Law Enforcement

LAPD shows off its Tesla and BMW electric vehicles, will add more EVs to its fleet
The Los Angeles Police Department recently showed off a Tesla Model S P85D and a BMW i3 as the newest members of its police car fleet in the name of “testing and research.” The two high-end automobiles are being loaned to the LAPD and were unveiled as part of the announcement of a broader plan to bring 288 new electric and hybrid vehicles to Los Angeles' city-owned fleet.
Digital Trends

Police Find Man's Body Inside Refrigerator, Marijuana Grow Operation at Sun Valley Home
Los Angeles police on Sunday morning discovered a man's body inside an unplugged refrigerator behind a Sun Valley home where an illegal marijuana grow operation was also found, officials said. After responding to a report of a possible deceased person at a house in the 11100 block of Runnymede Street, officers located the body an unidentified man in his 30s inside the appliance, said Lt. Bob Toledo of the Los Angeles Police Department.
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1 dead, another seriously wounded in Pacoima shooting
A man was killed and another man seriously injured following a shooting in Pacoima on Sunday afternoon, Los Angeles police said. A “shooting in progress” was reported at 12:10 p.m. Sunday in the 13600 block of Pinney Street, said LAPD Officer Mike Lopez. The two male victims were taken to a hospital where one, who is believed to be between the ages of 20 and 25, was pronounced dead, Lopez said.
Los Angeles Daily News

Police Search for Missing Northridge Man
Police today searched for a 67-year-old bipolar man who was last seen leaving the Northridge assisted living facility where he lived. John Winfield left his residence at 10215 Balboa Blvd. at around 10 p.m. Saturday on foot, said Sgt. Jose Valley of the Los Angeles Police Department. He is considered a “critical missing” person, he said. Winfield has gone missing in the past, having disappeared for two days in August under similar circumstances before returning on his own, Valle said.
Northridge-Chatsworth Patch

A rise in violence plagues South L.A.: 'We can't police our way out of this'
Thirty minutes before the meeting at a South Los Angeles church was supposed to start, the parking lot was already full. Hundreds of people packed the pews of Hamilton United Methodist on Sunday — so many that some were left standing even after the choir lofts were filled. There were elected officials, community activists and gang intervention workers. LAPD commanders and a police commissioner. There were mothers whose sons had been killed on the city's streets, and one man who had been shot himself a month ago. Their goal: Stop the violence plaguing South L.A.
Los Angeles Times

Community holds 'Police Lives Matter' march in memory of slain deputy
Community members hosted a march Saturday in memory of Deputy Darren Goforth, who was gunned down at a gas station last month. Community organizers said the message of the march is that "Police Lives Matter." Marchers wore blue shirts and carried a banner that read, "Police Lives Matter" and "Undivided we march" with Goforth's image on the front.
USA Today

Legislation

Bills to regulate medical marijuana head to Gov. Jerry Brown
With California voters likely to consider legalizing recreational marijuana use next year, state lawmakers approved a package of legislation that would create the first statewide licensing and operating rules for pot growers and retail weed outlets since the state became the first to legalize medical marijuana in 1996. Lawmakers in both houses of the Legislature pushed through three Democratic bills late Friday to set up the state's first regulatory framework for the free-wheeling medical marijuana industry, sending the proposal to Gov. Jerry Brown.
The Union Democrat

Bills sent to Gov. Brown would create new felonies, putting more in prison
Seven months after California reduced prison crowding to a level accepted by federal courts, lawmakers have sent Gov. Jerry Brown proposals that would create new felony crimes for which people could be locked up. Three of those four proposals would put more people in prison. And, following a familiar political pattern, all invoke powerful public tragedies, including serial murders in Orange County and a rampage at UC Santa Barbara in which six people were killed.
Los Angeles Times