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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 27, 2011 |
LAPD bestows Medal of Valor on 10 officers
A group of Los Angeles police officers received the department's highest honor for bravery in the line of duty Thursday. The Medal of Valor is awarded each year to a handful of the LAPD's nearly 10,000 officers who have showed "bravery or heroism above and beyond the normal demands of police service." As in past years, the Los Angeles Police Foundation, which raises private funds for the department, hosted a gala luncheon in Hollywood to celebrate the honorees.
Los Angeles Times |
Crime alerts for Palms, Toluca Lake and 11 other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 13 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Nine neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Palms was the most unusual, recording eight reports compared with a weekly average of 1.8 over the last three months. Toluca Lake topped the list of seven neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded 11 property crimes compared with its weekly average of 2.4 over the last three months.
Los Angeles Times |
LAPD chief is 'absolutely' confident police arrested right suspect in Bryan Stow beating
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck provided little new information Thursday on the investigation into the beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow, but reaffirmed his belief that the primary suspect was the principal assailant in the beating. Beck also said in a news conference that the department would present its case to prosecutors "in the near future." Suspect Giovanni Ramirez, a 31-year-old gang member "is, and was, and has been our primary suspect on the Stow beating," Beck said.
Los Angeles Times |
Towing company's display warns teens about drinking and driving
Sitting in front of the entrance to Black & White Towing in Pacoima is a mangled, broken red Mustang that was involved in a DUI car crash. It is part of the company's annual campaign to prevent drunken driving. Bart Torres, co-owner of Black & White Towing and organizer of the annual public awareness campaign, said kids often hear about drunk drivers causing accidents, but don't often see the results. "By teaming up with the LAPD to put the vehicle on display, we hope to show the visual impact of driving under the influence to remind high school students who are going to the prom and graduation about the dangers of driving while intoxicated," he noted.
San Fernando Valley Sun
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People age 40 and up buck tradition, commit more crime while felony juvenile arrests drop
Researchers studying the effects of California's three-strikes law have found a puzzling trend: older adults are being arrested for felonies in droves, while felony arrests of juveniles are dropping. The trend can be attributed to an "enormous increase in drug abuse" by an aging population, according to Mike Males of the San Francisco-based Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, during a three-strikes symposium at the University of Southern California earlier this month.
Los Angeles Daily News
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Prisoner Release & Parole
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Release of 450 inmates with "a high risk for violence" is inexcusable; new approach is needed
We have long warned that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (CDCR) troubling non-revocable parole program for "low risk offenders" would be a disaster. Law enforcement's input was arrogantly ignored by CDCR, and tragically, we were proven right. An Inspector General's report confirmed the existence of fundamental flaws in the program. One startling flaw was in the CDCR's vaunted computer system.
LAPPL Blog |
California to change sex-offender tracking
Buried under a tidal wave of electronic data, California parole agents next week will significantly change how they monitor and respond to alarms from tracking devices that are affixed to released sex offenders, The Associated Press has learned. An internal California Department of Corrections report obtained by AP found that parole agents spend 44 percent of their work weeks reviewing the computer-tracked movements of parolees, and just 12 percent in the field.
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'Business death penalty' for hiring illegal workers is upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday gave Arizona and other states more authority to take action against illegal immigrants and the companies that hire them, ruling that employers who knowingly hire illegal workers can lose their license to do business.
The 5-3 decision upholds the Legal Arizona Workers Act of 2007 and its so-called business death penalty for employers who are caught repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants.
Los Angeles Times |
Assembly wants to cancel immigrants' fingerprint checks
After a heated and partisan debate, the state Assembly voted Thursday to cancel and then modify an agreement with the federal government under which fingerprints of arrestees are checked for their immigration status. The author of Assembly Bill 1081, San Francisco Democrat Tom Ammiano, said that the program, called Secure Communities, leads to racial profiling and results in deportation of illegal immigrants who may be innocent of crimes or have committed only minor offenses.
Sacramento Bee
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