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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 22, 2011 |
Silence, fear after 15-year old girl is shot to death
Fifteen-year-old Saray Rivas was shot and killed in a part of Los Angeles where residents are afraid to talk, where silence eats up questions about immigration status, gang violence and even murder. Saray lay in a pool of her own blood for more than 12 hours after being shot in an Arlington Heights apartment because nobody wanted the police around asking questions, witnesses said. When police did come, they were met with silence. LAPD homicide Detective John Jamison said a 17-year-old Latina "basically confessed" on Feb. 21 and was arrested in connection with the killing.
Los Angeles Times |
LAPD serves search warrant on Venice pot dispensary
Los Angeles police were serving a search warrant Monday night at a medical marijuana dispensary in Venice. At least half a dozen police cars were at the S.O.S. dispensary in the 300 block of Lincoln Boulevard near Rose Avenue while officers served the warrant, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The dispensary opened several months ago. A helicopter was flying overhead, shining a powerful light on the business. Several people were detained in the investigation, said Officer Karen Rayner.
Los Angeles Times
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LAPD investigates threat last week of 'Virginia Tech-style' shooting at Loyola Marymount University
Authorities on Monday were continuing to investigate the threat of a mass shooting at Loyola Marymount University last week that led officials to send out e-mail alerts and increase police patrols at the Westchester campus. The anonymous threat received by campus officials on St. Patrick's Day morning resulted in multiple emergency alerts to faculty and students, but no gun was seen or found on campus, and school operations continued uninterrupted.
Los Angeles Times |
On skid row, what's just?
Authorities on Monday were continuing to investigate the It ought to be easy to decide whom to root for in a feud between these two guys: the crusading cop, champion of clean streets and quiet nights, and the drug-dealing ex-con, hell-bent on living outside the law. But when skid row is your vantage point, it's not as simple as it sounds.
Sandy Banks/Los Angeles Times |
Cathedral City police officer killed during pursuit
Authorities near Fresno are investigating the death of a police officer who was killed when a pursuit took a tragic turn. Cathedral City Police say 29-year-old Jermaine Gibson died when he lost control of his squad car and hit a palm tree Friday night. It happened as he was chasing a parolee and another suspect in a stolen car. Authorities say Gibson's car caught fire, and he died at the scene. The suspects kept going but also lost control and crashed into a palm tree about a block away. They were both hospitalized with major injuries.
KFSN-TV Fresno |
Ohio officer shot, killed during traffic stop
A 30-year-old Sandusky police officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop Saturday morning that involved a man on a bicycle. Andy Dunn, who has worked for the department since 2003, was shot multiple times during the 3 a.m. traffic stop involving Kevin Randleman, 50. Randleman was shot at least once during the exchange of gunfire with Officer Dunn. He was transported to Firelands and later taken to the University of Toledo Medical Center.
Toledo Blade |
City & State Budget Crises
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Suspension of police hiring urged
Looking for long-term solutions to Los Angeles' budget crisis, a City Council committee recommended Monday suspending police hiring until July as a way to reduce a $46.8 million deficit and save money in the future. The Budget and Finance Committee said the Los Angeles Police Department should proceed with its April training class of 45 cadets, but should delay hiring until the new fiscal year begins July 1.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Los Angeles City Council and Villaraigosa are going to have to toughen up on City Hall
Over the next two months, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the Los Angeles City Council will have to confront $400 million in cuts. They've got to find $50 million in savings in the current fiscal year that ends June 30, and they have to confront a $350 million deficit in the coming year that begins July 1. That's a $400 million hole to plug right now, but it doesn't even take into account expected future deficits. L.A.'s financial problems are not going away.
Los Angeles Daily News Editorial |
Few signs of progress in solving Calif. budget
Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders began a new week of budget negotiations Monday with optimism, even as they admitted little progress on how to address the remainder of California's $26.6 billion shortfall. Brown, a Democrat, has missed his self-imposed deadline to put a special election on tax extensions before voters, and lawmakers say it's increasingly unlikely that any such measure could be placed on the ballot June 7, when several municipalities hold local elections.
Riverside Press-Enterprise |
State lawmakers up the stakes in battle over prison cell phones
State lawmakers are making another push to get rid of contraband cell phones in prisons at a time when corrections officials describe the situation as "untenable" and a major threat to public safety. The Senate Public Safety Committee today will discuss a bill - known as SB 26 - that would impose criminal penalties on inmates who use cell phones, and others, including staff and guards who smuggle the devices into prisons.
California Watch
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Anthem Blue Cross agrees to lower some health care rates; will defer others till next year
Anthem Blue Cross will lower rate increases planned for this summer by nearly a percentage point and will hold off on increases to co-payments and other benefits until January 2012 in an agreement with the state's Department of Insurance. "This is good news for 600,000 policyholders," state Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said at a Monday news conference in Sacramento, adding that consumers "can continue to afford coverage instead of having to give it up."
Sacramento Bee
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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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