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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
LA Police Protective League
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Los Angeles
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the union that represents the
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
May 24, 2011 |
US Supreme Court orders California prisoner release
The Supreme Court Monday ordered California to release tens of thousands of inmates or take other steps to ease overcrowding in its prisons to prevent ``needless suffering and death.'' By a 5-4 vote, the high court told the nation's largest state prison system to sharply cut its inmate population in stages over two years in one of the biggest prison release orders in U.S. history.
Reuters |
Bold action needed from city leaders after Supreme Court's decision
In light of the court's ruling and because L.A. County is the largest in the state, accounting for about a third of the entire state prison population, we can assume more inmates will return here than to any other county in the state. Because of this likely influx, we call for a reconsideration of the police cuts in the budget approved by the City Council. Mayor Villaraigosa can make that happen by vetoing portions of the city budget and sending them back to the City Council. That would give council members one last chance to put public safety first.
LAPPL Blog
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Police press search for second man, woman in Dodger Stadium beating
A day after arresting a suspect in the near-fatal beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles police detectives pressed ahead Monday with the search for two other suspects, as senior LAPD officials scrambled to mitigate the potential damage done to the investigation by a news leak. Still at large is the second assailant and a woman who police said drove the men away from the stadium. Police largely remained silent on the status of the hunt, saying only that detectives were continuing to pursue solid leads on the two individuals.
Los Angeles Times |
Stow family expresses appreciation for arrest in beating of Giants fan
The day after Los Angeles police arrested a man suspected in the brutal beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow, Stow's family members expressed appreciation for the Los Angeles Police Department's work on the case. "We never gave up hope that this day would come; that the beginning of justice being served would happen," Stow's sister, Erin Collins, said outside San Francisco General Hospital, where her brother remains hospitalized. "Our family would like to express our deep gratitude to the LAPD for their exhaustive efforts."
Los Angeles Times |
Man released from jail early gets life for killing parents, mother of his child
A Los Angeles man who murdered his parents and the mother of his child after being released early from jail was sentenced today to three consecutive life prison terms without the possibility of parole. Joshua Vick, now 29, was convicted May 2 of first-degree murder for the Jan. 14, 2005, shooting deaths of his parents, Mary and Gable, and the slaying of his ex-girlfriend, Tesha Collins, a day later.
Torrance Daily Breeze
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Laurel Canyon barricade suspect arrested after SWAT standoff
An armed man who had holed himself up in a Laurel Canyon home was taken into custody after an hours-long standoff with SWAT officers. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department were called to the home in the 8200 block of Rugby Place around 6:55 p.m. Sunday by a woman who said she was being held against her will, authorities said. The woman, believed to be the man's girlfriend, managed to escape with minor injuries.
Los Angeles Times |
FBI: 5.5% Drop in nationwide violent crime
The number of violent crimes in the United States dropped 5.5 percent last year compared to 2009 and the number of property crimes went down 2.8 percent, the FBI announced Monday. There were declines in all four categories of violent crime last year - murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. The FBI reported that violent crime fell in all four regions of the country last year - 7.5 percent in the South, 5.9 in the Midwest, 5.8 percent in the West and 0.4 percent in the Northeast.
Associated Press |
'Click it' or risk $142 ticket over Memorial Day weekend
The California Highway Patrol and 140 local law enforcement agencies plan to crack down on seat belt violations over the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. Offenders face a $142 ticket for each adult traveling without proper restraint and a $445 ticket for each child younger than 16 not wearing a seat belt. The parent of an unstrapped child under the age of 6 also faces a point on his or her driving record, which can drive vehicle insurance rates sky-high. If the parent is not present, the driver gets the ticket.
Los Angeles Times |
Police seek new ways to defuse tension
When the police arrived, she was barricaded inside her apartment with her former girlfriend, threatening suicide, a gun in her hand. "Let your hostage go!" one of the officers shouted. It was the beginning of a seven-hour standoff that brought out the SWAT team and the Fire Department, cost the City of Los Angeles tens of thousands of dollars and could well have ended in lost lives. But three years later, when two Los Angeles police officers interviewed the woman, Shawn Baxendale, in prison, she told them the police could have handled the situation better.
New York Times |
Villaraigosa gets an earful during town hall meeting in Reseda
Worries about a possible sewer tax. Concerns about budget cuts at a Porter Ranch fire house. Frustration at a lack of adequate mass transit. The concerns aired at a Daily News-sponsored town hall with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in Reseda on Monday night reflected the worries of residents living in a cash-strapped city. And to the 200 people who attended, Villaraigosa offered little solace, repeating over and over: The city is broke.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Steve Cooley cool to Carmen Trutanich bid
After District Attorney Steve Cooley announced last week that he will not seek re-election in 2012 and that he's backing his chief deputy, Jackie Lacey, to succeed him, questions immediately arose about his relationship with City Attorney Carmen Trutanich. After all, it was Cooley who recruited Trutanich to run for city attorney in 2009, offering political advice and fundraising help in the campaign against former City Councilman Jack Weiss. Both sides say, for the record, there is no major rift between the two.
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