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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 22, 2011 |
In Memoriam: Firefighter/Paramedic Glenn L. Allen |
Funeral for LA firefighter Glenn Allen on Friday
Los Angeles firefighter Glenn Allen, fatally injured when a water-saturated ceiling collapsed on him last week during a blaze in the Hollywood Hills, will be remembered by colleagues, family and friends at a funeral Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels of Friday. Allen, 61, was injured in house fire that broke out late Wednesday in the 1500 block of North Viewsite Drive and died at a hospital Friday afternoon. His daughter gave birth Saturday night to what would have been his first grandson. The 6 pounds, 7 ounce boy was said to be healthy.
City News Service |
Crime alerts for Valley Village, Brentwood and five other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in seven L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Five neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Valley Village was the most unusual, recording three reports compared with a weekly average of 0.5 over the last three months. Brentwood topped the list of two neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded 25 property crimes compared with its weekly average of 12.1 over the last three months.
Los Angeles Times |
Man threatens noisy neighbors with knife, sparking standoff
A SWAT standoff at a home in South Los Angeles ended Monday morning with police taking the suspect into custody. The incident began around 2:30 a.m. at 54th Street and Denker Avenue. Police say a man threatened his neighbors with a knife for making too much noise, then barricaded himself inside his house. Officers were called to the scene, but the suspect refused to submit to them, LAPD Capt. Dennis Kato told KTLA. Police tried to taze the suspect, but missed, and the suspect then barricaded himself inside his home, Kato said.
KTLA |
California company making futuristic stun shield for police, military
Science fiction movies have for years shown criminals being subdued by a cop or superhero with electrified arm shields. The bad guys might see it for real in a few months. ArmStar Co. in Los Angeles has unveiled the BodyGuard, the latest in law enforcement nonlethal stun devices. The BodyGuard slips over a forearm with a glove that is fitted with a switch. When squeezed, it activates loud electrodes packing more than 1 million volts. The arm shield will also be capable of recording visual and audio evidence of the attack.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
A survival guide for cops on Facebook
There are two words that should never be in the same sentence: Facebook and Privacy. The exceptions, of course, are if in the same sentence are other words like "don't bet on it", "not a chance" or "ain't happenin'". This post isn't about slamming Facebook. I wouldn't do that, I'm a Facebook fan. Nor is this a post about the stupid things some cops have done on Facebook which have caused embarrassment to their department, the compromising of a case, disciplinary action taken against them or even dismissal from their jobs. This post is about being a cop, being on Facebook and not compromising your safety or that of your family members or co-workers in the process.
Lauri Stevens/PoliceOne.com |
San Jose police change definition of 'racial profiling'
Over the past four years, San Jose police investigated 150 racial profiling or other bias allegations against city cops -- yet the department's internal affairs unit did not sustain a single complaint. San Jose police changed the policy last week, making it a violation for an officer to show any biased behavior at any time during an encounter with the public. Before, it was considered a violation only if the officer first stopped an individual solely because of race, gender or other biased reasons.
San Jose Mercury-News
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Retiring boomers find 401(k) plans fall short
The 401(k) generation is beginning to retire, and it isn't a pretty sight. The retirement savings plans that many baby boomers thought would see them through old age are falling short in many cases. The median household headed by a person aged 60 to 62 with a 401(k) account has less than one-quarter of what is needed in that account to maintain its standard of living in retirement, according to data compiled by the Federal Reserve and analyzed by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College for The Wall Street Journal.
Wall Street Journal |
City fills attorney openings with volunteers
Faced with drastic budget cuts that have forced the early retirement of dozens of prosecutors, the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office has turned to training law school graduates or entry-level attorneys who volunteer to try criminal cases for free. More than 100 of these volunteers have tried more than 250 misdemeanor criminal cases - ranging from DUIs, battery, domestic violence and vandalism charges - since City Attorney Carmen Trutanich launched the program in September 2009. The volunteers, all of whom have passed the bar, go through a month of training and then prosecute cases for five months.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Los Angeles City Councilman faces a tough reelection campaign
Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard C. Parks' bid for a third term in his South Los Angeles district once looked to be a lock. But suddenly, the 67-year-old Parks has found himself in a heated race with citywide import. The two-term councilman has become the top target of the city's highly organized employee unions, which have tightened their grip on the City Council in recent years. His defeat could shift the balance of the City Council toward a majority already heavily influenced by union leaders.
Los Angeles Times |
Calif. lawmakers to consider thousands of bills
Neighbors and law enforcement agencies would get advance notice when they are dealing with child molesters and sexually violent predators under two of the thousands of bills that will be considered this year by the California Legislature. Lawmakers submitted more than 2,323 bills by Friday's deadline. That's roughly 19 bills for each of the 120 members of the Assembly and Senate. Among them are four that grew out of the arrest last year of a paroled sex offender who later pleaded guilty to raping and murdering two teenage girls in San Diego County.
San Jose Mercury News |
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