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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
July 13, 2011 |
Violent crime in L.A. continues decade-long decline
Serious crime in Los Angeles dropped about 8% during the first six months of the year, continuing nearly a decade-long decline, city officials announced Tuesday. Violent crime fell nearly 10%, including an 8% drop in homicides with 147 killings recorded since the start of the year, police said. Last year, Los Angeles recorded 297 homicides -- the fewest since 1966, city officials said at a news conference, suggesting the city is again on track to see fewer than 300 killings by the end of this year.
Los Angeles Times |
U.S. law enforcement obtaining warrants to search Facebook profiles
U.S. law-enforcement agencies are increasingly obtaining warrants to search Facebook, often gaining detailed access to users' accounts without their knowledge. A Reuters review of the Westlaw legal database shows that since 2008, federal judges have authorized at least two dozen warrants to search individuals' Facebook accounts.
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Police: Internet providers must keep user logs
Law enforcement representatives are planning to endorse a proposed federal law that would require Internet service providers to store logs about their customers for 18 months, CNET has learned. The National Sheriffs' Association will say it "strongly supports" mandatory data retention during Tuesday's U.S. House of Representatives hearing on the topic.
CNET |
Police pursue U-Haul loaded with electronics
Three men broke into a Best Buy store in West Los Angeles Tuesday and stuffed a U-Haul van full of electronics, then led officers on a pursuit to Venice. After an intense search, three people were taken into custody. The van and its contents were recovered. The chase started before 3:30 a.m. in the 11300 block of West Pico Boulevard when a business alarm was set off at the large electronics store, said a watch commander at the Los Angeles Police Department's West Los Angeles Station.
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LAPD arrests another alleged laser-pointer
A man in his 20s who allegedly pointed a green laser at a Los Angeles police helicopter flying above a Glassell Park home was arrested Tuesday, police said. A police helicopter was above the 2500 block of Arthur Street, near Verdugo Road, about 12:45 a.m. when the light hit the pilot's eyes, said Sgt. Ed Kinney of the Los Angeles Police Department's Northeast Station. Four or five people in front of the home were seen going inside the residence, he said.
Torrance Daily Breeze |
Violent crimes against LGBT individuals up 13%, report says
The report, released Tuesday, showed a 13% increase over 2009 in violent crimes committed against people because of their perceived or actual sexual orientation, gender identity or status as HIV positive, according to the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Projects. Last year's homicide count reached 27 -- up from 22 in 2009 and the second-highest number since the coalition began tracking such crimes in 1996.
Los Angeles Times |
Coming to grips with the Casey Anthony verdict
So we are left with a situation reminiscent of Professor Dershowitz's infamous accomplishment, the acquittal of O.J. Simpson. But unlike in the Simpson case, in which abundant evidence was lawyered away before a blinkered jury, an attentive and open-minded jury waited for the evidence against Casey Anthony that was never presented. They were true to their oath and to the law when they voted to acquit. But it still feels rotten. Anyone with a scrap of sense knows Casey Anthony killed Caylee just as he knows O.J. Simpson killed Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. We may not like the jury's decision, we just have to live with it. Maybe she'll pull a robbery in Las Vegas someday.
Jack Dunphy/Pajamas Media |
Hahn defeats Huey in South Bay congressional race
Ending a bitter special congressional election for the South Bay area, Democrat Janice Hahn defeated Republican Craig Huey on Tuesday. Unofficial election night returns showed the Los Angeles city councilwoman with 54.6% of the vote, compared with the businessman's 45.4% Hahn will replace former Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice), who resigned the 36th Congressional District seat in February to head a Washington think tank.
Los Angeles Times |
Countdown to the 405 Closure
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Carmageddon predicted for L.A.'s 405 closing
That fearsome Los Angeles traffic is about to get much, much worse this weekend: A 10-mile stretch of the nation's busiest highway, Interstate 405, will be shut down for 53 hours as part of a $1 billion reconstruction project. "Pick this weekend to stay home," says L.A. Police Lt. Andrew Neiman. "If you think you're going to bypass the closure by some secret canyon route, you and a million other people have the same idea."
USA Today |
56 L.A. County cities have no money to pay for retiree healthcare
Los Angeles County has almost completely neglected to fund retiree healthcare benefits for public-sector employees, according to a startling new report from a Civil Grand Jury, which in California investigates the county and municipal governments on an annual basis. The report - aptly titled "Whoa! The State of Public Pensions In Los Angeles County" - found that at least 56 of L.A. County's 88 cities have not funded retiree healthcare at all.
Business Insider |
California DMV reiterates 30-day extension to renew car registrations in July and August
Responding to confusion among some drivers, California Department of Motor Vehicles officials clarified Tuesday that anyone receiving a vehicle registration renewal notice in the mail this month or next will be given an extra 30 days beyond their renewal date to pay their fees. Some drivers have complained their registration renewal notices gave them only a day or two to mail in a check, or face penalty fees, rather than the usual 60-day advance notice.
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