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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
June 13, 2011 |
Crime alerts for Wilmington, Pico-Robertson and nine other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 11 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. Wilmington was the most unusual, recording 10 reports compared with a weekly average of 5.4 over the last three months.
Los Angeles Times |
Longtime LAPD spokeswoman steps down
After a decade on the job, the public information director for the LAPD has stepped down, according to a statement released by the department Friday afternoon. Mary Grady was hired by the department in 2001 as a public information officer and promoted to the newly created director position a year later, according to the LAPD website.
NBC4 |
Oakland considering using civilians to investigate police
Among the most fundamental relationships in Oakland's struggle with crime is that between its police officers and its residents. That relationship could see major changes in the coming months as a years-old proposal to shift control of police oversight into the hands of civilians is gaining traction. Currently, the city primarily relies on the Oakland Police Department to investigate complaints against its own officers. Some community activist groups and council members are pushing to tip that balance in the direction of civilians with no connection to the department to do that work instead.
Oakland Tribune |
Seven Democrats ask Brown to suspend California's participation in Secure Communities
Members of California's congressional delegation called on Gov. Jerry Brown Friday to join three other states in suspending participation in a controversial federal immigration enforcement program. The seven Democratic representatives acted after the Los Angeles City Council voted overwhelmingly this week to support legislation allowing local communities to opt out of the Secure Communities program and Sheriff Lee Baca, a strong proponent, qualified his support in a letter to immigrant activists.
Los Angeles Times |
Prison plan a problem
Gov. Jerry Brown's solution to meet a court-ordered prison reduction is to shift low-level state inmates to county jails, but others say turning to private prisons is a good idea as well. Advocates say state partnerships with private prisons, like the kind found in Texas and Florida, save money and reduce overcrowding.
San Bernardino Sun |
Juvenile inmates often isolated nearly 24 hours straight
Juvenile inmates at California correctional facilities have been held in isolation nearly 24 hours straight on hundreds of occasions this year, in violation of state regulations. An audit by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in March found multiple facilities operated by the Division of Juvenile Justice kept youth prisoners deemed a threat in their cells for all but 40 minutes a day. Auditors found Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles, to be the worst offender.
California Watch |
Homeboy Industries expands with diner at City Hall
With tattoos up and down his arms, a long black ponytail and an even longer criminal record, Alex Renteria isn't like most people in this building. Before this job, he had done only one kind of work: "slinging dope and stealing." Now, he slings tamales and fresh-baked pastries at a bright diner at City Hall. Homeboy Diner, which opened this week, is the latest business venture of Homeboy Industries, a Los Angeles institution that supporters say has helped thousands of gang members quit lives of crime with counseling, tattoo removal and job training.
Los Angeles Times |
No budget deal, but Jerry Brown says vote will take place
Gov. Jerry Brown said Sunday night he is "perplexed" that he has been unable to reach a budget deal, but he said the Legislature will vote on a spending plan Wednesday, the constitutional deadline. "This Wednesday, the budget will be voted on one way or the other," Brown said in a YouTube video. "And I assure you I will keep fighting over my four-year period as governor of California to put our finances in order, to make the necessary reforms, and to go back to you, the people, on the fundamental decisions that we have to make as Californians."
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Celebrity gun fans shoot for a good cause
It was a gun show that only Hollywood could have put on: shotgun-toting celebrities rubbing shoulders with cannon-blasting pirates and Western-style trick shooters while experimental machine guns were fully loaded for anyone wanting to take a shot. Actors, entertainers, gun enthusiasts, military service members and professional shooters trekked to Oak Tree Gun Club in Newhall on Saturday and took aim at clay discs fired into the air to benefit charities for veterans, children and nature as part of the 2011 Hollywood Celebrity Sporting Clays Invitationals.
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