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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 29, 2011 |
Crime alerts for Fairfax, Carthay and eight other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 10 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Six neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Fairfax was the most unusual, recording three reports compared with a weekly average of 0.5 over the last three months. Carthay topped the list of four 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 |
Google should permanently muzzle Dog Wars app, LAPD union chief says
The head of the Los Angeles police union urged the chief executive officer of Google to step in and permanently pull the controversial Dog Wars virtual dogfighting game app from its phone app marketplace. In the letter sent Thursday to Google Chief Executive Officer Larry Page, Los Angeles Police Protective League President Paul M. Weber urged Google "to do the right thing and ban this game permanently."
Los Angeles Times LAPPL Blog |
Los Angeles police ready for May Day immigrant rights rally
This year's May Day rally is expected to draw fewer immigrant rights activists to downtown Los Angeles than in past years, but police said they would be prepared for any problems that might occur. Marchers will assemble at 10 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Broadway and Olympic Boulevard and walk north on Broadway toward City Hall, officials said. The march will conclude with a rally on Broadway between First and Temple streets near City Hall.
Los Angeles Times |
80 arrested in Los Angeles gang sweep
A massive sweep against a Los Angeles street gang accused of drug and weapons trafficking has ended with 80 arrests. More than 1,300 police and federal agents from several agencies, including the Secret Service, conducted raids Thursday to serve arrest warrants on reputed members and associates of a San Pedro gang. Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck told reporters that the gang had a "stranglehold" on the port community.
Associated Press |
Police shoot armed man in Panorama City in third officer-involved shooting in one day
A suspect is in stable condition at a hospital after being shot by police in Panorama City late Wednesday, Los Angeles police said. The confrontation occurred just before 11 p.m. when a man pointed a semiautomatic handgun at officers, said Officer Lyle Knight, a police spokesman. The suspect did not drop the gun when ordered to, Knight said. An officer fired one shot, striking the suspect in the abdomen, police said. An investigation is ongoing.
Los Angeles Times |
Man killed in possible gang shooting in Southwest L.A.
A man was shot to death in Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw on Thursday evening during a possible gang-related argument, police said. Two men began arguing about 5:30 p.m. in 3500 block of Coco Avenue when one of them pulled out a handgun and fired multiple rounds, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Los Angeles Times |
Last class leaves CHP academy
A statewide hiring freeze has forced the California Highway Partrol to cancel cadet training at their West Sacramento facility. The last class took part Wednesday morning in the traditional run to the state Capitol. Sixty-eight officers embarked on the five-mile run to the Peace Officers' Memorial near the west steps of the state capitol. This will be the last class to graduate from the CHP Academy for at least six months. The academy cancelled a class in February after Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order freezing all new hires.
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California led nation in pension fund losses
All state public pension funds lost money in 2009 as their stock and property investments tanked, a new Census Bureau report says, but California's systems accounted for a huge share of the losses. The state has three major pension systems - one covering state and many local workers, one for teachers and one for University of California employees - and collectively assets dropped from $476.2 billion during the 2007-08 fiscal year to $340.2 billion a year later.
Sacramento Bee |
Jerry Brown pulls plug on building San Quentin's new death row
Gov. Jerry Brown pulled the plug Thursday on plans to construct a new housing facility for condemned inmates at San Quentin. Brown said in a statement that he believes it would "be unconscionable to earmark $356 million for a new and improved death row while making severe cuts to education and programs that serve the most vulnerable among us." That bill would add an estimated $28.5 million general fund costs in annual debt service payments, his office said.
Sacramento Bee |
Brown departs from predecessors on parole for convicted killers
Gov. Jerry Brown is letting convicted killers leave prison on parole at a far higher rate than previous governors, only rarely using his power to block decisions of the parole board. Early in his term, Brown has let 106 of 130 convicted killers' parole releases stand - about 82 percent, according to Brown's office and records provided in response to a California Public Records Act request.
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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