Law Enforcement

Video: LAPD officer saves life of choking man
A Los Angeles police officer was quick to act when he saw a patron in a restaurant choking, CBS LA reported. In a video taken by a local restaurant's security camera on July 5, , a man is seen jumping up from his table and hunching over. The man's wife and son, who were also at the table, were reportedly unsure of how to help.The wife pulled out her cell phone to call 9-1-1- as other patrons walked by. Officer Mark Mireles was on a lunch break when the wife called him over to help.
PoliceOne.com

LAPD Retraining All 10,000 Officers In Use Of Force
The Los Angeles Police Department announced Monday that all 10,000 of its officers will attend a one-day retraining course focused on topics such as use of force and engaging with those who are mentally ill. The move comes after months of protests over the fatal shooting of Ezell Ford, who was killed in August 2014 during an altercation with two LAPD officers. Ford's family has previously said that the 25-year-old was mentally ill.
ABC 7

Motive sought in slaying of woman by gunman on Hollywood street
Carrie Jean Melvin and her boyfriend were walking through their Hollywood neighborhood on their way to get some food when someone walked up behind them, aimed a shotgun at her head and pulled the trigger. The gunman jumped into a black sedan and drove off. Melvin died at the scene. On Monday, the motive for the brazen attack the night before remained as mysterious as the gunman. An LAPD homicide detective said investigators were still trying to determine why Melvin, 30, was shot and not other people who were on the street at the time. Her boyfriend was unharmed, police said.
Los Angeles Times

LAPD: Man Who Fatally Stabbed Mother's Fiance Shot By Police
A man who allegedly killed his mother's fiance was fatally shot by police in the Sylmar area on Monday. Police responded to the 13000 block of Gavina Avenue just before 10:30 a.m. and found a man with multiple stab wounds to the chest. "At some point there was some type of argument that broke out in the house, and one of the sons ended up attacking and stabbing, and ultimately killing the fiance of the mother," LAPD Capt. Todd Chamberlain said.
ABC 7

Sheriff: No sign of missing 6-month-old girl who disappeared from crib
The last time Ember Skye Graham was seen, as far as anyone knows, the 6-month old girl was sleeping in her crib late Wednesday night. Five days later, the baby's father is under arrest in Shasta County, and search crews are going through rugged terrain in sweltering heat, looking for clues. On Monday, Ember's grandmother plead for the public's help in finding the baby. She said that as the days go by, her sense of desperation only deepens .
Los Angeles Times

Number of L.A. County police killings climbs to 22 this year
Los Angeles County law enforcement officers shot and killed five people in four days over the long holiday weekend. The shootings brought the number of people killed by police in the county to 22 since the start of 2015, according to public records. Authorities said one man killed by police in West Covina was carrying a knife. A 29-year-old man in Lakewood tried to run down deputies with a car, according to authorities. Another man pulled a gun on a deputy in Lancaster, officials said.
Los Angeles Times

S.F. shooting shows disconnect between ICE, local police
Federal authorities give his real name as Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate. But the Mexican national has also traced a path through the U.S. immigration system and criminal courts for nearly a quarter of a century as Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez and Juan Jose Dominguez de la Parra. He has worked as an itinerant laborer in four states. Five times, he was deported. Each time he returned.
Los Angeles Times

City Government

Los Angeles ordinance harasses the homeless, and Mayor Garcetti should veto it, protesters urge
About two dozen civil rights protesters were demonstrating today outside Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's residence, demanding that he veto revisions to the city's municipal code that make it easier to seize and destroy homeless people's belongings. The Los Angeles Community Action Network, the Downtown Women's Action Coalition and other civil rights activists planned to continue their protest at the mayor's residence until at least noon, and they might go to City Hall this afternoon, said LA CAN's Pete White.
Los Angeles Daily News

State Government

Bill would use electric sign system to curb California's deadly hit and run 'epidemic'
State officials are working to address what they call an epidemic of hit and run accidents in Southern California. Their plan calls for using electric highway signs to send out emergency "yellow alerts" in the area of a serious hit and run asking the public for information. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, drivers left the scene of about 20,000 accidents in 2014 in Los Angeles alone, killing 27 people and seriously injuring 144. Only 1 in 5 such cases is ever solved.
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