Law Enforcement

Crime alerts for Mt. Washington and 12 other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 13 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. Mount Washington was the most unusual, recording five reports compared with a weekly average of 0.3 over the last three months. West Adams topped the list of six neighborhoods with property crime alerts.
Los Angeles Times

LA to assign full-time police to public housing
The Los Angeles housing authority and police department have signed an agreement to assign full-time police officers to four of the city's public housing developments. Housing authority spokesman Eric Brown announced the rare move in a statement Tuesday. Under the new program, 45 LAPD officers will be assigned to the housing projects at Ramona Gardens, Jordan Downs, Nickerson Gardens and Imperial Courts.
Associated Press

Jewelry store robbery caught on surveillance tape
Smash-and-grab robbers hit a jewelry store in downtown Los Angeles Monday afternoon. Police released surveillance video of the crime, hoping the video can lead to the suspects. Surveillance cameras inside of Salar Jewelry on the 700 block of Broadway St. in downtown Los Angeles captured three hooded suspects as they entered the store Monday afternoon. One suspect grabbed the store clerk as the other two went to work with sledgehammers, smashing the glass display cases filled with jewelry.
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LAPD finds man engulfed in flames
Los Angeles Police Department patrol car Tuesday night came upon a man engulfed in flames. The officers made the discovery about 9 p.m. in the 3200 block of San Fernando Road along the border with Burbank, police said. It was unclear what sparked the blaze. "The unit was driving by and saw the man on fire," Officer Karen Rayner told The Times. The man, believed to be about 30 years old, was taken to a hospital with third-degree burns, Rayner said.
Los Angeles Times

Gang member sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for drug trafficking
A Rollin 30's Harlem Crip gang member who was arrested in 2008 as part of a large ATF/DEA investigation dubbed "Operation Criptonite" was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycotin by United States Federal District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez. Shaunta Taylor, 39, who also received 36 months of supervised release, was a previously convicted felon in California., and also a member of the Rollin 30's Harlem Crip criminal street gang which claims territory in parts of south central Los Angeles.
Press Release

Occupy L.A.

Beck: Occupy L.A. encampment will likely move, no immediate shutdown planned
Amid a sudden wave of crackdowns at Occupy sites around the country, Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday the Occupy L.A. encampment will likely be moved at some point, but no immediate shutdown is planned. After a tour of the Occupy L.A. site outside City Hall on Tuesday morning, Beck told CBS2/KCAL9 that the protesters continue to be peaceful, but that discussions with the group's members about moving the encampment are taking place.
Los Angeles Daily News

Occupy vs. the LAPD
Now that these Occupy Wall Street people have been at their occupation for however long it's been, what's next? No one seems to know, but whatever the denouement that awaits in the final act of this drama, it will be police officers who will be asked to bring the curtain (and the tents) down. For people trying to live and work around the encampments, that day can't come soon enough. It seems that the "99 percent" label one so often hears doesn't quite reflect the movement's true scope, and that some larger segment of the population is growing weary of the ongoing garden parties taking place in public parks and other open spaces across the country.
Jack Dunphy/Pajamas Media

Prisoner Transfer

California jails receiving more state prisoners than expected
The number of state prisoners arriving in county jails under California's controversial prison diversion program is significantly higher than officials had estimated, adding new pressure on sheriff's departments to figure out what to do with thousands of extra inmates. The number of state prisoners being transferred has been much higher than officials had predicted, prompting counties to speed up efforts to reopen shuttered jail wings and find other arrangements for some inmates.
Los Angeles Times

County hears update on new parolee program
State prisoners being paroled to Los Angeles County have more serious mental illnesses than anticipated, and about half of those in need of attention are refusing treatment, county officials told the Board of Supervisors today. At least one of the parolees released to the county under a federal mandate to reduce the prison population should be sent to a state mental hospital, the board was told. Under a plan that took effect Oct. 1, nonviolent, nonserious, nonsexual are being paroled to the counties where they were convicted.
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