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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 15, 2011 |
Chatsworth man arrested after telling officers he killed his girlfriend, LAPD says
A Chatsworth man was arrested Tuesday after he walked into a police station and allegedly told officers that he had killed his girlfriend. David Pearson, 52, said he had killed his girlfriend in their apartment, according to the LAPD. Officers found Kristen Hyde, 62, dead inside the apartment in the 6500 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, the LAPD said. She appeared to have been strangled, police said.
Los Angeles Times |
LAPD investigates fatal overdose of jailed car theft suspect
Los Angeles police were investigating Tuesday the fatal overdose of a man who was being held at the department's Devonshire division jail, officials familiar with the case said. The identity of the suspect was not immediately released, but law enforcement sources familiar with the case said he was pronounced dead of an apparent overdose around 10 p.m. Monday at Providence Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills.
Los Angeles Times |
Driver arrested on suspicion of murder in motorcyclist's death
A driver who allegedly killed a motorcyclist in a Reseda collision has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Roberto Casillas, 56, was arrested after the crash Monday that killed 25-year-old Steve Josue Campos, according to a Los Angeles Police Department statement. Casillas was driving a pickup truck east on Vanowen Street towards Etiwanda Avenue about 3:20 p.m. while Campos was heading west on Vanowen.
Los Angeles Times
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Gang members accused of kidnapping man who claimed to have Shaquille O'Neal sex tape
Seven members of a South Los Angeles street gang have been charged with kidnapping and other crimes after they allegedly abducted a man who claimed he had a sex tape of former Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal. Ladell Rowles, who prosecutors said was the leader of the Main Street Mafia Crips gang, is accused in a criminal complaint filed in February of directing members to kidnap, beat and rob the victim.
Los Angeles Times
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South Pasadena police officer dies after collapsing at shooting range
A South Pasadena police officer died Tuesday after suffering a head injury during a training exercise at a firing range in Azusa, authorities said. Officer Kevin Sandoval, 23, was with other South Pasadena Police Department officers at the Burro Canyon Shooting Park when he collapsed shortly before 2 p.m. and hit his head, officials said. He was given first aid at the scene and flown to Foothill Presbyterian Hospital in Glendora, where he was pronounced dead.
Los Angeles Times |
Freeze on benefits advanced
In a move designed to prod negotiations with Los Angeles police and firefighters, the City Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to an ordinance that would freeze health benefits of retiring workers. The 11-2 vote advances a measure that caps retirees' monthly health-care allowance at $1,097, beginning July 1. Paul Weber, president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, said he needed more time to review the measure. "We've been talking for months and this is brand new," Weber said. "We need to study what it will mean."
Los Angeles Daily News |
Baca says his deputies should monitor parolees
Sheriff Lee Baca not only wants his deputies to arrest and jail suspects, he thinks they should supervise the offenders' parole. Baca is making an unprecedented bid to expand the powers of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, saying it would improve community safety because his force has more resources and law enforcement know-how than probation officers. But the idea doesn't sit well with the Los Angeles County Probation Department, whose employees have been monitoring offenders since 1903.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Group seeks initiative to reform Three Strikes Law
A coalition led by a group of Stanford University lawyers intends to put an initiative on the November 2012 ballot to reform California's Three Strikes Law, the harshest such sentencing law in the nation. The group has secured at least one major financial backer, David W. Mills, a former investment banker and Stanford Law School professor. It also hired San Francisco political consultant Averell "Ace" Smith to lead what is expected to be a fiery campaign.
San Jose Mercury News
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Democrats press forward on budget plan: Taxes, accounting moves, cuts
With their pay hanging in the balance on Wednesday's deadline for a state budget, Democratic lawmakers are preparing to push through a spending plan that would tax purchases from online outlets such as Amazon.com, bump up car registration fees and local sales tax rates, and tack a new fee on residents in fire zones. The plan would also cut more deeply into higher education, public safety and the courts. And it would defer billions of dollars in bill payments and revive a controversial plan to sell state buildings that was abandoned months ago because it was deemed too costly.
Los Angeles Times |
Bill to opt out of immigration fingerprints advances in state Senate
A bill that would remove California's counties from federal immigration fingerprint checks easily advanced in the state Senate this week. The Public Safety Committee on Monday voted 5-2 in support of AB 1081, legislation intended to make California the fourth state to opt out of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement's Secure Communities program.
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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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