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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 30, 2011 |
Crime alerts for Van Nuys, Rancho Park and 14 other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 16 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. 10 neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Van Nuys was the most unusual, recording 19 reports compared with a weekly average of 8.8 over the last three months. Rancho Park topped the list of seven neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded 11 property crimes compared with its weekly average of 5.3 over the last three months.
Los Angeles Times |
Officers Michael Kim and Jimmy Lam: Decisive action saves woman from burning car
We join the LAPD in commending Officer Michael Kim and Officer Jimmy Lam for their decisive action and heroism in rescuing the occupant of a van unharmed and containing a dangerous situation. The Hollywood Area officers were working traffic control after a Monday morning hit-and-run traffic collision near Santa Monica Boulevard and Western Avenue when they noticed a Dodge Caravan unrelated to the traffic collision stopped at a nearby traffic light with heavy black smoke coming from beneath the vehicle.
LAPPL Blog
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Police chief reports attacks on LAPD officers up 42 percent from last year
Attacks on police officers have increased dramatically, both nationally and locally, and some LAPD officers say they can explain the trend. Officers David Stovill and Jared Vann, both serving in the southwest division, said that the bad economy plays a role, increasing people's desperation, and that they're seeing more ex-convicts and non-revocable parolees out on the streets.
KNX
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Eleven arrested in undercover operation aimed at San Fernando Valley arms traffickers
Federal investigators arrested 11 people Wednesday morning in an undercover operation aimed at firearms traffickers in the San Fernando Valley. Authorities said an undercover agent working during a yearlong operation for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives infiltrated a group that sold drugs and illegal firearms. Undercover agents were able to buy stolen firearms, machine guns and silencers during the investigation, said bureau spokesman Christian Hoffman.
Los Angeles Times |
Police make an arrest in the Penmar Park double murder
Exactly one week after a heartbreaking double murder at PenMar Park in Venice, the park was getting back to normal Wednesday night. And police announced an arrest in the case. The suspect's name is Michael Mariscal, and he is just 19 years old. The two people he is accused of killing were also young, Salvador Diaz, Jr., 18, and Alan Mateo, 21. They were sitting in the bleachers watching a softball game when Mariscal allegedly opened fire.
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One of U.S. Marshals' 15 'most wanted' captured in the San Fernando Valley
The U.S. Marshals Service captured one of its 15 most-wanted criminals in the San Fernando Valley, authorities said Wednesday. Keith Hasson, 45, who had been wanted since July 2005 on a warrant issued in Albuquerque, N.M., was picked up around 11:20 a.m. at an apartment near the intersection of Shoup Avenue and Victory Boulevard, according to federal authorities and Los Angeles police.
Los Angeles Times
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LAPD veteran will take CPD reins
James E. Craig, who currently is the chief in Portland, Maine, will take the top spot at the Cincinnati Police Department beginning in about a month. In his new position, Craig, 54, will be paid $135,000 annually. He will oversee a department with 1,057 sworn personnel. But Craig previously oversaw 390 personnel and a $42 million budget while he worked in a command position with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Cincinnati City Beat
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Countdown to the 405 Closure
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LAPD asks Lady Gaga, Ashton Kutcher for Twitter help with 405 closure
In an effort to alert motorists to the traffic nightmare that might arrive when the 405 Freeway is closed next month, officials have pulled out all the stops: Press conferences, advertising, email blasts and warning messages on seemingly every electronic freeway message sign in the region. But this being Hollywood, officials are also turning to celebrities. The Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday said it has requested that celebrities with large Twitter followings -- including actors, musicians and professional athletes -- send out messages helping authorities get the word out.
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