Law Enforcement

Report urges greater transparency at L.A. County Sheriff's Dept.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department lags behind other major law enforcement agencies, including the LAPD, in releasing information about officer-involved shootings, complaints from the public and internal disciplinary action against officers, a report by the department's new inspector general has found.The Sheriff's Department should post the information on its website, as other agencies do, so the public can easily review it, the report said. Along with a civilian oversight board now in the planning stages, better access to data would bring more transparency to a department that has been plagued by scandals, including brutality by deputies against inmates in the county jails.
LA Times

Suspect Who Struck LAPD Officer With Car Caught in Granada Hills
A suspect has been detained after an undercover LAPD narcotics officer was struck by a vehicle in Granada Hills Thursday. Authorities responded to an "officer down" call in the 10900 block of Haskell Avenue around noon. According to Lt. Andy Neiman, the officer and a partner from the Devonshire Narcotics Enforcement Detail were conducting an investigation on a suspect in a maroon Tahoe who had crashed into the front fence of a home near Tulsa Street and Haskell Avenue.
ABC7 Los Angeles , Los Angeles Daily News

LAPD Investigating Fatal Stabbing In Sylmar
Police Thursday were investigating a fatal stabbing in the San Fernando Valley. The Los Angeles Police Department received a call just before 9 a.m. regarding a person threatening another with a knife in the 14000 block of Astoria Street in Sylmar.
CBS Los Angeles

LAPD Investigating After Body Found Floating in Lake at MacArthur Park
An investigation was underway after a body was discovered floating in the lake at MacArthur Park Thursday morning, authorities said. Fire crews responded around 8:10 a.m. to a reported drowning at the park, which is located at 2035 W. Seventh St. in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, according to Katherine Main of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
KTLA 5

Man Arrested For Murder of South LA Clerk During Robbery
The Los Angeles Police Department arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with the robbery and murder of a South Los Angeles clerk on Thursday. Police officials did not immediately identify the suspect. He was arrested at about 4:30 a.m. No other details of the arrest were immediately available.
ABC 7

5 People Arrested Following Suspected DUI Police Chase
Five people are in custody after a short police pursuit of a suspected DUI driver that ended in North Hollywood, authorities said today.The pursuit began about 10:45 p.m. in Pacoima and ended about 11:05 p.m. at the intersection of Vineland Avenue and Chandler Boulevard, a Los Angeles Police Department Valley Traffic officer said.
Sherman Oaks Patch

Suspected E-Cig Shop Burglars Chuck Cash Register During Chase to Long Beach: Police
Burglary suspects threw a stolen cash register out of their vehicle during a chase that stretched from Orange County to Long Beach Thursday morning, police said. Four people were arrested while a fifth was still at large on suspicion of robbing an e-cigarette store in Anaheim just before 3 a.m., according to the Anaheim Police Department.
NBC Los Angeles

LAPD Officers Shoot Man Armed With Knife In Arleta
Officers in Arleta reportedly shot a man wielding a knife Thursday night in Arleta.Police responded shortly before 10 p.m. to the 13200 block of West Reedley Street after receiving a report of a fight, according to the LAPD.
CBS Los Angeles , ABC 7

LAPD Seeks the Public's Help in Identifying A Residential Burglary Suspect
The Los Angeles Police Department is asking for the public's help in the identification of a residential burglary suspect responsible for eleven burglaries in Studio City on January 12, 2015.
LAPD

Immigration

Study: Inland Empire home to 275,000 undocumented immigrants
The Inland Empire is home to roughly 275,000 undocumented immigrants, while nearly 1 million live in Los Angeles County, according to a study released Thursday by a Washington D.C.-based think tank that tracks migration patterns worldwide.And knowing those numbers, and understanding the data on the U.S.'s undocumented immigrant population, is more relevant than ever, say backers of the study by the Migration Policy Institute, or MPI.
Los Angeles Daily News