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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
April 26, 2011 |
Crime alerts for Vermont Vista, Carthay 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. Vermont Vista was the most unusual, recording 14 reports compared with a weekly average of 8.2 over the last three months. Carthay topped the list of five neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded seven property crimes compared with its weekly average of 2.2 over the last three months.
Los Angeles Times |
Dogfighting phone app called 'cruel,' 'sickening' by LAPD union chief
The head of the Los Angeles police union said Monday that a dogfighting game application for cellphones should be yanked from the market because it glorifies illegal activity and promotes "cruel and immoral" behavior. Paul M. Weber, president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, said he was particularly concerned that the Dog Wars game created by Kage Games would be embraced by local gang members and encourage them to engage in dogfighting.
Los Angeles Times |
Laura Diaz talks to shot officer's family
He was shot in the jaw and in the chest. LAPD officer Steven Jenkins somehow survived the bullet wounds that tore through his body. On Monday night, CBS2 anchor Laura Diaz talked with Jenkins' wife and son (both LAPD officers) in an exclusive and emotional interview. Both mother and son tell Diaz about the shooting and the terrifying aftermath.
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Jet fuel poured from bullet hole while LAPD helicopter made emergency landing, authorities say
Jet fuel was pouring from the bullet hole when the Los Angeles Police Department helicopter struck by sniper fire Sunday in Van Nuys made an emergency landing, authorities said Monday. The pilot "heard a loud thump outside the aircraft and took evasive action," said Robert Price, chief pilot for the police Air Support Division. "He knew the fuel tank had been hit - he could smell the fuel and some of it got on the windshield."
Los Angeles Times
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Calif bill bumps fines for drivers' cell phone use
The California State Senate has approved a bill that would increase fines for texting or using a handheld cell phone while driving. The base fine would increase from $20 to $50 per violation. With various fees, a first offense would cost $328, up from the current $208. A repeat offender could be fined $100, or $528 with fees. A subsequent violation would add one point to the motorist's driving record.
Associated Press |
LAPD installs 9 surveillance cameras in North Hills
The Los Angeles Police Department is unveiling new surveillance cameras in the North Hills area. Nine wireless cameras will be online 24/7, sending images back to LAPD headquarters, where officials can watch the feeds on large TV screens. The department says similar cameras have helped officers spot crimes such as hit-and-run crashes, assaults and car thefts. The cameras are located in the Safer Cities Initiative Area, which is bordered by Nordoff, Roscoe, the 405 Freeway and Van Nuys Boulevard.
CBS2 |
That poor woman! Oh, wait a minute
Stories like this have become almost a trademark at the Los Angeles Times. In Monday's edition, they report on the travails endured by Norma, who asked that the Times not reveal her last name "because she fears that speaking out may jeopardize her case." Norma, the Times mournfully informs us, is facing deportation after being arrested in San Francisco for domestic violence. She was not charged in the case, but she was nonetheless referred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Jack Dunphy/Pajamas Media |
Los Angeles City Council holds budget hearings over Mayor Villaraigosa's proposed budget
The Los Angeles City Council this week begins scrutinizing the mayor's proposed $7 billion budget. When the mayor unveiled his plan last week, the city's chief administrative officer Miguel Santana said L.A.'s financial picture is looking up. "Our revenue has stabilized. We saw a freefall last year of our revenue last year. That has ended."
Southern California Public Radio |
Contracts for prison guards, other state workers sent to Senate for vote
A legislative committee on Monday voted on party lines to send six labor contracts to the full Senate for consideration -- including a controversial agreement with prison guards -- after not a single person spoke against the measure. The lack of opposition was surprising, considering the amount of heat Gov. Jerry Brown has taken for the contracts, which will save the state's general fund $111 million next fiscal year -- short of the $308 million Brown had originally proposed.
San Francisco Chronicle |
Budget/pension poll draws fire from both sides
Monday's new LA Times/USC poll - showing that California voters both want government workers to give up some retirement benefits to help ease the state's financial problems, and also agree with and want to vote upon Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to continue current tax rates to help close the state budget deficit - is taking fire from both sides.
Mercury News |
Janet Napolitano clarifies immigration program
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday acknowledged a storm of criticism from lawmakers and immigration-rights supporters over a federal effort targeting criminal immigrants, saying there has been confusion over whether local communities can choose not to participate in the program known as Secure Communities. But she added that local governments cannot decide on their own to "exclude themselves" from its fingerprint-checking database.
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