Law Enforcement

In Calexico, Former LAPD Official Finds Police Department In Turmoil
Sitting hard up against a towering rusted fence that separates the United States from Mexico, this city is for most a dreary gantlet of fast-food restaurants and gas stations on the way to one of California's two official border crossings. Calexico wasn't a place that Mike Bostic had ever visited. In fact, the former high-ranking Los Angeles police official thought it was in Mexico until he got a call from its new city manager in September. The call led to a secret meeting in a San Diego hotel room. There, the city manager, Richard Warne, told Bostic that a group of veteran cops was running the department like a fiefdom, taking home big overtime checks while very little police work was getting done.
Los Angeles Times

LAPD looking for gunmen in South L.A. shootings that left 1 dead, 5 wounded
Los Angeles police continued their search Sunday for the gunmen involved in a series of South L.A. shootings that left one man dead and five other people injured within a span of a few hours. LAPD Officer Rosario Herrera said Sunday morning that no arrests had been made in Saturday's attacks, which prompted the department to go on a modified tactical alert, bringing more officers and resources to the area. Three of the four shootings were considered gang-related, Herrera said.
Los Angeles Times , KTLA 5

Police on tactical alert after 5 gang shootings in South L.A.
Los Angeles police were on a tactical alert Sunday after a spate of gang-related shootings in South Los Angeles. The alert covered an area spanning Vernon Avenue to Manchester Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard to Figueroa and San Pedro streets. Under the alert, issued Saturday night, officers with the LAPD's 77th Division focused on investigating five shooting that occurred within a roughly 24-hour period while officers from other divisions stepped in to handle other calls.
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Mother Arrested After Allegedly Killing Her 9-Month-Old Girl in South L.A.
A mother has been arrested on suspicion of killing her 9-month-old girl at a South L.A. home, authorities said Saturday.The baby was found after a 911 caller reported Friday around 3 p.m. that a woman was walking down a street screaming that she had killed her child, according to Officer Liliana Preciado, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Los Angeles police make arrest in death of aspiring actress, writer
Los Angeles police on Friday made an arrest in the death of a 30-year-old California woman after weeks of intense investigative work. The Los Angeles Times reports Ezeoma Obioha, 31, was a business partner with Carrie Jean Melvin. Obioha contracted Melvin to do social media marketing work for his newly launched company, LAPD Lt. John Radke said. A dispute erupted when a check Obioha wrote Melvin bounced and she threatened to take him to court, authorities said. She never received hundreds of dollars that she was owed, police said.
Fox News

Authorities searching for motorist involved in fatal hit-and-run in Bellflower
Authorities are searching for a motorist who struck and killed a 30-year-old pedestrian Saturday night in Bellflower before fleeing the scene. The victim, who has not been identified, was hit around 9:30 p.m. walking west on Lakewood Boulevard at Los Angeles Street, said Det. Christopher Bronowicki, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The motorist continued driving south, he said. The woman who was hit was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Los Angeles Times

Special Olympics

Special Olympics underway in L.A.; Michelle Obama says welcome!
The first medals of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games were to be awarded Sunday, one day after first lady Michelle Obama officially opened Los Angeles' largest sporting event since the 1984 Summer Olympics. The first medal event is track and field's 10,000 meters at USC's Loker Stadium. Medals will also be awarded in triathlon, which will be held in Long Beach and in swimming at USC's Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
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Special Olympics kick off with unforgettable Coliseum spectacle
Take nearly 7,000 athletes, add tens of thousands of cheering supporters and toss in a good helping of Olympic spectacle. Put it all together in a storied venue like the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on a warm California evening, and you've got a Saturday to remember. The Special Olympics World Games opening ceremonies marked yet another time that the historic Coliseum – host of the 1932 and 1984 Olympics – welcomed competitors from around the world.
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