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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
October 31, 2011 |
Crime alerts for Cypress Park, Gramercy Park and 13 other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 15 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. Cypress Park was the most unusual, recording four reports compared with a weekly average of 1.2 over the last three months. Gramercy Park topped the list of eight neighborhoods with property crime alerts.
Los Angeles Times |
Most of guns stolen from LAPD may have hit black market
All but three guns in a cache of weapons stolen earlier this month from an unguarded building used by the Los Angeles Police Department 's SWAT unit remain missing and may have been sold or traded on the black market, police said Friday. Police arrested two men on suspicion of committing the heist and three others for allegedly possessing the recovered weapons, said Cmdr. Andrew Smith. Much to police officials' dismay, however, the rest of the roughly 30 weapons stolen were not found in the suspects' possession.
Los Angeles Times |
Serial killer suspect called 911 after killing woman, police believe
DNA evidence, ballistics and a 911 voice recording of the Grim Sleeper serial killer suspect helped Los Angeles Police Department detective link him to the killings of six more victims, sources told The Times. The new cases bring to 16 the number of killings linked to Lonnie Franklin Jr., 59, who is already charged with murder in the slayings of 10 women whose bodies were found on the streets of South Los Angeles over two decades.
Los Angeles Times |
North Hollywood building fire reveals indoor marijuana farm
A fire in a North Hollywood commercial building early Saturday revealed what police say is an extensive indoor marijuana growing operation. Firefighters responded shortly after midnight to a building on the 7400 block of Bellaire Avenue , near Saticoy Street, just off Highway 170, to a report of a roof fire, said Brian Humphreys, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. The fire was knocked down within 20 minutes, with no injuries, he said.
Los Angeles Times |
Fighting violent gang crime with math
UCLA mathematicians working with the Los Angeles Police Department to analyze crime patterns have designed a mathematical algorithm to identify street gangs involved in unsolved violent crimes. Their research is based on patterns of known criminal activity between gangs, and represents the first scholarly study of gang violence of its kind. The research appears today on the website of the peer-reviewed mathematical journal Inverse Problems and will be published in a future print edition.
UCLA Newsroom |
LAPD stings aim to curb minors getting alcohol
Between January and September, vice units in the San Fernando Valley conducted 36 operations using a minor decoy to check if places that serve alcohol are abiding by the law. A total of 403 establishments were checked, resulting in 73 violations, representing a compliance rate of 82 percent, according to LAPD. The servers can be fined up to $3,000 for the first offense and ordered to do 24 hours of community service, while the business can also be fined $3,000 or face a 15-day suspension. If a business is cited more than three times in three years, it could lose its liquor license.
Los Angeles Daily News |
California corrections secretary seeks to 'smooth the bumps' of realignment
Matt Cate, secretary of the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, may have the toughest job in state government. His mandate: overseeing a massive downsizing of the $10 billion agency by shifting some prison and parole tasks to counties. The federal court has ordered the state to ease prison overcrowding. The state budget requires the "realignment," which also is forcing the department to cut state jobs. Realignment launched Oct. 1.
Sacramento Bee |
Ballot measure would eliminate collective bargaining rights for public employee unions
Petitions are being circulated for a ballot measure designed to end collective bargaining for California's public- employee unions. The End Public Sector Bargaining Act would eliminate collective-bargaining rights for public employees such as teachers, nurses, police officers and firefighters. It is similar to a Wisconsin law passed this year. The measure would apply not only to state employees, but to employees at local government agencies such as counties, cities and school districts.
San Bernardino Sun |
Occupy Valley protesters aim to 'awaken the people'
Police nearly outnumbered a small group of protesters who marched down Van Nuys Boulevard on Saturday, railing against banks and corporate greed as part of the new Occupy San Fernando Valley movement. About 30 protesters made stops at branches of Chase Bank, Citibank, Wells Fargo and Bank of America along the main throughway. Police positioned themselves between the bank entrances and the demonstrators as the group shouted, "Stop the banksters," and "Banks got bailed out, we got sold out."
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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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