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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 14, 2011 |
Crime alerts for Chinatown, Sawtelle and seven other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in nine L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Seven neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Chinatown was the most unusual, recording three reports compared with a weekly average of 0.9 over the last three months. Sawtelle topped the list of three neighborhoods with property crime alerts.
Los Angeles Times |
LAPD memo criticizes man who says Shaquille O'Neal orchestrated his kidnapping
The music producer and former gang member who accused Shaquille O'Neal of being behind an alleged kidnapping by a criminal street gang was classified as an "undesirable informant" by the LAPD in early 2010, according to internal police records reviewed by The Times. Robert Ross, who has testified that he was kidnapped, assaulted and robbed by members of the Main Street Crips gang after he claimed to have a sex tape of the basketball star, worked as an informant for a federal task force that was targeting the gang around 2006, according to a Los Angeles Police Department memo.
Los Angeles Times |
Man crashes car into parked cars, leaves injured pregnant woman in the car
A man who may have been drunk crashed a vehicle into several parked cars in South Los Angeles on Wednesday and then ran off, leaving an injured pregnant woman in the front passenger seat, authorities said. Officers tried to pull over the motorist and he led them on a brief pursuit and crashed the vehicle near Vermont Avenue and 58th Place about 3:20 a.m., said Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations office.
Los Angeles Daily News
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Countdown to the 405 Closure
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Businesses look to cash in on 'Carmageddon'
Business owners touted promotions Wednesday aimed at cashing in on the upcoming closure of part of heavily traveled Interstate 405, while city officials sought to assure the public that they were ready for the effects of a possible traffic nightmare during what's being dubbed "Carmageddon" in freeway-dependent Southern California. Beginning Friday evening, authorities will begin shutting down a 10-mile segment of the freeway for 53 hours so crews can demolish one side of the Mulholland Drive Bridge as part of a $1 billion highway improvement project.
Associated Press |
Calif. sees gang ties in prisoners' hunger strike
Hundreds of inmates in five state prisons ended the second week of a hunger strike to protest living conditions Thursday, in what has become the largest coordinated protest by state inmates, officials said. Prison administrators said the 676 remaining inmates who have refused meals since the strike began July 1 probably synchronized their statewide effort through organized criminal networks.
San Francisco Chronicle |
Prison doctor gets paid for doing little or nothing
The highest-paid state employee in California last year, a prison surgeon who took home $777,423, has a history of mental illness, was fired once for alleged incompetence and has not been allowed to treat an inmate for six years because medical supervisors don't trust his clinical skills. Since July 2005, Dr. Jeffrey Rohlfing has mostly been locked out of his job - on paid leave or fired or fighting his termination - at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, state records show.
Los Angeles Times |
Anti-bullying law expanded to social networking sites
A state law prohibiting cyber-bullying at public schools has been expanded to ban harassment through social networking websites. AB 746, authored by Assemblywoman Nora Campos, D-San Jose, modified an existing law prohibiting school bullying on cell phones and computers. The bill was signed into law last week. Campos got involved in the issue after hearing about teen suicides connected to cyber-bullying, said Campos spokeswoman Dana Mitchell.
California Watch |
Bid filed to end collective bargaining for public employees
A group looking to abolish collective bargaining rights for all of California's public sector employees filed three proposed ballot initiatives this week that would hit the pocketbooks of state and local government workers. Whether California Center for Public Policy, led by UC Santa Barbara economics lecturer Lanny Ebenstein, can raise enough money to put the proposals before voters is unclear.
Sacramento Bee |
Candidates leap into race for Janice Hahn's council seat
Candidates eager to replace Janice Hahn on the Los Angeles City Council started throwing their hats into the ring even before Hahn declared victory in Tuesday's special election for a South Bay congressional seat. San Pedro firefighter Pat McOsker announced his campaign for council in an email to supporters at 10:49 p.m. Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, at least three others had joined the contest, including a state assemblyman, a police officer and a former city councilman who once represented Hahn's Watts-to-San Pedro district. The pack of candidates includes Assemblyman Warren Furutani (D-Gardena), LAPD Officer and political newcomer Joe Buscaino and former City Councilman Rudy Svorinich Jr.
Los Angeles Times |
L.A. may scale back its campaign-finance law
Los Angeles officials could be forced to scale back a law intended to level the playing field in elections in which wealthy candidates spend large sums of their own money. Candidates for city office who agree to a limit on their campaign spending are currently eligible to receive public money, securing a dollar in taxpayer funds for every dollar they raise from private individuals.
Los Angeles Times
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