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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 27, 2011 |
Man charged with shooting at LAPD helicopter
Prosecutors say an 18-year-old man has been charged in the shooting of a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter. Danny Anthony Lopez pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Van Nuys Superior Court. Lopez is charged with two felony counts of attempted murder of a peace officer, two counts of assault on a peace officer with a semiautomatic firearm, one count of shooting at an occupied aircraft and one count of carrying a loaded firearm in a street gang with the allegation that he personally discharged a firearm. He faces up to life in prison if convicted.
Associated Press |
Woman's body found in storage container near 5 Freeway offramp in Boyle Heights
Los Angeles police were trying to determine Tuesday who killed a woman and dumped her nude body in a plastic storage container next to a Boyle Heights freeway offramp. A homeless person called police after finding the body in a broken-open container in the brush next to southbound Interstate 5 at State Street and Cesar Chavez Avenue about 11:30 p.m. Monday, according to an official at the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollenbeck Station.
Los Angeles Times |
Dodgers pick LAPD veteran Rich Wemmer as security chief
The Dodgers have chosen former Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Rich Wemmer as their security chief, but are awaiting approval before they can finalize his hiring. Major League Baseball, under the terms of the takeover of the team by the commissioner's office last week, must approve any expenditure or move costing more than $5,000. Commissioner Bud Selig on Monday appointed former Texas Rangers president Tom Schieffer to oversee the Dodgers' daily operations.
Los Angeles Times |
BB-gun bill advances in reaction to LAPD shooting
In response to the police shooting of a Los Angeles teenager, state lawmakers on Tuesday backed a requirement that BB and pellet guns be made entirely with bright colors so that officers do not mistake them for deadly firearms. The Senate Public Safety Committee approved the legislation sought by Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in response to the December police shooting of a 13-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun in Glassell Park.
Los Angeles Times |
LAPD to use Currie electric bikes
The Los Angeles Police Department's Bicycle Coordination Unit has said that initial testing and evaluation of IZIP Express Police bicycles have been completed with favorable results. The department has decided to begin field-testing the electric bicycles at special events to further explore their viability under actual patrol conditions. In May of 2010, Currie Technologies, the producer of the IZIP Express, supplied the LAPD Bicycle Coordination Unit with prototype models for initial testing.
Bicycle Retailer |
Car plunges four stories off West L.A. parking structure, occupant dies
A car was driven through a barrier at a West Los Angeles parking structure Tuesday morning and plunged four stories before landing upside down, Los Angeles fire officials said. Rescue workers were called about 9:30 a.m. to the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Nebraska Avenue, where they extricated one victim from the car, said Los Angeles fire spokesman Cecil Manresa. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and the cause of the accident was not immediately known.
Los Angeles Times |
ICE gave conflicting info on fingerprint program, emails show
Hundreds of internal emails between federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement staff reveal that ICE sent confusing messages to California officials about whether counties could opt out of the Secure Communities program, which provides federal immigration authorities with the fingerprints of anyone arrested. Advocates claim that the documents, obtained through a public-records request filed by immigration and civil rights groups, suggest ICE may have led counties to believe that they could opt out of a program that is, in fact, mandatory.
The Bay Citizen |
State & Municipal Budget Crises
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Jerry Brown bans 'non-essential' travel for state employees
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday issued an executive order banning state employee travel that is "not mission-critical." The order targets all in- and out-of-state travel that costs the state money and is not "directly related to enforcement responsibilities, audits, revenue collection or other duties required by statute, contract or executive directive."
Sacramento Bee |
106 San Jose cops get layoff notices
After months of nervous anticipation, 106 San Jose police officers are getting notices this week that they may be laid off as the reality of the city's dire financial picture cast a gloom over police headquarters and City Hall. An additional 20 more cops learned they may soon be demoted. And overall, the city could lose about 9 percent of its police force in what could be the first layoffs of officers in the city's history.
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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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