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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
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LA Police Protective League
February 9, 2011 |
He murdered a police officer - help keep him in prison
In four weeks, the Solano State Prison parole board will meet to decide on Voltaire Williams' request for parole. Back in 1989, Williams was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy in the brutal 1985 ambush and assassination of LAPD Detective Thomas C. Williams. As he was picking up his son from a Canoga Park day care center, Detective Williams was hit by eight shots fired from an assault weapon. His truck was riddled with bullets, as were nearby walls and even the interior of the school.
LAPPL Blog |
LAPD officers injured in hit-and-run in Mid-City area
Two Los Angeles police officers were injured Tuesday night when a motorist slammed into their patrol car and fled, authorities said. The hit-and-run collision occurred about 9:30 p.m. near Fairfax Boulevard and Whitworth Drive in the Mid-City area, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The officers were complaining of neck and back pain and were taken to hospitals for evaluation, the department said. Police had cordoned off a large section surrounding the scene as they searched for a suspect. The driver apparently fled in the vehicle after rear-ending the patrol car, said LAPD Officer Karen Rayner.
Los Angeles Times |
Porter Ranch predator may have more victims
Investigators launched the search Tuesday for other possible victims of a suspected sexual predator. Detectives say they have linked one alleged victim to the suspect, and want to know if there could be more. Marcelino Tinajero, 33, is behind bars facing multiple counts of sex crimes against a minor. Detectives arrested Tinajero late last month. Police say they launched an investigation into Tinajero after the parents of a 16-year-old girl filed a crime report against him, alleging he had an ongoing sexual relationship with the minor.
ABC7 |
Fireworks found in abandoned Leimert Park car
A Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad unit determined Tuesday that a suspicious package found inside an abandoned car in Leimert Park contained fireworks. Authorities declared the area safe and neighbors who had been evacuated were allowed to return home. Officers responded about 4:10 a.m. to a report of an abandoned vehicle near West Vernon and 9th avenues and determined it had been stolen, said LAPD Officer Diana Figueroa.
Los Angeles Times |
Los Angeles Coliseum official was paid by rave firm
A top administrator for the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission helped plan and oversee security and emergency services for a huge rave, the 2010 Electric Daisy Carnival, at the same time he was a paid consultant to the company producing the event, which was marred by numerous drug overdoses and the death of a teenage girl. Safety requirements for the annual rave were important to the company because it paid many of the security and first-aid costs. After 15-year-old Sasha Rodriguez died of an Ecstasy overdose, the Los Angeles Police Department said security arrangements were inadequate and drug use at the event was rampant.
Los Angeles Times |
Federal judge tours San Quentin death chamber
The federal judge weighing whether California can resume executing condemned prisoners toured San Quentin State Prison's new lethal injection facility Tuesday in what he called a fact-finding mission to help determine whether the state's revised procedures meet constitutional standards. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel halted the execution of murderer Michael A. Morales five years ago, citing concerns the execution team was poorly trained, the converted gas chamber too cramped and ill-lit and the state's method of delivering the three-drug execution cocktail at risk of inflicting cruel and unusual punishment.
Los Angeles Times |
Deputies ran check on Clemmons hours before 4 officers slain, reports show
Less than eight hours before Maurice Clemmons opened fire in a coffee shop, killing four Lakewood, Wash., police officers, a pair of Pierce County sheriff's deputies crossed paths with him while on routine patrol. One of the deputies, familiar with Clemmons, even ran a check for outstanding warrants - and came up empty. That check took place at 12:38 a.m. on Nov. 29, 2009, the same day that Clemmons committed one of the worst crimes in the history of the Pacific Northwest.
Seattle Times |
Car-crazy City Hall can learn from Jerry Brown
When times are tough and leaders have to cut costs, fringe benefits should be first to go. But tell that to city officials in L.A., where take-home cars are the perk executives can't seem to part with. Perhaps Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa should take a cue from Gov. Jerry Brown, who in his first weeks in office called to cut by half the 11,000 vehicles driven by state bureaucrats. At least 200 civilian employees enjoy a city car and free gas as a perk of the job, according to the updated salary database released last week by the City Controller.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Alarcon sets fundraiser for state Assembly bid
Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon has spent much of the last year fending off a grand jury indictment that accuses him of perjury and voter fraud. But that hasn't slowed down his campaign plans. Alarcon has begun sending out invitations for a campaign fundraiser in Sacramento -- this time for his 2012 bid for a state Assembly seat. Invites for the March 14 event, sent out by Alarcon campaign fundraiser Dwight Buchanan, calls for donors at $1,000 and sponsors at $3,900.
Los Angeles Times |
Brown asks Obama administration for help with state budget
Gov. Jerry Brown met with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in Sacramento Tuesday to ask for federal help to solve the state's budget problem. Brown's budget hinges on $3.7 billion in cuts that must first be OKd by the federal government. The governor's plan to shift certain state services to the counties also needs the Obama administration's approval, Brown said. "I met with the secretary this morning and asked her for waivers so that we can implement some of our realignment programs without the federal government getting in the way or blocking them," Brown said Tuesday.
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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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