |
Health spending isn't helping state's inmates
A federal receiver appointed to control mismanagement of inmate health care dramatically increased spending in California's prisons but has so far failed to significantly improve conditions for sick and injured convicts, a state Assembly committee has concluded. More than $82 million was spent to plan construction projects that were largely abandoned, and that was only a fraction of the amount charged to California taxpayers, according to a report by the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review.
San Francisco Chronicle |
U.S. judges can't overturn parole board rulings
A federal appeals court exceeded its power when it reversed a decision by the California parole board and ordered the release of a man convicted of a 1991 attempted murder in Berkeley, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. Federal judges have no power to overturn state parole decisions, the court said in a unanimous ruling that could affect hundreds of cases in federal courts in California. State courts in California can order freedom for a convicted murderer or other life-term prisoner who is denied release by the parole board or governor if the judges find no evidence the prisoner is still dangerous.
San Francisco Chronicle
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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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