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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
February 4, 2011 |
Refusal to disclose finances puts LAPD gang unit at risk
In the gang capital of the nation, the Los Angeles Police Department has been making progress, with an 11.1 percent drop in gang-related crime last year alone. But advances like that could be at risk because so many highly trained officers have dropped out of specialized gang units. They have refused to comply with financial disclosure rules required by a federal consent decree after the so-called "Rampart Division scandal" ten years ago.
KCRW |
$50,000 reward renewed in 2006 murder of City Terrace girl
A $50,000 reward for information in the 2006 murder of a 14-year-old girl from City Terrace was renewed Thursday by L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar. Los Angeles Police Department detectives recently uncovered new leads in the cold case of Emmery Munoz, whose body was found suffocated at the loading dock of an abandoned Boyle Heights business, Huizar said. "Five years later, we want the family to know that LAPD and the city of Los Angeles have not forgotten about Emmery Munoz, and now we need the public's help to bring justice for her family," Huizar said.
Los Angeles Times |
Team LAPD joins the fight against cancer
Protecting public safety is just one of the many ways LAPD officers serve the community. Last year, officers held their 10th annual "Angels Community Book and Toy Drive," they participated in several blood drives, and they stepped into the ring with deputies from the Sheriff's Department for the 17th annual "Fight for Life" boxing tournament benefitting City of Hope. Now, a group of LAPD officers have signed up with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program and joined the fight against blood cancers. They've formed Team LAPD, who will train for the 2011 LA Marathon and raise funds for cancer research. With the support of their family, friends and colleagues, the team hopes to raise $35,000.
LAPPL Blog
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Barbecue raises more than $25,000 for sheriff's deputy shot in face
More than $25,000 was raised in a barbecue Thursday for the family of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who was shot in the face by an East L.A. gang member, an official said. Deputy Mohamed Ahmed, who recently left the hospital after reconstructive surgery, was able to attend the event but could not speak because his jaw was wired, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore. The young Somali-born deputy, who financially supports his mother and several siblings, drew an outpouring of support from the public and from within the department after last month's shooting.
Los Angeles Times |
Crime alerts for Porter Ranch, Shadow Hills and 10 other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 12 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Seven neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Porter Ranch was the most unusual, recording three reports compared with a weekly average of 0.3 over the last three months. Shadow Hills topped the list of seven neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded 11 property crimes compared with its weekly average of 5.7 over the last three months.
Los Angeles Times |
Ten things about the Metropolitan Detention Cente
At about noon on Wednesday, Feb. 3, some 15 inmates stuck inside Parker Center made history: They were transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center, becoming the first detainees to inhabit the $80 million city jail. Here are 10 things to know about the building on Los Angeles Street, just south of Temple Street.
Downtown News |
Woman, 45, accused of scamming at least 9 out of millions of dollars
Officials have announced the arrest of a 45-year-old woman who allegedly scammed at least nine victims, and potentially dozens of others, out of millions of dollars for at least the past year. Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department's Olympic Division Property Crimes Unit arrested Hyun Mi Kang, also known as Jennifer Kim, Tuesday on multiple counts of suspicion of grand theft. She is held on $1 million bail, police said.
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2 missing women may be Grim Sleeper victims, detective says
Los Angeles detectives have identified two more missing women they think alleged Grim Sleeper serial killer Lonnie Franklin may have killed. Franklin, 58, has been charged with killing 10 women in South L.A. during two distinct periods -- the mid-1980s and from 2002 to 2007. The LA Weekly gave Franklin the "Sleeper" moniker because of the 14-year gap between killings allegedly committed by him. From the outset of their investigation, however, LAPD detectives suspected the killer had been active during the period of apparent quiet.
Los Angeles Times
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California prison guards union called main obstacle to keeping cellphones away from inmates
Lawmakers struggling to keep cellphones away from California's most dangerous inmates say a main obstacle is the politically powerful prison guards union, whose members would have to be paid millions of dollars extra to be searched on their way into work. Prison employees, roughly half of whom are unionized guards, are the main source of smuggled phones that inmates use to run drugs and other crimes, according to legislative analysts who examined the problem last year. Unlike visitors, staff can enter the facilities without passing through metal detectors.
Los Angeles Times |
Opinion: Public pensions were short-changed in the 1990s
Wall Street and loose banking regulations brought our economy to the brink of collapse, but it's just too easy to target public employees who maintain our roads and answer our 911 calls. From 1980 to 2005, more than four-fifths of the total increase in American incomes went to the richest 1 percent. And yet today, 1 in 6 Americans has no job and every 20 seconds another working family files for bankruptcy. Let's fix our system. Let's start at the top.
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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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