Law Enforcement

Seriously Ill 8-Year-Old Sworn Into LAPD for a Day Through Make-a-Wish Foundation
Noah Cohen, 8, has had more than two dozen surgeries for a rare condition he was born with, but on Thursday he got to focus instead on a dream: becoming part of the LAPD. The Vermont native landed at LAX Wednesday night on a trip organized by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Noah got the full treatment, including a ride in a police helicopter and a training exercise with the SWAT team.
KTLA 5

West Adams Shooting Leaves 1 Man Dead, 1 Woman Wounded; Shooter at Large
A manhunt was underway in the Mid-City neighborhood of Los Angeles early Friday morning after a shooting in nearby West Adams left a man dead and woman wounded, authorities said. Little information was immediately available about the incident, which occurred about 11:41 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of West Adams Boulevard and South Longwood Avenue, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department said.
KTLA 5

Los Angeles police arrest man in fatal Hollywood stabbing
Los Angeles police arrested a man Thursday on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 27-year-old man the day before in Hollywood Boulevard's tourist district, authorities said. Raymond Jackson, 29, was arrested by LAPD detectives with the help of the FBI after an investigation that began Wednesday in the 1700 block of North Cherokee Avenue, according to a statement from the department.
Los Angeles Times

Police: Driver in stolen SUV leads LAPD on chase that ends in Buena Park
A man suspected of stealing a sport utility vehicle led authorities on a chase that began on the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles Wednesday night and ended in Buena Park. The chase began about 9:50 p.m. Wednesday on the eastbound 10 freeway near Maple Avenue, said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Jane Kim of the Media Relations Section.
The Orange County Register

LAPD Looking For Graffiti Artist Who Tagged A Cop's Horse
The LAPD is asking the public's help to find a brazen graffiti artist who tagged the hind quarters of one of its horses in broad daylight. The incident of vandalism occurred Tuesday at Venice Beach. While working a crime-suppression detail at Venice Beach, an unknown suspect marked the horse, a member of the LAPD's Metropolitan Division's Mounted Platoon.
CBS Los Angeles

LAPD Warns Public About New, Sophisticated Dognapping Scheme
The Los Angeles Police Department is warning the public about a new and sophisticated dognapping scheme. The police are also asking for the public's help to try to nab the scam artists. Police said that about 3 p.m. April 14, two women dressed in what looked like official green uniforms showed up at a man's Echo Park apartment in the 1000 block of Waterloo Street.
CBS Los Angeles

Judge Denies Parole To Former Manson Follower Bruce Davis
A Charles Manson follower who once bragged of cutting a man's head off lost another bid for freedom for two murders that have kept him behind bars 45 years. Bruce Davis' record shows there is “some evidence” he is dangerous and shouldn't be freed, Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan wrote Wednesday in upholding the governor's reversal of a parole board decision to free him.
CBS Los Angeles

How Google is endangering police officers
For the fifth year in a row in 2014, ambush attacks on police officers were the No. 1 cause of felonious deaths of law enforcement officers in the line of duty. Nevertheless, Google continues to market a smartphone application that lets lawbreakers pinpoint the location of police officers in the field. Google's executives won't even discuss the subject with organizations representing law enforcement.
CNN

City Government

L.A. could require covers on residential swimming pool
Los Angeles water officials approved new watering restrictions Thursday that could be imposed if the city's conservation efforts flag in the coming summer months. Residents could be required to cover their swimming pools or limit their watering to two days a week rather than three under revised drought restrictions unanimously approved by the five-member Board of Water and Power Commissioners.
Los Angeles Times

State Government

A traffic ticket in California could cost you a week's pay
Even good drivers get an occasional ticket. But in the past several years, there has been a perverse incentive for eagle-eyed enforcement officers to issue even more citations. We are now discovering that California drivers are a goldmine for government by the imposition of traffic fines that are absurdly excessive. As recently as 2005, a ticket for drivers going from one to 15 mph over the speed limit in California would cost $99. This would include a base fine of $25 and additional charges of $74 to be shared with the state, the county, the courts and other programs. Only nine years later the same ticket would include a base fine of $35 and another $203 to be divided among the usual suspects for a total of $238.
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