Law Enforcement

Celebrities and LAPD Hit the Links for Charity
Taking swings for charity under an unrepentant sun and sweltering heat added luster to the fairways June 20 at the Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena. In the shadows of the famed Rose Bowl, The 43rd annual Los Angeles Police-Celebrity Golf tournament teamed up the men and women in blue and faces in media, movies, and sports in support of widows and children of officers killed in the line of duty, or whose families endured other catastrophic occurrences. The charitable wing of the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation, aimed to top last year's proceeds of $500,000 from among the estimated 10,000 visitors and sponsorships. Since its inception in 1972, the organization reports it has raised over $15 million.
Epoch Times

Arraignment delayed again for ex-LAPD officer charged with murder in Pomona shooting
Arraignment for a former LAPD officer charged with killing a man outside a Pomona nightclub was delayed again Tuesday, to the disappointment of the victim's family. Henry Solis, 27, is charged with murder, assault with a firearm and an allegation that he discharged a handgun in the March 13 death of 23-year-old Salome Rodriguez Jr. outside a bar in Pomona.
Los Angeles Times

One homeless voice is heard at LAPD meeting on crackdown
They're tired of side-stepping panhandlers outside the market and letting transients sully their well-kept parks. They're worried about rising crime, fueled by jumps in home burglaries and car break-ins. That's what drew dozens of Chatsworth residents last week to the LAPD's Neighborhood Watch meeting headlined "The Homeless: A Growing Problem." Officers blamed the crime surge on transients — reprobates and drug addicts whom cops are trying to round up or run off. In the meantime, they warned, don't keep your garage door open or leave anything in your car.
Los Angeles Times

Search Continues For Gas Station Assault Suspect In Seal Beach
Authorities Tuesday continued to search for a suspect who assaulted a 26-year-old man with a tire iron at a gas station in Seal Beach. Around 10:12 p.m. on Sunday, police were sent to a Mobil Gas Station, located in the 12200 block of Seal Beach Boulevard, for report of an aggravated assault with a tire iron, according to the Seal Beach Police Department.
CBS Los Angeles

$50,000 Reward Unanimously Approved For Information In Killing, Decapitation Of Inglewood Man, 75
The city of Inglewood is hoping a significant reward will lead to the person responsible for killing and decapitating a 75-year-old nearly blind man. The Inglewood City Council Tuesday evening unanimously approved a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible in the killing of Robert Hollis.
CBS Los Angeles

Footage Shows Young Boy On Bike Being Struck In Apparent Hit-And-Run
A young boy riding his bicycle was struck by a vehicle two weeks ago in Reseda, and on Tuesday night, the driver accused of leaving the scene spoke to CBS2. The 12-year-old child identified as Amir Tabibian has a new bike but says he doesn't know when he'll use it. “I'm scared to ride it,” said Amir, who was struck on Reseda Boulevard and Bessemer Street.
CBS Los Angeles

Number of Cop Killings in First Half of 2015 Down Substantially from 2014
The number of officers shot and killed by suspects over the first half of 2015 is down substantially at 16 from the 23 officers killed over the same period last year, according to records kept by the Officer Down Memorial Page. Some, like Sonny Kim of the Cincinnati Police Department, were shot and killed while responding to 911 calls. Terence Green, a Fulton County, Ga., police detective and the first officer to be fatally shot this year, was searching a neighborhood after a report of gunfire March 4, police say, when Amanuel Menghesha shot him.
Policemag.com

Police History: The evolution of women in American law enforcement
The story of women in American law enforcement is an evolving one. In many ways it parallels the tale of women in the general workforce, with some interesting twists. Today we are discovering the particular advantages of deploying both female and male officers, capitalizing on the synergy that develops when the gifts and talents of these crimefighters is combined. However, it took more than a century for this innovation to develop and evolve.
PoliceOne.com

City Government

Tom LaBonge to be honored on final day as Los Angeles city councilman
In his final day on the Los Angeles City Council, colleagues are expected today to designate the intersection of Tracy and St. George streets in front of John Marshall High School in Los Feliz as Tom LaBonge Square for his contributions to his alma mater. LaBonge, a Marshall alumnus, helped lead the efforts to save the school's Gothic main building, which was slated for demolition after the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.
Daily Breeze

L.A. councilman takes rare step in bid to expedite proposed gun-lock law
The battle over a city proposal to require Los Angeles residents to lock up or disable their handguns at home took an unusual turn Tuesday, as a city councilman sought to force the proposed law out of a committee weighing whether to exempt some Angelenos from the storage rules. Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian, who has championed the proposed rules as a way to protect children from fatal accidents, is pursuing a rarely used maneuver to bring the draft ordinance before the entire council, instead of allowing a smaller council committee to continue to debate it.
Los Angeles Times

Life of LA City Councilman Bernard Parks Celebrated in Documentary
The life of outgoing Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard Parks was celebrated in a documentary that premiered in Baldwin Hills on Tuesday night. Parks is retiring from the City Council at the end of his third term. The former chief of the Los Angeles Police Department has served the city of Los Angeles for more than 50 years.
NBC Los Angeles

Homelessness

Garcetti shifts stance, won't enforce tough new homeless measures
Mayor Eric Garcetti backed off controversial legislation targeting homeless encampments, saying late Tuesday he would not stop the measures from becoming law but would block enforcement until the City Council softens some provisions. Garcetti had originally said he supported the laws, passed by the council last week, which would make it easier to seize and destroy homeless people's belongings on sidewalks and in parks.
Los Angeles Times