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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
May 10, 2011 |
Senate approves LAPD bill on BB guns
The state Senate on Monday approved a measure requested by the Los Angeles Police Department to require BB guns to be made in bright colors so that police officers do not mistake them for real firearms. The legislation was opposed by Republican senators who said it goes too far in regulating personal conduct. "Clearly this is over the top," said Sen. Ted Gaines (R-Roseville) "We've got to draw the line somewhere for gun rights, and we can start with BB guns."
Los Angeles Times |
LAPD's gun buyback event nets more than 2,000 weapons
A Los Angeles gun buyback that offered gift certificates for people who turn in guns netted 2,062 weapons over the weekend, including 91 assault rifles and a black Uzi machine pistol with a massive silencer, L.A. police said. A covert operations weapon exchanged in Mission Hills was one of dozens of weapons turned in at six locations in the city as part of the third annual gun buyback program.
Los Angeles Times |
LAPD fatally shoots man they say killed mother, wounded grandmother
Los Angeles police shot and killed a man who had just fatally stabbed his mother and wounded his grandmother in the frontyard of a Pico-Union residence, authorities said Monday. The incident was reported about 1:39 p.m. in the 1500 block of Arapahoe Street, according to LAPD officials. Police were called to the neighborhood by witnesses who reported that a man was stabbing an older woman, later identified as the man's mother, in the frontyard of a residence.
Los Angeles Times |
$50K to be offered in hit-run death of pedestrian, 18
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Jan Perry announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the hit-and-run driver who fatally struck an 18-year-old woman in South Los Angeles in January. The reward was announced on Monday on the northwest corner of 66th and Figueroa streets where Sharniece Jeter of Victorville was hit, according to Los Angeles police.
Torrance Daily Breeze |
MTV staffer shot execution-style
A rising music star at MTV was murdered execution-style just steps from his home in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles on Sunday, police said Monday.
Gabriel Ben-Meir, 30, was shot in the back of the head while walking from his parked car to his home sometime between midnight and one in the morning, a spokesman with the Los Angeles Police Department said. His body was found at 6:30 am Sunday lying in a pool of blood on Packard Street between Stanley and Spaulding avenues by a neighbor who walking his dog, police said.
NBC4 |
Hundreds of police officers on bicycles pour into Jersey City for stop on annual Police Unity Tour
Hundreds of police officers on bicycles are pouring into the Target parking lot in Downtown Jersey City as part of the 2011 Police Unity Tour. The tour raises awareness of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty and raises funds for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and Museum in Washington, D.C. In all, an expected 700 riders started their trek in East Hanover at 7 this morning and biked to Ground Zero in Manhattan.
The Jersey Journal |
Parole drains local budget
The state's early release of nonviolent prisoners has cost Los Angeles County about $10 million over the past 15 months, according to a new report. The state's decision to save money by granting low-level prisoners "nonrevocable parole" and letting them out of jail before they had served their entire sentence has put a burden on the county's Mental Health and Sheriff's departments, according to the report from county Chief Executive Officer William Fujioka.
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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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