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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
March 2, 2011 |
LA police chief supports ban on big ammo clips
The city's police chief endorsed a proposed ban Wednesday on the sale and possession of the types of high-capacity ammunition magazines that have been repeatedly used in mass shootings. If passed, the federal ban would prohibit any magazine that holds more than 10 rounds of ammunition, though magazines legally purchased before the ban's start date would be exempt. "Large capacity ammunition magazines are still being used by violent street gangs," Charlie Beck said in a statement. "Common sense restrictions on these magazines would help LAPD officers better protect the public and themselves."
Associated Press
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LAPD officer finds passion in working with Southeast L.A. students
When he was younger, Derek Kosloski wanted to be a special agent in the FBI. Now a Los Angeles Police Department officer, he imparts his love of law enforcement on students in Southeast Los Angeles. Kosloski was on his way to work for the federal government when a hiring freeze forced him into a string of jobs that ended at the LAPD's Southeast Division.
Intersections South LA Report
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Burglars tunnel into L.A. jewelry store, steal millions in jewels
Los Angeles police detectives sought help from the public Tuesday to identify two armed burglars who stole several million of dollars in jewels after tunneling into a downtown jewelry store. The pair broke into the building in the 600 block of South Broadway and sometime between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 19 by tunneling into the store. The burglars, who wore masks and gloves and carried backpacks, cleaned out display cases of high-quality jewelry totaling $3 million, police said.
Los Angeles Times |
Tempe police arrest L.A. homicide suspect
Tempe police arrested a 27-year-old man wanted by Los Angeles police in connection with a home invasion robbery and homicide, police said. On March 26, 2009. LAPD responded to a crime in Sherman Oaks and found 31-year-old Brian Thomas Caulfield handcuffed and shot multiple times. Caulfield died from his injuries, police said. LAPD also found Caulfield's roommate, 30-year-old Eric Gonzalez handcuffed in the apartment.
Arizona Republic |
Controller: Cutting L.A. city cell phones by 60% could save $5M annually
Los Angeles pays for cell phones for nearly 12,000 municipal employees - more than a quarter of its work force - City Controller Wendy Greuel said Tuesday, as she called for slashing that figure by 60 percent. Greuel said the city could save $5 million annually by taking phones away from about 7,200 workers by the start of the new fiscal year on July 1. And she volunteered to turn in her own city phone and start using her personal phone for city business, calling on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich and the 15 City Council members to follow suit.
Los Angeles Daily News |
California pays extra for hospitalized inmates
With California mired in a budget crisis, the costs to guard incapacitated prisoners at outside hospitals continue to cost taxpayers millions as the state figures out how to implement a new medical parole law.
Los Angeles Times |
Victim hurt in RFK assassination says he supports Sirhan parole
One of the surviving shooting victims in the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy said he will not object to Sirhan B. Sirhan's release if a parole panel OKs it. Sirhan, who was convicted of the slaying, will appear before a California parole board for the first time in at least nine years today, supported by two psychologists' reports saying he no longer poses a threat to society, his attorney said.
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Gov. Brown scratches plan to eliminate youth prisons
Gov. Jerry Brown's controversial plan to shut down California's youth prison system came to a screeching halt Monday when he presented a revised budget proposal allowing counties to continue sending their violent youth offenders to state correctional institutions. Brown's original proposal called for the elimination of the state's Division of Juvenile Justice, requiring counties to house and treat juvenile offenders locally.
Bay Citizen
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Gov. Jerry Brown talks pensions, prisons at police chiefs meeting
Gov. Jerry Brown told hundreds of police chiefs Tuesday that curbs on their pensions may be needed to solve the state's long-term budget crisis. "I didn't take my retirement at 50," the 72-year-old governor told the California Police Chiefs Assn. in Anaheim. "In fact, if you want to stabilize this pension system, we need a lot more people working until they're 72." His comments elicited some uneasy laughter. "I know some of you might not be ready for that," Brown added, "but we're going to have to deal with pensions. That's going to be part of the program."
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