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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 29, 2011 |
LAPD officers dealing with rise in attacks
Echoing a national trend, attacks on police officers in Los Angeles are spiking dramatically this year, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday. Assaults on officers are up 42 percent from the same period last year, bringing the total to 97 attacks, Beck said. Officer involved shootings are up by 40 percent. Among the attacks was the shooting of Officer Steve Jenkins, a K-9 handler who survived being shot in the jaw and shoulder on April 4 by a domestic violence suspect in Sylmar, sending police into a day-long standoff before the suspect was killed.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Teacher shot at South L.A. elementary school
Los Angeles police said Tuesday they are investigating an incident at a South Los Angeles elementary school in which a teacher who had just finished a training session with other educators was shot by errant gunfire that came from off campus. The shooting was reported around 3 p.m. Monday at Knox Elementary School in the 8900 block of Main Street, just after the training session had ended, LAPD officials said. School is out for the summer so no students were on campus at the time.
Los Angeles Times |
$50K reward offered in year-old homicide case
A family hopes a $50,000 reward will help police catch the killer in a year-old homicide case. Clint Smith, 28, was shot and killed May 13 in the 6300 block of Brynhurst Avenue in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Hyde Park. Detectives say Smith was in the wrong place at the wrong time when gunfire rang out in broad daylight. Detectives say he was standing several yards behind a gang member when rival gang members drove by and opened fire.
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Democrats pass austerity budget for California
The Legislature passed an austerity budget Tuesday night that would cut from universities, courts and the poor, shutter 70 parks and threaten schools but would not - by officials' own admission - restore California's long-term financial health. The UC and Cal State systems would face about a 23% funding cut, among the steepest in the proposal. Cash grants for the needy would fall, a program to help thousands of teen mothers get an education would be suspended and hundreds of millions of dollars would be siphoned from mental health programs.
Los Angeles Times |
Summer holiday could tempt terrorists, federal officials warn
There is "no specific or credible information" terror groups are planning to attack the United States during the summer holiday season but law enforcement agencies should remain vigilant, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security say in an intelligence bulletin. The death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden could spur lone offenders to try an attack on a holiday like July Fourth to "increase the symbolic impact," they say.
CNN |
'Open carry' ban advances to await floor vote
Almost lost in yesterday's new-budget-deal shuffle was the forward movement of AB 144, the bill to ban the "open carry" of unloaded firearms in public places. The state Senate Appropriations Committee determined the bill would have little or no fiscal impact to the state, so it was referred directly from the committee to the floor without a vote under Senate Rule 28.8, I was told today by Wendy Gordon, spokeswoman for bill author Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge.
Inside Bay Area |
Clemency reform tied to SDSU killing advances
A measure to provide victims and prosecutors with a 10-day warning when a governor is weighing clemency appeals continued its unanimous advance through the Legislature. The Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday approved the legislation, which was introduced in response to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's surprise decision to cut by more than half the sentence handed down to the son of a political ally involved in a fatal brawl at San Diego State two years ago.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
High-security prisoners to start hunger strike
Built in 1989, Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City was California's first supermax prison, designed to keep the "worst of the worst" criminals under strict security, often in solitary confinement. On Friday, about 100 of those inmates plan to start a hunger strike to protest what they say are cruel and unusual prison conditions. They plan to continue the strike until Pelican Bay officials address their five core demands.
California Watch |
Countdown to the 405 closure
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Westside and Valley businesses are preparing for Carmageddon
Westside and Valley businesses near the 405 are reshuffling work schedules and seeking other accommodations for employees to keep operations moving during the July 15-18 weekend. Officials hope that 70% of the 500,000 motorists who travel on the freeway through the Sepulveda Pass on a typical July weekend will stay away from the area during the 53-hour shutdown. But whether they will is unknown.
Los Angeles Times
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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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